April 20, 2024
Tag: Woolworth
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Shopping American Style
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Across America, the most popular meeting places after churches and city parks were the five-and-dime stores. Everyone knew the names Penney, Woolworth, Newberry, and Kress. A lady I knew referred to these department stores as “initial stops.” The four most famous were J.C., F.W., J.J., and S.H.
Past Article
March 28, 2021 3 Comments
The final piece of Postcard History’s Presidential Homes series appears here. We have saved the best until last. Mount Vernon may be the most visited of all the president’s homes and it may be that Mount Vernon postcards outnumber the others by many times.