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Country Store Collectibles
Douglas Congdon
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Description for Country Store Collectibles
Paperback. Nearly 600 fixtures, products and advertising from old time American country stores are illustrated, plus historical photographs of the stores themselves and the people who worked in them. Many date from turn of the 20th century so provide historic references to actual, everyday life. Num Pages: 160 pages, 564 color photos. BIC Classification: WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 772.
The country store played a central role in the lives of most Americans during the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Sometimes known as "The General Store" or a "Mom and Pop," they were emporiums of civilization. In the small towns, the prairies, and frontiers of America, country stores were the places where people could get the things they could not produce themselves: tools, gadgets, cloth and clothing, shoes, food, medicines...hundreds of items produced in the growing American factories. In Country Store Collectibles the stores, their fixtures, products, and advertising are chronicled in beautiful full color photographs. Nearly 600 ... Read more
The country store played a central role in the lives of most Americans during the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Sometimes known as "The General Store" or a "Mom and Pop," they were emporiums of civilization. In the small towns, the prairies, and frontiers of America, country stores were the places where people could get the things they could not produce themselves: tools, gadgets, cloth and clothing, shoes, food, medicines...hundreds of items produced in the growing American factories. In Country Store Collectibles the stores, their fixtures, products, and advertising are chronicled in beautiful full color photographs. Nearly 600 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Schiffer Pub Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780887402746
SKU
V9780887402746
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-2
About Douglas Congdon
Douglas Congdon-Martin is the author of several books in the area of antique advertising and country store collectibles.
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