The drugstore had everything you could possibly want! drugstores variety stores newsstands Woolworth's Walgreens Rexall Ben Franklin	-----	The corner newsstand sold candy, cigars and more than a few magazines!
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Many modern department stores adopted the new art deco look department stores Filene's Bonwit Teller Macy's The May Company Montgomery Wards Gimbel's Harrod's Marshall Field's Sears Saks Fifth Avenue *You could get some great bargains at Filene's Dollar Days!		O'Neil's Department Store in Akron, Ohio
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other stores dress shops haberdasheries feed stores (feed, seed, baby chicks) hardware stores (hardware, radios) bakeries candy stores butcher shops milliners appliance dealers (ice boxes, ranges, furnaces) car dealerships		Used cars for sale, 1939
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grocery stores The Great A&P Food Co. Piggly Wiggly Dominick's National Tea Company Safeway Royal Blue Food Stores		At small "mom & pop" grocery stores, the products were kept in glass cases or on shelves behind the counter, and the grocer obtained them for you. People who used ice boxes did their grocery shopping more often than people who used refrigerators. Ice boxes were smaller and less efficient, which made bulk buying impossible and caused food to spoil more quickly. "We pay cash for eggs!" --In small towns, the A&P and other grocery stores payed local farmers cash for their eggs.
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the rural general store In the country, the general store had just about everything you could need. groceries: flour & molasses sold from barrels, meat wrapped in brown paper & tied with string, canned goods, coffee, pickles sold from barrels, licorice & peppermint sticks for the kids home & work needs: kerosene sold from barrels, harnesses, feed, hunting & fishing supplies for the ladies: bolts of cotton & gingham, canning supplies, sewing notions		Bottles of Coca-Cola in the open-top ice box and advertising thermometers on the wall

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