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New York : Crabtree Pub., c1997.
Description
Describes the general stores of the past, how they were stocked, the roles of storekeepers in communities, and what has happened to general stores in the twentieth century.
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32 p.; 28 cm
ISBN
0865054320 / 9780865054325
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In Memory of Barbara Moore
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| Y 381 KAL |
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LibraryThing member thornton37814
An informative look at 19th century general store and the work of the store owner and his family. The book contains a glossary at the end. Some of the illustrations were drawings; others were photographs. The quality of them varied. As a genealogist who had an ancestor who ran a general store, I
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found it fairly accurate according to what my mom told me about her father's stories about his father. The author pointed out that many of the store owners also served as postmasters, and this was accurate in my own ancestor's case. Show Less