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"Got" used six times ....
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Based on 1941 Wellston High School year book
advertisement, the address of the Piggly Wiggly was 6216-6218
Easton (Dr. MLK Drive).
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1937 Piggly Wiggly Self Service Store
6216-6218 Easton Avenue
(between Muehlings and the Wellston Show)
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New
Deal was in its fifth year.
News from Europe was worrisome as Hitler rebuilt
Germany's war machine.
A brand new Chevy deluxe coupe cost $560.
A can of tuna went for a dime at the Piggly Wiggly store on Easton
Avenue.
You could see a double feature movie for ten cents in the "Air
Cooled " Wellston Theatre!
COOL!
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The patented self service store
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This store was so different it was Patented!!
A Self-Serving Store!
Excert below you can click on it to
see the rest of the application and the store layouts,
all patented.
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Part of 1917 Patent Store Layout
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Patented Lay out showing Customer shopping aisles
and direction of shopping from entrance to exit.
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Gone is Western Auto, Central Hardware, Velvet Freeze, Piggly
Wiggly, Muehlings, Busy Bee, Kresges and Jupiter Stores and most
of the other stores we knew in the 30s,40s, 50s, and 60s.
THANKS for the
Memories!
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