BOOK NUMBER ELEVEN
SUBJECT MATTER: Youth, Social Life and Customs
TITLE: Shopping in Grandma's Day
AUTHORS: Valerie Weber, Beverly Crawford
PUBLISHER: Carolrhoda Books, Inc.
COPYRIGHT: 1999, 32 pages
A fascinating book with marvelous graphics, illustrations, and black and white photos with accompanying text; telling the story of what life was like in the 1940's as far as shopping, getting around, etc.
Did you know that in those days a store clerk would get each item the customer needed? How different it is today when thousands of items are on display in a supermarket and you(the shopper) only has to reach out and get it on their own! Did you know that shoe stores used an x-ray machine to measure shoe size back then?
If you like nostalgia, history, photography, and great stories, this book is for you!
SUBJECT MATTER: Youth, Social Life and Customs
TITLE: Shopping in Grandma's Day
AUTHORS: Valerie Weber, Beverly Crawford
PUBLISHER: Carolrhoda Books, Inc.
COPYRIGHT: 1999, 32 pages
A fascinating book with marvelous graphics, illustrations, and black and white photos with accompanying text; telling the story of what life was like in the 1940's as far as shopping, getting around, etc.
Did you know that in those days a store clerk would get each item the customer needed? How different it is today when thousands of items are on display in a supermarket and you(the shopper) only has to reach out and get it on their own! Did you know that shoe stores used an x-ray machine to measure shoe size back then?
If you like nostalgia, history, photography, and great stories, this book is for you!
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