They would have taken the "Dinky", our local trolley to the train and then on to Cleveland for the day to shop. This was probably taken in 1945-1950. Photographers would snap photos of passersby and give them a numbered ticket to mail back with some money to have the photo mailed to them.
I wondered what the building behind them was. I googled Cleveland department stores in the 1940's and found a facebook page! I joined the page, posted the photo and had dozens of responses. One nice gentleman matched the windows with a photo of The Statler Hotel on Euclid Avenue. We had lots of discussion about the sign that starts with an "L". It is part of the building in the photo this man has and we think it might say "Lounge". Another contributor found information that the hotel had a restaurant that was called "The Lattice Room" but I am not sure the letters match.
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