Five And Dime Stores 1960s

Across the united states a large number of local stores and store chains that started between the 1920s and 1950s have become defunct since the late 1960s when many chains were either consolidated or liquidated some may have been lost due to mergers while others were affected by a phenomenon of large store closings in the 2010s known as the retail apocalypse. The common term in north america for a small general merchandise store is general store. Five and dime stores.

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The former woolworth s in greensboro n c pictured is on the national register of historic places for being the site in 1960 of some of the first civil rights lunch counter sit in protests.

Five and dime stores 1960s. From candy and toys to housewares and notions these stores offered a little of everything. Oct 8 2015 explore cindy griffith s board the old five dime stores followed by 562 people on pinterest. Feb 4 2020 explore djayjenk s board 5 10 store 1950 s 1960 s on pinterest. People of a certain age can recall when a nickel had value.

In the early 20th century woolworth s was established by frank winfield woolworth a new york entrepreneur. On 22 february 1879 woolworth opened his great five cent store in utica new york and it was. See more ideas about variety store the good old days childhood memories. Berdine and his brother lafayette and seeks to.

It began in 1908 with k c. Five cent coin is called a nickel. Does the name woolworth s ring a bell. But the 1980s and 90s weren t kind to dime stores in general and in 1997 woolworth s closed the last 400 of its stores.

Frank winfield woolworth had seen the success in michigan and western new york of so called nickel stores where everything cost five cents the u s. Berdine s five and dime is located in harrisville w va and touts itself as the oldest five and dime store in america. Five and dime stores sold the best variety of inexpensive household items. Some would say that the dollar stores are the equivalent of the old five and dimes in the 1960s large discount stores began to replace dime stores.

He founded the first american. Walking into a five and dime also called a variety store was like entering a wonderland a place where a kid might purchase treasure. In the 1970s suburban shopping malls dealt another blow since most dime stores or variety stores as they sometimes were called were located downtown. See more ideas about old things olds the good old days.

Popular in the early to mid 20th century the five and dime also called the 5 10 was the precursor to modern day discount stores offering everything from candies to household necessities for.