The Store 1937
As I said the other day, when I was a kid the grocery store didn't sell leather recliners like our Kroger does today. It had a good variety, but not the ten jillion brands of stuff we're used to today. But go back to rural Mississippi around 1937 and the "store" had a different meaning. Take a look at this picture...
This is my Great-Grandfather standing behind the counter of a country store. Vegetole vegetable shortening, big ol' cans of oil sausauge, Honey Cutt chewing tobacco, bags of rolling tobacco, OCB rolling papers, snuff, canned Jack Mackeral, sardines, Campbell's canned beans and sacks of Delicious flour are among the few items available. I met him a few times and for some reason I would guess there may have been other items available by request only. (He's the guy asleep in the swing in this picture.)
I think it's safe to say that I come from humble roots.
This is my Great-Grandfather standing behind the counter of a country store. Vegetole vegetable shortening, big ol' cans of oil sausauge, Honey Cutt chewing tobacco, bags of rolling tobacco, OCB rolling papers, snuff, canned Jack Mackeral, sardines, Campbell's canned beans and sacks of Delicious flour are among the few items available. I met him a few times and for some reason I would guess there may have been other items available by request only. (He's the guy asleep in the swing in this picture.)
I think it's safe to say that I come from humble roots.
Posted by TBF at 7/20/2008 11:57 PM 
Categories: History for 500 dollars
Tags: Grocery store in rural Mississippi
Categories: History for 500 dollars
Tags: Grocery store in rural Mississippi
I'm betting there was a hawg-leg pistol and a jug of squeezin's under the counter. This great-grandfather of ours was quite a character.
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