Grocers Shop Collection

Pulperia Argentina, 1902-21 (engraving)
CUL4892589 Pulperia Argentina, 1902-21 (engraving); (add.info.: Pulperia Argentina. Traditional commercial Establishment and social center of the popular classes typical in South America)

An engraving depicting the outside of a Grocer's Shop, 19th century
5310984 An engraving depicting the outside of a Grocer's Shop, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1860); Universal History Archive/UIG.

The Grocer's Shop, 1715. Creator: Frans van Mieris II
The Grocer's Shop, 1715

The Zuiderhavendijk, Enkhuizen, 1868. Creator: Cornelis Springer
The Zuiderhavendijk, Enkhuizen, 1868

Edw. Neumann, Broadway Market, Detroit, Mich. between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Unknown
Edw. Neumann, Broadway Market, Detroit, Mich. between 1905 and 1915

Edw. Neumann, Broadway Market, Detroit, Mich. between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Unknown
Edw. Neumann, Broadway Market, Detroit, Mich. between 1905 and 1915

Le Crocodile, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Le Crocodile, 19th century

Grocery store, Luxembourg, between 1897 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Grocery store, Luxembourg, between 1897 and 1910

Unidentified grocery store, probably in Germany, between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Unidentified grocery store, probably in Germany, between 1900 and 1910

Grocery, Fipeltaner and Vida, Ungaria, Sopron, between 1895 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Grocery, Fipeltaner and Vida, Ungaria, Sopron, between 1895 and 1910

A. Moll, groceries, St. Louis, Mo. between 1895 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
A. Moll, groceries, St. Louis, Mo. between 1895 and 1910

Facade of a grocery store, New Orleans or Charleston, South Carolina, between 1920 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Facade of a grocery store, New Orleans or Charleston, South Carolina, between 1920 and 1926

Women on a covered sidewalk, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Women on a covered sidewalk, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926

View from across street of two women talking, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
View from across street of two women talking, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926

View from across street of people under a covered sidewalk, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
View from across street of people under a covered sidewalk, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926

Store Interior, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Store Interior, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Store Interior, 1917 or 1918. First World War - shop assistant and customer

Store Interior - Waste No Food, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Store Interior - Waste No Food, 1917 or 1918
Store Interior.'Waste No Food, 1917 or 1918. Wartime poster: Household Waste about 700 Million Dollars...Food is wasted when anything edible is allowed to go to the garbage pail or allowed to

A Country Grocer, 1909. Creator: Hans Smidth
A Country Grocer, 1909

The grocery store, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906. Creator: Arnold Genthe
The grocery store, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906

A grocery shop, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906. Creator: Arnold Genthe
A grocery shop, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906

A grocery shop, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906. Creator: Arnold Genthe
A grocery shop, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906

Street scene, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Street scene, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926

Street scene, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Street scene, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926

Exterior of Court House Grocer, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Exterior of Court House Grocer, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926

War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920
War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920

War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920
War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920

Saturday afternoon- San Augustine, Texas, 1939. Creator: Russell Lee
Saturday afternoon- San Augustine, Texas, 1939

Queue à la porte d'une épicerie (angle de la rue Réaumur et du boulevard Sébastopol)... 1871
Queue a la porte d'une epicerie (angle de la rue Reaumur et du boulevard Sebastopol) en novembre 1870, 1871

Willliamsbridge looking towards Gun Hill Road, Bronx, New York, c1907. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Willliamsbridge looking towards Gun Hill Road, Bronx, New York, c1907. Roadside billboards for Beech-Nut sliced Bacon; Sherwin-Williams Paints & Varnishes; Acker

Old tavern, Brook Road, Richmond, Virginia, between c1930 and 1939. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Old tavern, Brook Road, Richmond, Virginia, between c1930 and 1939. Twelve African American children standing in a row by a three-story wooden building. Sign on front: Groceries... R.L. Hilliard

Haiti. Scene, Port Au Prince, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Haiti. Scene, Port Au Prince, 1911
Haiti. Scene, Port Au Prince, 1911. ['Epicerie...pour les familles - (family grocer's). Note woman carrying basket on her head]

Cabaret du Pere Lunette, rue des Anglais, 05–1906. Creator: Paul Schaan
Cabaret du Pere Lunette, rue des Anglais, 05-1906

Grocery store, Widtsoe, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Grocery store. Widtsoe, Utah

The town square of Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The town square of Memphis, Texas. [Grocery store, jeweller's, Auto Body Glass & Top Shop, burger shop, Piggly Wiggly, barber's shop]

View of Widtsoe area from general store, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
View of Widtsoe area from general store. The farmlands purchase lie on the floor of the valley. Utah

Mississippi grocery store, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mississippi grocery store. ['Libity Cash Groc. - M. Pope. - M.Ark.']

Headquarters of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union, Memphis, Tennessee, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Under the "for rent" sign, through the door, one flight up, is the headquarters of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union. Memphis, Tennessee

Post office, Finlay, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Post office. Finlay, Texas

New large-scale cotton farming district, Buttonwillow, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Buttonwillow, California. New large-scale cotton farming district. [Signs: Buttonwillow Post Office, Fresh Meats and Vegetables - Buttonwillow Food Center - Workingman's Store']

New large-scale cotton farming district, Buttonwillow, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Buttonwillow, California. New large-scale cotton farming district. [Signs: Buttonwillow Post Office, Fresh Meats and Vegetables - Buttonwillow Food Center - Workingman's Store - featuring Golden

The Grocer's Shop at Christmas - drawn by Foster, 1850. Creator: Edmund Evans
The Grocer's Shop at Christmas - drawn by Foster, 1850. Shoppers queuing to buy dried fruit to make plum puddings. Illustration to a story by John Oxenford

Eagle Fruit Store and Capital Hotel, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1942. Creator: John Vachon
[Eagle Fruit Store and Capital Hotel], Lincoln, Nebraska

Shulmans market, on N at Union Street S. W. Washington, D. C. between 1941 and 1942. Creator: Louise Rosskam
Shulmans market, on N at Union Street S.W. Washington, D.C

Shulmans Market at the southeast corner of N Street... Washington, D.C. 1941-1942. Creator: Louise Rosskam
Shulmans Market at the southeast corner of N Street and Union Street S.W. Washington, D.C. with a 1931 Chevrolet car parked in front

Car in front of Shulmans Market on N at Union St. S. W. Washington, D. C. between 1941 and 1942
Car in front of Shulmans Market on N at Union St. S.W. Washington, D.C

Seed and feed store, Lincoln, Nebr. 1942. Creator: John Vachon
Seed and feed store, Lincoln, Nebraska. [For sale: Best Sudan Grass - Texas Grown - Prices Low ; Better Loaf flour, potatoes, apples, chewing and smoking tobacco, soft drinks, oranges, grapefruit

Grand Grocery Co. Lincoln, Neb. 1942. Creator: John Vachon
[Grand Grocery Co.], Lincoln, Nebraska. [For sale: Better Loaf flour, potatoes, apples, chewing and smoking tobacco, soft drinks, oranges, grapefruit, Rice Krispies]

Grocery store, Mt. Orab, Ohio, Route 74, 1942 or 1943. Creator: John Vachon
[Grocery store, Mt. Orab, Ohio, Route 74]

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"Step back in time to the bustling grocers shops of the 1940s, where community and commerce intersected. In Lincoln, Nebraska, we see the Eagle Fruit Store and Capital Hotel standing proudly as symbols of local pride. The Shulmans Market in Washington, D. C. , captured by Louise Rosskam's lens, reveals a vibrant scene at the corner of N Street. A snapshot frozen in time between 1941 and 1942 showcases a car parked outside Shulmans Market on Union Street S. W. , reminding us of simpler times. John Vachon's photographs take us further into this era with glimpses of everyday life. His lens captures a seed and feed store in Lincoln, Nebraska - an essential hub for farmers seeking supplies during World War II. The Grand Grocery Co. , also located in Lincoln, stands as a testament to small-town resilience. Moving eastward to Mt. Orab, Ohio along Route 74, Vachon's lens transports us to another grocery store that served as a lifeline for locals during uncertain times. Gordon Parks' photographs offer intimate portraits within these grocers shops owned by Mr. J. Benjamin in Washington D. C. We witness his daughter diligently serving customers while her father oversees operations with care and dedication. Parks' lens also captures Mrs. Ella Watson's neighborhood from across the street - a poignant reminder that these stores were not just places for transactions but also gathering spots where stories were shared. As we observe clerks waiting on customers and housewives bargaining for their families' needs within Mr. J. Benjamin's store; it becomes evident that these grocers shops were more than mere businesses – they were pillars of support within their communities. "