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Pick a stain, any stain, and chances are Jim Dandy has shown it who’s boss. The Silver Spring, Maryland resident has been dry cleaning for nearly eight decades now - from the Great Depression to the Second World War to the turn of the 21st Century. And as Rebecca Sheir reports, the 97-year-old doesn’t have plans of closing up shop any time soon...
Broadcast History
A longer version of this piece originally aired on WAMU 88.5's Metro Connection, 9/30/11.
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INTRO: OUTRO:Rebecca Sheir is the host and producer of Metro Connection, on W-A-M-U 88-5 in Washington, D-C.
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