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While most of us grew up with supermarkets and shopping malls already existing; some of us remember the family-run grocery stores where your options were often limited. Others might even have had the chance to grow their own food, but once general stores grew bigger and became more convenient, there was no way back. Still, the consumerist lifestyle as we know it didn't happen overnight, and we got where we are now gradually.

Bored Panda has collected a series of vintage photos that take you through different grocery stores across America in the olden days. It’s safe to say we came a long way from grocery shopping in our Sunday best to browsing the aisles in our PJs. But of course, it is only one of many ways shopping malls have changed. From wider aisles and more elegant stores to small homegrown businesses, these cool photos reflect a very vintage life. Take a look at all the interesting photos from a long time ago below and don’t forget to upvote for your favs!

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Country Store On Dirt Road. Note The Kerosene Pump On The Right And The Gasoline Pump On The Left. Brother Of Store Owner Stands In Doorway. Gordonton, North Carolina, 1939

Country Store On Dirt Road. Note The Kerosene Pump On The Right And The Gasoline Pump On The Left. Brother Of Store Owner Stands In Doorway. Gordonton, North Carolina, 1939

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Chris Pitch
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think the best thing about this picture is the fact that different races are getting on fine.

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The Grocery Store Of The Late 19th Century, USA

The Grocery Store Of The Late 19th Century, USA

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Vicky Zar
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Those people would get a heart attack if they were transported into our time

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1980, When Every Soft Drink Bottle On The Shelf Was Still Glass

1980, When Every Soft Drink Bottle On The Shelf Was Still Glass

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Phoebe Bean
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And kids could be trusted with handling those bottles....

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Moo Moo Futch
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Glass!! Everything in glass! Heaven!! Easy go recycle. Please bring this back!!

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DaBoiestBoi
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Finland you get like ten cents per bottle when you return drink bottles so most are recycled and reused by companies

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Efia
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

apart from the recycling thing, every drink tastes so much better out of a glass bottle!

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nanashi
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

maybe we should go back to using glass, now that's plastic is slowly destroying the planet. of couse, I don't know if recyling glass harder than plastic...

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Laily F. Noor
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I remember in 90s, when I bought coke/soda, I had to return the glass bottle back to shop

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Efia
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

apart from the recycling thing, every drink tastes so much better out of a glass bottle!

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Amazon QT
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Glass is more expensive to produce and more people )back then) didn’t recycle it like they should have.

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Amazon QT
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just don’t put plastic bottles in the freezer with liquid in them, that’s when it gives off its TOXINS!!!

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Calypso poet
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I remember helping grandma returning all the bottles on grocery trips! You would plop them in a specific area and tell them how many you had. The honor system just doesn’t work anymore.

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Abby Stein
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I worked a cash register in the early seventies and the larger size bottle came out, I got carpal tunnel from lifting a six pack of those heavy bottles over the scale onto the counter. You also had to wear shoes at the beach because of all the broken glass.

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Richard
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm counting about 14 different beverages. Today, in the same expanse, it'd be 73. To me it's incomprehensible who needs this or 217 varieties of yogurts (replacable by whatever you want).

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Elizabeth Butler
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Adding new varieties is the competition for store shelf space mostly--some stores require payment to expand shelf space.

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Darryl Kerrigan
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Take them back to the shop, get some money back. Better than chucking it into landfill....

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Bored Fox
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Here in Finland most bottles are now very thin plastic and that makes drinking from the bottle sometimes very difficult (risk of spilling if you grip the bottle too tight). It is also very noisy because the bottle is bending when you are drinking. I remember the glass bottles from my childhood (1980's and 1990's) -those were really heavy and broke easily. But at least the glass bottles are easier to recycle than any plastic.

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Ben Raines
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ha ha, Coke bottle were notorious for brealing at the slightest touch but not if you wanted to break them ,leading to the amusing situation of some rioting blacks trying to make molotov cocktails in the 1960's but them not breaking when thrown. 😀

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Chuck Jessop
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was working in a store at that time, and I remember that once in a while a bottle would just explode for no apparent reason. Talk about a mess

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Bored Fox
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The physics behind exploding glass is very weird. I used to work as a dishwasher at a restaurant and sometimes drinking glasses exploded without any good reason. It was awful to clean because there were sharp pieces of glass (and often blood) everywhere. Worst part was if a glass exploded in the customer area because then the customers had a risk to injure themselves.

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Pattie Kelly
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Mom just think of how much money we'll make when we return these bottles".

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MustGoFishin
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

With the Ban Plastics Revolution on it's way, we will start seeing glass bottles again! My 1st money making scheme was collecting bottles from back porches for the deposit $$, at the time deposit was 2 cents a bottle or 12 cents a six pack. lol

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Richard Rosales
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Should've never switched to plastic. Back then it was called refund not recycle.

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Brendan Malin
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The 2 litre bottles on the middle shelf are plastic though, you can tell on the Pepsi on the shelf and in her trolley plus the mountain dew on the shelf that they don’t have the glass ring on the neck that the large glass bottles had, these were plastic, you can also see the black cap on the bottom that the early plastic bottles had to have a flat bottom

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Geoffrey Ezell
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why do people think we dropped and broke these all the time? Look at the prevalence of glass on the beer and wine aisles to this day. People don't spend their time breaking beer and wine bottles ( well, unless they're REALLY drunk). 😊 And we weren't lazy, but we returned these every time we went back to the store. It's what people did for over 100 years, guys. It should be the norm. Plastic is so horrible for the environment. It's shouldn't be thought of as normal, younger folks, to use something once and discard it.

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Dorie Dahlberg
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is incorrect. Plastic bottles were introduced in 1970 but not widely used then.

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Dorie Dahlberg
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Incorrect. Plastic bottles were introduced in 1970. Maybe they weren't common everywhere but by 1980, some soft drinks were in plastic.

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Shane Jones
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Those were the glass bottles that you could return for credit keeping all the plastic bottles out of the equation. Since people are too lazy THen and especially too lazy now to recycle them. But you see the lady is still wasting plastic wrapping tomatoes and everything else in it. Nothing has changed. I go into the market today with my own shopping bags yet I still see people put vegetables in a plastic bag, only to go up to the front to put it in another plastic bag. Lazy lazy lazy. All these electronics apps to turn your air conditioner down. It’s a wonder every person in the world doesn’t weigh 400 pounds because no one does s**t anymore

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Lira Mai
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I still think that the soda coming from the bottle tastes better.

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Mare Freed
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I remember being allowed to drink soda (we called it "pop") with lunch and dinner. I wonder what today's mom groups would say about that?

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Charlie
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The glass is recyclable too, most plastics are not. Perhaps the old way was better?

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Christina Sersif
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm guessing enough "clean up on aisle 5" is the reason why they switched to plastic. Not really, plastic is cheaper, but I'd like to think my guess is better lol

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When we needed cash in the 60s, we'd travel up and down this one particular road and would find $5-$10 in bottles folks tossed out of their cars windows for our partying needs later on. Remember that gasoline was about $0.35 cents a gallon then.

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Ed Zaleski
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I remember this well. People did not routinely drop them. We were careful.

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Mary Hurst
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, and we returned them to the store and got our glass deposit back.

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Mike Childers
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I stocked drink boxes in a convenience store in the early 80s. I hated pulling the bottles from the plastic holder as on the second shelf.

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rhyan lumilay
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm waiting for that kid in the back to smash all those bottles

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Molly Block
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I remember!! AND soft drinks taste better and so much more amazing out of a cold glass bottle!!

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BusLady
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And re- sealable tops. Very handy. I remember the kind you had to open with a "church key" can opener, and couldn't re- seal.

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SandaPanda
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Are those the boys from Zack and Cody on Disney Channel...?

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Caroline Espenschied
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nope. Kids in these times were used to safely do things that seem "dangerous" today, like handling a glass bottle or even (gasp !) sharp knives !! And just like anything you don't do every day you easily forget how to do, well, kids of today aren't used to be careful. Thus, parents can't have nice things because they don't teach their kids how to NOT BREAK nice things !

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Cashiers At The Piggly Wiggly Continental, Encino, California, 1962

Cashiers At The Piggly Wiggly Continental, Encino, California, 1962

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Grocery Shopping, 1960s

Grocery Shopping, 1960s

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This was when we had to be PERFECTLY groomed for the lord and master to get home

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Publix Supermarkets Showcased Their Wide Aisles And A Self-Service Dairy Case By Driving A Shopper Around A New Store In A Tiny Car, Circa 1957

Publix Supermarkets Showcased Their Wide Aisles And A Self-Service Dairy Case By Driving A Shopper Around A New Store In A Tiny Car, Circa 1957

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Spain, it was a SEAT 600. It was a small car, to the spanish people was like the Ford-T to de US-citizens, our first car!!. My mom had got one. We went to the beach, two moms and 4 kids inside, with all the beach materials!. It´s true! I swear

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A Large Sign Reading "I Am An American" Placed In The Window Of A Store, On December 8, The Day After Pearl Harbor. The Business Was Owned By The Matsuda Family. The Store Was Closed Following Orders To Persons Of Japanese Descent To Evacuate From Certain West Coast Areas

A Large Sign Reading "I Am An American" Placed In The Window Of A Store, On December 8, The Day After Pearl Harbor. The Business Was Owned By The Matsuda Family. The Store Was Closed Following Orders To Persons Of Japanese Descent To Evacuate From Certain West Coast Areas

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Interior Of The Original Piggly Wiggly Self-Service Grocery Store, Memphis, Tennessee. The First Self Service Grocery Store, Opened 1916. Picture From 1918

Interior Of The Original Piggly Wiggly Self-Service Grocery Store, Memphis, Tennessee. The First Self Service Grocery Store, Opened 1916. Picture From 1918

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've shopped there, it's still open in the same location, but modernized of course

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Two Women Shopping In An American Supermarket, Circa 1970

Two Women Shopping In An American Supermarket, Circa 1970

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Shopping In Coop Store, Greenbelt, Maryland, 1938

Shopping In Coop Store, Greenbelt, Maryland, 1938

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow progressive male did the grocery shopping and pushed the pram around....

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My Great Great Grandparents At The Counter Of Their Grocery Store In Bremerton, Washington (1925)

My Great Great Grandparents At The Counter Of Their Grocery Store In Bremerton, Washington (1925)

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James Dean Shopping For Groceries In Marfa, TX, 1955

James Dean Shopping For Groceries In Marfa, TX, 1955

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Jitney Jungle Checkout Clerk Billy Barineau In Tallahassee, 1962

Jitney Jungle Checkout Clerk Billy Barineau In Tallahassee, 1962

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My Great Grandfather Standing In His Grocery Store, Evansville, IN, 1960

My Great Grandfather Standing In His Grocery Store, Evansville, IN, 1960

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Man And Dogs In Front Of Grocery Store, Robinson, Illinois, 1940

Man And Dogs In Front Of Grocery Store, Robinson, Illinois, 1940

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Children In Front Of Grocery Store, Chicago, Illinois, 1941

Children In Front Of Grocery Store, Chicago, Illinois, 1941

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Cpt Quirk
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's great u could leave a kid outside. They were disciplined enough to not run away. And at least they wouldn't get kidnapped.

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Jayne Mansfield Grocery Shopping In Las Vegas, 1959

Jayne Mansfield Grocery Shopping In Las Vegas, 1959

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Phoebe Bean
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Where to start here? Traumatized Chihuahuas, girl in bathing suit and... what did Jayne buy?

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Supermarket In 1960s

Supermarket In 1960s

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a frequent Publix shopper, I know they kept those floors for at least 40 years. Must be durable!

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Working Mother Jennie Magill Shopping With Her Children At The Super Market, 1956

Working Mother Jennie Magill Shopping With Her Children At The Super Market, 1956

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My 2nd Great Grandmother Opening Her Store In Cincinnati, Ohio

My 2nd Great Grandmother Opening Her Store In Cincinnati, Ohio

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Home Turned Into Grocery Store, Omaha, Nebraska, 1938

Home Turned Into Grocery Store, Omaha, Nebraska, 1938

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The Super Giant Supermarket In Rockville, Maryland, 1964

The Super Giant Supermarket In Rockville, Maryland, 1964

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Tulip Town Market, Grove Center By James Edward Westcott, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, July 4, 1945

Tulip Town Market, Grove Center By James Edward Westcott, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, July 4, 1945

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Buying Groceries In Store At Blankenship, Indiana, 1938

Buying Groceries In Store At Blankenship, Indiana, 1938

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Three Women Talking In Frozen Food Aisle Of Supermarket, 1950s

Three Women Talking In Frozen Food Aisle Of Supermarket, 1950s

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Mayfair Supermarket Cookie Display, 1950s

Mayfair Supermarket Cookie Display, 1950s

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Emma B
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"COOKIE PARADE"!!!! That is what I'm calling dessert from now on, no matter what!

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Proprietor Of Small Grocery Store, Jeanerette, Louisiana, 1938

Proprietor Of Small Grocery Store, Jeanerette, Louisiana, 1938

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Kroger Grocery Store, Lexington Kentucky, 1947, By Lafayette Studio

Kroger Grocery Store, Lexington Kentucky, 1947, By Lafayette Studio

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Shopping In The Cooperative Grocery Store, Greenbelt, Maryland, 1942 (Colorized)

Shopping In The Cooperative Grocery Store, Greenbelt, Maryland, 1942 (Colorized)

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Interior Of A Piggly Wiggly Grocery Store, 1959

Interior Of A Piggly Wiggly Grocery Store, 1959

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Box-Boy In A Small Rural Grocery Store In Southeast Idaho, 1972

Box-Boy In A Small Rural Grocery Store In Southeast Idaho, 1972

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Dairy Counter At Clark's, A Grocery, Drug, Sundries, And Department Store And Lunch Counter, Charlotte, NC, 1962 Or 1963

Dairy Counter At Clark's, A Grocery, Drug, Sundries, And Department Store And Lunch Counter, Charlotte, NC, 1962 Or 1963

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Scene In The Cooperative Store At Irwinville Farms, Georgia, 1938

Scene In The Cooperative Store At Irwinville Farms, Georgia, 1938

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Debra Lewis
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Man looks like he’s saying “How dare you people charge 28 cents for this box of aspirin?!” ..... “Well, sir I just work here”

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At Nixon, Wife Of VP, Grocery Shopping With Her Daughters Julie And Tricia, 1958

At Nixon, Wife Of VP, Grocery Shopping With Her Daughters Julie And Tricia, 1958

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Vintage Trade Ad With Ruffles Potato Chips, Flings, Etc. At A Checkout

Vintage Trade Ad With Ruffles Potato Chips, Flings, Etc. At A Checkout

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Troux
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Screaming Yellow Zonkers! That's a throwback! I don't know what Cheddar Taters are, but I need them in my life even if I don't need them in my bloodstream.

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Delivery Vans, 1942 Style, Line Up Outside A Greenbelt, Maryland, Grocery Store Awaiting Customers

Delivery Vans, 1942 Style, Line Up Outside A Greenbelt, Maryland, Grocery Store Awaiting Customers

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They had something to do, they learned to work and have fun with friends... unlike your spoiled rotten kids who are glued to thier phones and video games 24/7... so to hell with your child labor BS

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Interior Of Northland Foods, Thief River Falls, MN, In The 70's

Interior Of Northland Foods, Thief River Falls, MN, In The 70's

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Grand Grocery Company, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1942

Grand Grocery Company, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1942

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Ralph's Supermarket, Los Angeles, 1942

Ralph's Supermarket, Los Angeles, 1942

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Emma B
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Even back then people didn't know how to park properly. Look at the car second to the right of those people walking to the store; it's parked over the line lol

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U-Pak Kmart No Frills Supermarket Pontiac, Michigan, 1979

U-Pak Kmart No Frills Supermarket Pontiac, Michigan, 1979

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Duke's Mayonnaise Jars Assembled In A Display At Cozart's Grocery Store, 1965

Duke's Mayonnaise Jars Assembled In A Display At Cozart's Grocery Store, 1965

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I grew up in a home that ran a Fire Safety business. The first thing I noticed here was the possible sprinkler blockage by stacking this so close to the ceiling. Then I realize there aren't any sprinklers showing at all... hahaha of course that's what I'd notice. Ugh!

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Sunkist Grocery Store Display, 1940s

Sunkist Grocery Store Display, 1940s

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anarkzie
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The maskcot looks evil, like it's poisoned the orange and is trying to get you to eat it.

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#51

Grocery Store Window, Dubuque, Iowa, 1940

Grocery Store Window, Dubuque, Iowa, 1940

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At The Grocery Store, 1950s

At The Grocery Store, 1950s

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Kroger Grocery Store, Lexington, Kentucky, 1947

Kroger Grocery Store, Lexington, Kentucky, 1947

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Cooperative Store At Greenbelt, Maryland, 1938

Cooperative Store At Greenbelt, Maryland, 1938

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Store Operated By John Zabala Until 1979

Store Operated By John Zabala Until 1979

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#56

Cigarette And Cigar Displays (Camel, L&M, Etc...) At Clark's, A Grocery, Drug, Sundries, And Department Store And Lunch Counter, Charlotte, NC, 1962 Or 1963

Cigarette And Cigar Displays (Camel, L&M, Etc...) At Clark's, A Grocery, Drug, Sundries, And Department Store And Lunch Counter, Charlotte, NC, 1962 Or 1963

General Negative Collection, North Carolina State Archives Report

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Boy On Porch Of General Store, Roseland, Virginia, 1938

Boy On Porch Of General Store, Roseland, Virginia, 1938

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My Dad Doing Groceries During His High School Exchange Year In Michigan, 1962

My Dad Doing Groceries During His High School Exchange Year In Michigan, 1962

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Houchens Grocery Store, Kentucky, C. 1950s

Houchens Grocery Store, Kentucky, C. 1950s

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Interior View Of A Ralphs Grocery Store At An Unknown Location In Los Angeles In November 1943, Showing The Check-Out Counter And Cash Register

Interior View Of A Ralphs Grocery Store At An Unknown Location In Los Angeles In November 1943, Showing The Check-Out Counter And Cash Register

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Rich Auntie Skeleton
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The CPI Inflation calculator says that $.67 in November 1943 is $9.69 in today's money. WOW!

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