Vintage Grocery Store Photos That Will Hit You with All of the Nostalgia

Country Store, 1939

Located on a dirt road in Gordonton, North Carolina, this small market sold cigarettes, gasoline, and other goods.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.