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Living St. Louis

Tillie’s Corner

Special | 28m 3sVideo has Closed Captions

The story of Tillie’s Food Shop in the Jeff VanderLou neighborhood of St. Louis.

The story of two women: The late Lillian Pearson: owner of Tillie’s Food Shop in St. Louis’ Jeff VanderLou neighborhood from the 1940s-80s, and Pearson’s granddaughter Carla who led a campaign to win the shop historic landmark status.

02/22/2016 | Rating NR

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Living St. Louis is a local public television program presented by Nine PBS

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Living St. Louis

Tillie’s Corner

Special | 28m 3sVideo has Closed Captions

The story of two women: The late Lillian Pearson: owner of Tillie’s Food Shop in St. Louis’ Jeff VanderLou neighborhood from the 1940s-80s, and Pearson’s granddaughter Carla who led a campaign to win the shop historic landmark status.

02/22/2016 | Rating NR

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