20+ Rare Vintage Photos Of Grocery Stores That May Surprise YouTranslate
Categories: Photography Tags: Surprise · Stores · Grocery · Photos · VintageHave you ever walked through the grocery store aisles and spotted someone who looked like they just rolled out of bed? I mean literally in their pajamas. Or perhaps you have been the culprit of this fashion crime. Well, it was not always this way.
GIGGAG has collected a series of vintage photographs that take you through different grocery stores across America over history, and it’s safe to say these store-goers would never be caught dead in their pajamas. Strutting around in the latest fashions of their time, it is only one of many ways grocery stores have changed. From wider aisles and more elegant stores to small homegrown businesses, these photos reflect eras long past. Take a look at all the photos below and don’t forget to upvote for your favs!
#1 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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I think the best thing about this picture is the fact that different races are getting on fine.
#2 1980, When Every Soft Drink Bottle On The Shelf Was Still Glass
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And kids could be trusted with handling those bottles....
#3 The Grocery Store Of The Late 19th Century, USA
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Those people would get a heart attack if they were transported into our time
#4 Cashiers At The Piggly Wiggly Continental, Encino, California, 1962
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The Stepford Wives .... need I say more?! LOL
#5 Grocery Shopping, 1960s
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This was when we had to be PERFECTLY groomed for the lord and master to get home
#6 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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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
#7 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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I've shopped there, it's still open in the same location, but modernized of course
#8 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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A dark page of american History.
#9 Publix Market In Sarasota, Florida, 1961
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Slug bug! 👊
#10 Two Women Shopping In An American Supermarket, Circa 1970
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Damn, those hair!
#11 Shopping In Coop Store, Greenbelt, Maryland, 1938
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Wow progressive male did the grocery shopping and pushed the pram around....
#12 My Great Great Grandparents At The Counter Of Their Grocery Store In Bremerton, Washington (1925)
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Ooh I would love to go there. So nice!
#13 James Dean Shopping For Groceries In Marfa, TX, 1955
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While all these people were watching him from outside...
#14 Jitney Jungle Checkout Clerk Billy Barineau In Tallahassee, 1962
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Dang! That guy is handsome :)
#15 My Great Grandfather Standing In His Grocery Store, Evansville, IN, 1960
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Veggies first!
#16 Children In Front Of Grocery Store, Chicago, Illinois, 1941
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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.
#17 Man And Dogs In Front Of Grocery Store, Robinson, Illinois, 1940
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9¢ a lb. for ground beef? That was cheap, even for the 1940's
#18 Jayne Mansfield Grocery Shopping In Las Vegas, 1959
Where to start here? Traumatized Chihuahuas, girl in bathing suit and... what did Jayne buy?
#19 Supermarket In 1960s
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As a frequent Publix shopper, I know they kept those floors for at least 40 years. Must be durable!
#20 Working Mother Jennie Magill Shopping With Her Children At The Super Market, 1956
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Some things never change...
#21 My 2nd Great Grandmother Opening Her Store In Cincinnati, Ohio
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Oh, look, Tide ! No one knew about it`s nutritional value back then :D
#22 Home Turned Into Grocery Store, Omaha, Nebraska, 1938
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Home is where your Grocery is
#23 Shopping In Coop Store, Greenbelt, Maryland, 1938
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Love the curls!
#24 The Super Giant Supermarket In Rockville, Maryland, 1964
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Not so giant now..
#25 Tulip Town Market, Grove Center By James Edward Westcott, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, July 4, 1945
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I love the wooden crates
#26 Buying Groceries In Store At Blankenship, Indiana, 1938
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Quaker Oats - been around forever
#27 Working At A General Store, 1973
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Man, those cans where tough stuff
#28 Three Women Talking In Frozen Food Aisle Of Supermarket, 1950s
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This one looks so staged....
#29 Food Shopping And Mini-Skirts, 1970
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Looks like a shirt and tights.
#30 Mayfair Supermarket Cookie Display, 1950s
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"COOKIE PARADE"!!!! That is what I'm calling dessert from now on, no matter what!
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