Depression Era Dime Store: Kitchen, Home, and Garden

by C.L. Miller

Book Overview

Like peering through the plate glass window of a Woolworth's, Kresge's, or J.J. Newberry's, this popular book reveals the wonderful array of dimestore merchandise that awaited homemakers and gardeners during our country's Depression era. Consumers in those years needed a convenient, affordable place to purchase necessities for the home--and dimestores had it all. Illustrated with over 200 images, many of them drawn from original catalogs and advertisements,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764313746
• ISBN13: 9780764313745
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"