Country Store Collectibles

by Douglas Congdon-Martin, Doug Condon-Martin, Robert Biondi

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887402747
• ISBN13: 9780887402746
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.5" x 10.9"