BARRINGTON — Some historical photographs of the town are about to get a new showplace in the Barrington Shopping Center at the newly extended storefront of CVS.

The company has transformed the 55-foot-long storefront area of the now-closed Kabloom flower shop into a gallery.

And sometime this week, workers will hang giant copies of eight photographs — with captions — from the collection of the Barrington Preservation Society on the newly built wall, two feet behind the windows.

The transformation is coming because CVS purchased the Kabloom space for storage.

Rather than closing off the existing windows or using the window space for large CVS ads, town officials suggested showcasing historical photos.

“We didn’t want to see these giant commercial advertisements in there. But we didn’t want to see it empty in there either, because it would be this big blank facade,” said Town Planner Philip Hervey.

“It was a wonderful win-win-win situation for us,” said Nancy Peck, president of the society, which is getting the exposure and received a contribution for the rights to use the photographs.

The pictures were chosen by CVS project manager Christopher Hollis of William Stark Architects and the society’s curator, Jean McIntyre.

Among the historic photos selected, “some will be new to some people,” Peck said. They are as old as 1910 and as recent as 1960.

In theory, the storefront could be used as a traditional gallery with the displays changed periodically, but that won’t be happening here.

“The only way to access this is through the CVS stockroom, which is a security issue,” Hollis said.

Track lighting for the pictures was installed last week.

It’s not clear if the photos will be illuminated beyond CVS’s normal business hours.

“CVS will leave it lit however the town wants,” Hollis said.

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