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Anton Jacobs' Store
Photo of Jan Doss Jan Doss
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03/13/2015
Anton Jacobs' Store
A photo of my great grandfather, Anton Jacobs in his General Store. "Fritz and Jacobs Mercantile". Cedarville CA. about 1910. This store is still standing.
Date & Place: in Cedarville, Modoc County, California 96104, United States
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Photo of AncientFaces AncientFaces
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03/18/2015
Ever wonder what a general store from the early 1900s looked like? Anton Jacobs in his general store “Fritz & Jacobs Mercantile” located in Cedarville, California around 1910.
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Photo of Debi Garriques Debi Garriques
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03/18/2015
Wonder what those things handing up above the hats?
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Photo of Michele Ron Bowersox Michele Ron Bowersox
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03/18/2015
They look like pelts
Photo of Debi Garriques Debi Garriques
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03/18/2015
awww
Photo of Rob Clark Rob Clark
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03/18/2015
or gloves?
Photo of Lori Hansen Lori Hansen
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03/18/2015
gloves i think
Photo of Donna Coyne Donna Coyne
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03/18/2015
I zoomed it. The top row is gloves.
Photo of Gary Rhodes Gary Rhodes
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03/18/2015
Looks like pelts!
Photo of Jan Doss Jan Doss
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03/18/2015
Gloves
Photo of Nancy Mulkey Nancy Mulkey
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03/18/2015
Also gun stocks
Photo of Debi Mohr Debi Mohr
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03/18/2015
Work gloves.
Photo of Gavin Lawrence Gavin Lawrence
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03/18/2015
I liked those stores that had fancy little pulley systems that took the money to a cashier's office and then sent back the change. There used to be a hardware store in Derby like that, or the pneumatic tubes, Oldrids of Boston ad one.
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Photo of Jo Lawrence Jo Lawrence
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03/18/2015
I remember stores that had both systems (and wooden floors) the cashier was in an elevated 'box' and could get money from all counters. Love these photos from the past.
Photo of Jean Brady Jean Brady
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03/19/2015
i worked at a hospital in the 70's and they were used then to transfer charts etc to the patients floor
Photo of Melanie Viselli Melanie Viselli
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03/18/2015
I can remember shopping at a tiny one up the street from my grandmothers house when I was a kid (I will only be 36 next month). It also had a pot belly stove in it like this one...although I don't think the store was quite as large as the one in the picture. The town I am from is small and rural, the entire county it belongs to only has btwn 10,000-12,200 people (again, that number is for the entire county)...the old guy who ran the store was an old friend of my grandmother's family. I can remember grandma would go there and gas up her huge Pontiac land cruiser, grab 2 cartons of Raleigh brand cigarettes and a couple bags of minor necessities for their house. She would leave me at the general store for 2-3 hours. I would be sitting up in a chair around the pot belly stove with the old timers, drinking a glass bottled coke cola and eating a Snickers or 3Musketeers candy bar, listening to the old timers tell stories about how things were when they were kids. The store was lit by bare light bulbs, so the lighting was dim....grandma could come back after doing some of her chores and I would be right where she left me, all in one piece. She knew the old timers, had gone to school with most of them, and they were all family friends anyway. Nobody ever laid a finger on me in their presence, they were all farm boys who would have shot first and asked questions later. I miss that store.
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Photo of Janice Grisham Janice Grisham
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03/18/2015
I would sure like to go in one of those stores and look around
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Photo of Annie Minar Annie Minar
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03/18/2015
I grew up with stores like that
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Photo of Libby Kay Nye-Mcleod Libby Kay Nye-Mcleod
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03/18/2015
Robert McGreevy...Wouldn't u like to go back in time n shop?
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Photo of Madeline Lewis Madeline Lewis
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03/18/2015
Our neighbor had one at the end of the road, just like this. She had everything in it too. It was amazing.
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Photo of Sheila Silvio Sheila Silvio
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03/18/2015
i REALLY like old stores!
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Photo of Yvonne Hughey Godwin Yvonne Hughey Godwin
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03/18/2015
looks...dusty..
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Photo of Rose Gasak Rose Gasak
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03/18/2015
simple and to the point shopping. Get in and get out. wondering if the workers sat around the heater chatting between customers
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Photo of Mary Jane Perez Cornielle Mary Jane Perez Cornielle
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03/18/2015
Nice store, well supplied!
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Photo of Linda Kachel Linda Kachel
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03/18/2015
in rural areas these little stores kept right on going up into the 50's and 60's
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Photo of Tonya Hartnell Tonya Hartnell
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03/18/2015
Great picture. I love looking through the really old Sears n Robuck catalogs. You could buy anything out of one, including a house!
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Photo of Tracy Kelley Tracy Kelley
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03/18/2015
They look like gloves...
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Photo of Suzanne Revero Suzanne Revero
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03/18/2015
fascinating..
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Photo of Debbie King Debbie King
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03/18/2015
Clean that mess on the floor!
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Photo of Betsy Cord Betsy Cord
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03/18/2015
Missing: Fly paper rolls dangling and spitoons
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Photo of Linda Froghn Kelly-Powell Linda Froghn Kelly-Powell
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03/18/2015
Oh....I'd love to have gone thru that store.
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Photo of Susan Sapna Susan Sapna
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03/18/2015
My Mothers family had one of these...my grandfather and his brother...
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Photo of Caria Tomczykowska Caria Tomczykowska
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03/18/2015
Duncans Mill near Russian River.
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Photo of Cheryl Manselle Markus Cheryl Manselle Markus
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03/18/2015
This kinda looks like a picture I have of my Moms dad who was a cobbler. He is in his shop with all his tools around. Never met him
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Photo of Rita Parisi Rita Parisi
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03/18/2015
Not many things for the ladies.
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Photo of Teri Bell Teri Bell
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03/18/2015
I just love the look,wish i could go looking in it!
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Photo of Paula Thomas Paula Thomas
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03/18/2015
Reminds me of my grandfather's store in Buffalo Gap, TX. He had the Mercantile and Wagon Yard there.
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Photo of Debbie Peterson Logsdon Debbie Peterson Logsdon
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03/18/2015
Arkansas had stores like this in the 1960's. I remember going to them when we would visit relatives. 😊
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Photo of Sue Gaddie Elliott Sue Gaddie Elliott
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03/18/2015
i think those are gloves hanging above the hats. this is similar to the store my dad's cousin, Jim Tripp had inGreenview,
Tripp Brother's Hardware store. They had a little of everything in that store, with a rolling ladder to get things down that are high up on the shelves.
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Photo of Martin Marcum Martin Marcum
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03/18/2015
I remember Tripp Brothers!
Photo of Jan Doss Jan Doss
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03/18/2015
Here a couple more photos of the same store...
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Photo of Jan Doss Jan Doss
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03/18/2015
Same store as above.... Debi Mohr
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Photo of Madeline Cortez Madeline Cortez
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03/18/2015
You can still find stores like that in small towns. They are great.
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Photo of Pam Benjamin Pam Benjamin
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03/18/2015
Love all the doodads there.
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Photo of Teresa Cole-Watson Teresa Cole-Watson
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03/18/2015
Wow
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Photo of Pat Bevis Kelley Pat Bevis Kelley
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03/18/2015
Does any one remember the rolling stores?
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Photo of Verna Wilson Verna Wilson
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03/18/2015
Back in the 1960's in very small towns they still had stores like this.
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Photo of Deborah Mobberly Deborah Mobberly
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03/18/2015
less theft. I love seeing these old photos. I get to go back in time.
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Photo of Maria Luz Operario Aung-Thwin Maria Luz Operario Aung-Thwin
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03/18/2015
I truly prefer stores like this.
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Photo of Melanie Lafollette Melanie Lafollette
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03/18/2015
Cool
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Photo of Kate Bruce Barngrover Kate Bruce Barngrover
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03/18/2015
I have a photo of my great grandfather's harness shop circa 1910
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Photo of Diane Strawn Diane Strawn
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03/18/2015
Lee Anne Strawn i have a few pics like this of honeys parents store and grandpa hess store
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Photo of Mike Young Mike Young
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03/18/2015
Nice hats
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Photo of Lauren Dayna Lauren Dayna
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03/18/2015
I remember the general store in D'Lo in the 60's where Grandma would buy snuff.
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Photo of Juanita McSpadden Juanita McSpadden
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03/18/2015
socks?
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Photo of Venita Blanton Venita Blanton
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03/18/2015
Thanks for sharing
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Photo of Candy Hoover Candy Hoover
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03/18/2015
My grandmother's time, she was born in 1900.
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Photo of Brenda Weissmann Brenda Weissmann
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03/18/2015
wow so awesome.
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Photo of Bethie Rogers Bethie Rogers
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03/18/2015
cool pic!
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Photo of Sylvia Hurst Sylvia Hurst
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03/18/2015
wish these stores were still around...Ours was the THE BARKER STORE on the front street in SOUTH PITTSBURG TENNESSEE...
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Photo of Annaka Fatima Ozel Annaka Fatima Ozel
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03/18/2015
Now that is awesome.
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Photo of Britni Teems Britni Teems
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03/18/2015
Sometimes I wish we could go back to more simple times like that. I could live without internet, cell phones, etc.
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Photo of Globe Historic Downtown Globe Historic Downtown
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03/18/2015
Love!
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Photo of Dorothy Brady Dorothy Brady
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03/18/2015
oh how I wish we could enter that store.
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Photo of Shirley Grantham Jenkins Shirley Grantham Jenkins
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03/18/2015
The store we had out here in the boonies was even smaller than that. I remember vaguely my grandpa took me inside it a few times. LOL. He's spend a Nickle on each of us. FOND MEMORIES.
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Photo of Patrick Duclou Patrick Duclou
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03/18/2015
love that picture
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Photo of Azin Daha Azin Daha
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03/18/2015
i thought there is Iran! because this image is looke like my country!! :)
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Photo of Janet Mils Janet Mils
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03/18/2015
I bet it had floors that creaked when you walked on them. I loved that sound.
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Photo of Charles Stratton Charles Stratton
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03/18/2015
Cool... Hats :-)
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Photo of Steven Moshlak Steven Moshlak
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03/18/2015
Looks more like "Dry Goods," than a general store.
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03/18/2015
i want to walk around in the store! lois
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Photo of Dale Poole Dale Poole
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03/19/2015
The little town we eat lunch at when I go hunting in Iowa I think it's Chariton has a store just like this. It's the only store in town and the only place to eat. Only 1 choice for lunch whatever they fixed that day could be goulash, or meatloaf or something like that. It is like stepping back in time. Population is probably less than 300 and not another town for like 50 miles
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03/19/2015
Ziad
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Photo of Linda Dustin Linda Dustin
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03/19/2015
how cool is that...
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03/19/2015
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Photo of KC Mowry KC Mowry
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03/19/2015
Bobbie Duncan's Store in Strunk, Ky. still looks like this & has been featured in a couple of different magazine.
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Photo of Jill Mallery Hall Jill Mallery Hall
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03/19/2015
Does anyone remember the HOUGHTON DUTTON DEPT.STORE in Boston? If so would you please send me a message to [contact link]. I would like to visit with you.
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Photo of Charlotte Acock Charlotte Acock
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03/19/2015
Blue Bells on Indep. Ave. & my nose pressed against the glass trying to decided which penny candy to buy with three cents.
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Photo of Bill-Nancy Sisunik Bill-Nancy Sisunik
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03/19/2015
I love going to old stores like this. We used to vacation in a small town and shop at stores like this....it was the highlight of our trip!
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Photo of Harriet Ward Harriet Ward
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03/19/2015
I grew up around these kind of stores.
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Photo of Glenn Faulkner Glenn Faulkner
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03/19/2015
Don't try to tell me it's better these days! That store is a treasue trove!
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Photo of Susan Luck Susan Luck
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03/19/2015
This store reminds me of the General Store at Knott's Berry Farm in California, back in 1970's. Those where the good old times!!!
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03/19/2015
So interesting.
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Photo of Christian Candelaria Christian Candelaria
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03/19/2015
The necessities
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03/19/2015
The good old days.
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Photo of Glenda Hudson Glenda Hudson
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03/19/2015
I love it! So cool!
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Photo of Patrick Dennis Patrick Dennis
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03/19/2015
The Village at Scott County Park has a general store very similar to this one. Out to check it out really cool.
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03/19/2015
Cooool
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03/19/2015
Love it
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03/19/2015
This is still how they looked in the early 50s; my parents had a country store, not as big as this one.
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Photo of Lynn Harbach Lynn Harbach
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03/19/2015
My Great Great Grandfather's store. This was in Belle MO
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Photo of Lynn Harbach Lynn Harbach
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03/19/2015
Here is the outside. It's been so many different things since then...doughnut shop, florist (I think) and Library.
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Photo of Mary Ruessing Mary Ruessing
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03/19/2015
downtown Osceola Ark has a store like this preserved just as it was. at least it was last time I was down there
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03/19/2015
My uncle & his brother -in-law ran a similar one in Macclesfield, NC called JT Winstead's. Everything from soap to fertilizer was sold there. You could buy men's shoes, material, sugar, etc.
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Photo of Jan Doss Jan Doss
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03/19/2015
This building is still standing in Cedarville California. It is now a restaurant and bookstore.
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03/20/2015
Kinda looks like the store in Adin California just a few years ago.
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03/21/2015
"WOW.. looks like he carried just about a bit of evrything
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03/21/2015
fantastic informations, thanks
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Photo of Anna Matthews Anna Matthews
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03/24/2015
Found this photo in my grandfather's things with no info. He grew up in Pittston, PA (born 1901).
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Margi Underwood
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03/25/2015
great pic
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08/05/2015
Interesting fact: The invention of plate glass revolutionized shopping and merchandising. Before plate glass, displays like this one pictured depended upon the customer walking inside to view merchandise. With plate glass, businesses could merchandise the front of their stores where passerby could view anytime. Hence "window shopping" came to be and displays became more elaborate, which encouraged more desirability and spending.
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08/23/2015
love this kind of pictures
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John Fritz was in a relationship with Anna (Tisserand) Fritz, and has children Catherine Katie (Fritz) Chandler, Gertrude Gertie D. Fritz, and Albert John Fritz. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John Fritz.
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Anton Jacobs Dec 18, 1856 - Apr 29, 1915 Cedarville, California, United States
Anton Jacobs was born on December 18, 1856 in Réding, Moselle County, Lorraine France. He was in a relationship with Marie (Tisserand) Jacobs, and had children Annie (Jacobs) Doss, Andrew Jacobs, and John Joseph Jacobs. Anton Jacobs died at age 58 years old on April 29, 1915 in Cedarville, Modoc County, California United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Anton Jacobs.
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