In a perfect trifecta of grocery stores - this is the old A & P at the corner of Fairfield Avenue and Broad Street in Morrellville. It is now home to THE DIRTY BIRD - A Giant Eagle in such sorry shape - that even the lights fixtures in this picture from the 1950's are the same. All be it - always wet from most of the ceiling leaking. It's a nice touch to the shopping experience to see big garbage cans perched on top of shelves - looking like they are going to tip over at any moment - underneath a ceiling covered with plastic and a string hanging down into the can to direct the runoff.
Otherwise very nice look at the billboards and prices in the windows - beside the fact that the photographer forgot to take his tripod out of the shot. But don't forget your Plaid Stamps on the way out. I drank alot of RC growing up - especially at my grandmother's house on Chandler Avenue besides the fact that she always used an empty RC bottle filled with water to iron with. And by the way - I just love this photograph!
Otherwise very nice look at the billboards and prices in the windows - beside the fact that the photographer forgot to take his tripod out of the shot. But don't forget your Plaid Stamps on the way out. I drank alot of RC growing up - especially at my grandmother's house on Chandler Avenue besides the fact that she always used an empty RC bottle filled with water to iron with. And by the way - I just love this photograph!
We shopped at the one in Ebensburg. It had the colonial look that many stores had at the time. The building still stands and has a thrift bakery and fastenal on the other end.
ReplyDeleteWhat house did your grandmother live in on chandler.
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219 Chandler
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