"Bread is your best food, Eat more of it." So declare the signs in the bakery window. In 1926 the Dietle family posed in front of their newly opened Silver Spring Home Bakery, 8223 Georgia Avenue. With Richard J. “Pop” Dietle are from left to right his sons Erwin, Richard, Herbert, and Henry. On the right is his wife, Matilda. The shop closed in 1936, but a bakery that the family had opened on Seminary Road in the Montgomery Hills section of Silver Spring in 1930 became Dietle’s Tavern in 1934. It closed in 2003. Courtesy Silver Spring Historical Society and John P. Hewitt

John and Geneva Dolan pose circa 1925 next to their relocated house that was moved from Georgia Avenue to 918 Thayer Avenue. The house sat on property that borders the east side of Mayor Lane. Courtesy Silver Spring Historical Society and Helen Dolan Sherber

Moses Sclar opened the Grand Leader department store in 1926 at 8221 Georgia Avenue. Circa 1920s photograph shows Moses Sclar and his family: (back row, left to right) wife Catherine, daughter Ada, and Moses; (front row, left to right) children Fannie, Jacob, and Reuben. Everyone helped out in the store. Courtesy Sidney and Reuben Sclar and the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington

Circa 1930s view of automobiles being used to promote businesses. Sign on left vehicle reads “STOP LOOK SHOP AT THE GRAND LEADER STORE SILVER SPRING MD” (store with large flag). Vehicle on right carries sign reading “NASH LEADS THE WORLD IN MOTOR CAR VALUE EARL F. POTTER.” Potter’s auto dealership was located around the corner at 921 Silver Spring Avenue. Courtesy Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington

The “Silver Spring — Avenue of Progress” parade held on September 11, 1948 celebrated the opening of Georgia Avenue’s redesigned Baltimore & Ohio Railroad underpass and new paving. One of the bands marches through the 8200 block of Georgia Avenue, past The Grand Leader Store (with balcony) and the original Dolan properties, at left in image. Photo by Jay Braun. Courtesy Silver Spring Historical Society

1950 view of the many Silver Spring businesses located on the east side of the 8200 block of Georgia Avenue. The Grand Leader Store is third from the left, with vertical “SHOES” sign. Courtesy Silver Spring Historical Society

Marketing works for Georgia Avenue... Advertisements for The Grand Leader Store (left) at 8221 (published in the 1930 Montgomery Blair High School Silverlogue yearbook) and the Mt. Vernon Cycle & Sports Shop, a later tenant of 8223 (published in the June 10, 1949 Maryland News newspaper). Don't forget your worms! Courtesy Silver Spring Historical Society