1975 Press Photo Sidney Brewer serves through bars at hardware store in Gentilly

Sidney Brewer (back to camera) serves one of his many customers through the protective bars he installed following a recent robbery at his hardware store Gentilly. Brewer has been in the hardener business for over 30 years. He says the bars give him a certain feeling of protection, and most of his regular customers don't mind them. According to Brewer, if he knows a person he doesn't mind letting them into the store to look around. He says the bars were only made to keep the unwanted persons out of the store.

Photo is dated 1975.

Photo measures 10 x 8 inches.