20+ Rare Vintage Photos Of Grocery Stores That Will Amaze You

Remember when Boris Yeltsin visited the USA in 1989 and couldn't believe the grocery stores he was seeing? We bet you'll feel this way when you see this collection of vintage grocery store photos.

JUL 5, 2018

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Remember when Boris Yeltsin visited the USA in 1989 and couldn't believe the grocery stores he was seeing? We bet you'll feel this way when you see this collection of vintage grocery store photos. The guys at Bored Panda have collected a series of vintage photographs showing grocery stores of America in various different time periods. You'll see everything from isles filled with glass soda bottles to cars driving inside the supermarkets, and without a doubt, you will say "wow!". See the vintage grocery stores pictures in the gallery below! More info: h/t

#1 1980, When Every Soft Drink Bottle On The Shelf Was Still Glass

Image source: Dave Aldrich

#2 Country Store On Dirt Road. Note The Kerosene Pump On The Right And The Gasoline Pump On The Left. Brother Of Store Owner Stands In Doorway. Gordonton, North Carolina, 1939

Image source: Dorothea Lange

#3 The Grocery Store Of The Late 19th Century, USA

Image source: skipperbob

#4 Grocery Shopping, 1960s

Image source: skipperbob

#5 Cashiers At The Piggly Wiggly Continental, Encino, California, 1962

Image source: notbob1959

#6 Interior Of The Original Piggly Wiggly Self-Service Grocery Store, Memphis, Tennessee. The First Self Service Grocery Store, Opened 1916. Picture From 1918

Image source: Clarence H. Saunders

#7 Publix Supermarkets Showcased Their Wide Aisles And A Self-Service Dairy Case By Driving A Shopper Around A New Store In A Tiny Car, Circa 1957

Image source: Publix Supermarkets

#8 Shopping In Coop Store, Greenbelt, Maryland, 1938

Image source: Marion Post Wolcott

#9 Two Women Shopping In An American Supermarket, Circa 1970

Image source: H. Armstrong Roberts

#10 Publix Market In Sarasota, Florida, 1961

Image source: State Archives of Florida/Steinmetz

#11 A Large Sign Reading "I Am An American" Placed In The Window Of A Store, On December 8, The Day After Pearl Harbor. The Business Was Owned By The Matsuda Family. The Store Was Closed Following Orders To Persons Of Japanese Descent To Evacuate From Certain West Coast Areas

Image source: Dorothea Lange

#12 Children In Front Of Grocery Store, Chicago, Illinois, 1941

Image source: Russell Lee

#13 Jitney Jungle Checkout Clerk Billy Barineau In Tallahassee, 1962

Image source: Tallahassee Democrat collection

#14 Jayne Mansfield Grocery Shopping In Las Vegas, 1959

#15 Supermarket In 1960s

Image source: the60sbazaar

#16 Man And Dogs In Front Of Grocery Store, Robinson, Illinois, 1940

Image source: John Vachon

#17 Working Mother Jennie Magill Shopping With Her Children At The Super Market, 1956

Image source: Grey Villet

#18 James Dean Shopping For Groceries In Marfa, TX, 1955

Image source: Richard C. Miller

#19 My Great Great Grandparents At The Counter Of Their Grocery Store In Bremerton, Washington (1925)

Image source: PavementBlues

#20 Home Turned Into Grocery Store, Omaha, Nebraska, 1938

Image source: John Vachon

#21 Shopping In Coop Store, Greenbelt, Maryland, 1938

Image source: Marion Post Wolcott

#22 My Great Grandfather Standing In His Grocery Store, Evansville, IN, 1960

Image source: CincyNat

#23 Buying Groceries In Store At Blankenship, Indiana, 1938

Image source: Arthur Rothstein

#24 My 2nd Great Grandmother Opening Her Store In Cincinnati, Ohio

Image source: Edonlin2004

#25 The Super Giant Supermarket In Rockville, Maryland, 1964

Image source: John Dominis

#26 Food Shopping And Mini-Skirts, 1970

Image source: Brett Streutker

Image source: Roadsidepictures

#28 Three Women Talking In Frozen Food Aisle Of Supermarket, 1950s

Image source: Camerique/ClassicStock

#29 Tulip Town Market, Grove Center By James Edward Westcott, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, July 4, 1945

Image source: National Archives, General Records of the Department of Energy

#30 Working At A General Store, 1973

Image source: Meunderwears

#31 Shopping In The Cooperative Grocery Store, Greenbelt, Maryland, 1942 (Colorized)

Image source: shorpy.com

#32 Kroger Grocery Store, Lexington Kentucky, 1947, By Lafayette Studio

Image source: michaelconfoy

#33 Interior Of A Piggly Wiggly Grocery Store, 1959

Image source: 14thCenturyHood

#34 At Nixon, Wife Of VP, Grocery Shopping With Her Daughters Julie And Tricia, 1958

Image source: Hank Walker

#35 Dairy Counter At Clark's, A Grocery, Drug, Sundries, And Department Store And Lunch Counter, Charlotte, NC, 1962 Or 1963

Image source: General Negative Collection, North Carolina State Archives

#36 Proprietor Of Small Grocery Store, Jeanerette, Louisiana, 1938

Image source: Russell Lee

#37 Box-Boy In A Small Rural Grocery Store In Southeast Idaho, 1972

#38 Kings Supermarket, 1950s

#39 1920 Interior View Of A Chicago Grocery

Image source: twixonurface

#40 Grocery Cart, 1974

Image source: 14thCenturyHood

#41 Vintage Trade Ad With Ruffles Potato Chips, Flings, Etc. At A Checkout

Image source: Jon Anderson

#42 Scene In The Cooperative Store At Irwinville Farms, Georgia, 1938

Image source: John Vachon

#43 Ralph's Supermarket, Los Angeles, 1942

Image source: I_POST_ON_WEDNESDAYS

#44 Delivery Vans, 1942 Style, Line Up Outside A Greenbelt, Maryland, Grocery Store Awaiting Customers

Image source: Ann Rosener

#45 Sunkist Grocery Store Display, 1940s

Image source: Dan Goodsell

#46 Interior Of Northland Foods, Thief River Falls, MN, In The 70's

Image source: Pennington County Historical Society

#47 Grocery Store Parking Lot, West Covina, CA, 1959

Image source: KubrickIsMyCopilot

#48 Duke's Mayonnaise Jars Assembled In A Display At Cozart's Grocery Store, 1965

Image source: Joyner Library

#49 Grand Grocery Company, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1942

Image source: John Vachon

#50 U-Pak Kmart No Frills Supermarket Pontiac, Michigan, 1979

Image source: Phillip Pessar

#51 Grocery Store Window, Dubuque, Iowa, 1940

Image source: John Vachon

#52 Kroger Grocery Store, Lexington, Kentucky, 1947

Image source: michaelconfoy

#53 Store Operated By John Zabala Until 1979

Image source: Carl Fleischhauer

#54 Cooperative Store At Greenbelt, Maryland, 1938

Image source: Marion Post Wolcott

#55 Boy On Porch Of General Store, Roseland, Virginia, 1938

Image source: John Vachon

#56 At The Grocery Store, 1950s

#57 Cigarette And Cigar Displays (Camel, L&M, Etc...) At Clark's, A Grocery, Drug, Sundries, And Department Store And Lunch Counter, Charlotte, NC, 1962 Or 1963

Image source: General Negative Collection, North Carolina State Archives

#58 Houchens Grocery Store, Kentucky, C. 1950s

Image source: ProbablyNotKelly

#59 My Dad Doing Groceries During His High School Exchange Year In Michigan, 1962

Image source: mk-bn

#60 Rear Of Grocery Store, Baltimore, Maryland, 1938

Image source: John Vachon

#61 Interior View Of A Ralphs Grocery Store At An Unknown Location In Los Angeles In November 1943, Showing The Check-Out Counter And Cash Register

Image source: Los Angeles Public Library

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#1 1980, When Every Soft Drink Bottle On The Shelf Was Still Glass

#2 Country Store On Dirt Road. Note The Kerosene Pump On The Right And The Gasoline Pump On The Left. Brother Of Store Owner Stands In Doorway. Gordonton, North Carolina, 1939

#3 The Grocery Store Of The Late 19th Century, USA

#4 Grocery Shopping, 1960s

#5 Cashiers At The Piggly Wiggly Continental, Encino, California, 1962

#6 Interior Of The Original Piggly Wiggly Self-Service Grocery Store, Memphis, Tennessee. The First Self Service Grocery Store, Opened 1916. Picture From 1918

#7 Publix Supermarkets Showcased Their Wide Aisles And A Self-Service Dairy Case By Driving A Shopper Around A New Store In A Tiny Car, Circa 1957

#8 Shopping In Coop Store, Greenbelt, Maryland, 1938

#9 Two Women Shopping In An American Supermarket, Circa 1970

#10 Publix Market In Sarasota, Florida, 1961

#11 A Large Sign Reading "I Am An American" Placed In The Window Of A Store, On December 8, The Day After Pearl Harbor. The Business Was Owned By The Matsuda Family. The Store Was Closed Following Orders To Persons Of Japanese Descent To Evacuate From Certain West Coast Areas

#12 Children In Front Of Grocery Store, Chicago, Illinois, 1941

#13 Jitney Jungle Checkout Clerk Billy Barineau In Tallahassee, 1962

#14 Jayne Mansfield Grocery Shopping In Las Vegas, 1959

#15 Supermarket In 1960s

#16 Man And Dogs In Front Of Grocery Store, Robinson, Illinois, 1940

#17 Working Mother Jennie Magill Shopping With Her Children At The Super Market, 1956

#18 James Dean Shopping For Groceries In Marfa, TX, 1955

#19 My Great Great Grandparents At The Counter Of Their Grocery Store In Bremerton, Washington (1925)

#20 Home Turned Into Grocery Store, Omaha, Nebraska, 1938

#21 Shopping In Coop Store, Greenbelt, Maryland, 1938

#22 My Great Grandfather Standing In His Grocery Store, Evansville, IN, 1960

#23 Buying Groceries In Store At Blankenship, Indiana, 1938

#24 My 2nd Great Grandmother Opening Her Store In Cincinnati, Ohio

#25 The Super Giant Supermarket In Rockville, Maryland, 1964

#26 Food Shopping And Mini-Skirts, 1970

#27 Mayfair Supermarket Cookie Display, 1950s

#28 Three Women Talking In Frozen Food Aisle Of Supermarket, 1950s

#29 Tulip Town Market, Grove Center By James Edward Westcott, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, July 4, 1945

#30 Working At A General Store, 1973

#31 Shopping In The Cooperative Grocery Store, Greenbelt, Maryland, 1942 (Colorized)

#32 Kroger Grocery Store, Lexington Kentucky, 1947, By Lafayette Studio

#33 Interior Of A Piggly Wiggly Grocery Store, 1959

#34 At Nixon, Wife Of VP, Grocery Shopping With Her Daughters Julie And Tricia, 1958

#35 Dairy Counter At Clark's, A Grocery, Drug, Sundries, And Department Store And Lunch Counter, Charlotte, NC, 1962 Or 1963

#36 Proprietor Of Small Grocery Store, Jeanerette, Louisiana, 1938

#37 Box-Boy In A Small Rural Grocery Store In Southeast Idaho, 1972

#38 Kings Supermarket, 1950s

#39 1920 Interior View Of A Chicago Grocery

#40 Grocery Cart, 1974

#41 Vintage Trade Ad With Ruffles Potato Chips, Flings, Etc. At A Checkout

#42 Scene In The Cooperative Store At Irwinville Farms, Georgia, 1938

#43 Ralph's Supermarket, Los Angeles, 1942

#44 Delivery Vans, 1942 Style, Line Up Outside A Greenbelt, Maryland, Grocery Store Awaiting Customers

#45 Sunkist Grocery Store Display, 1940s

#46 Interior Of Northland Foods, Thief River Falls, MN, In The 70's

#47 Grocery Store Parking Lot, West Covina, CA, 1959

#48 Duke's Mayonnaise Jars Assembled In A Display At Cozart's Grocery Store, 1965

#49 Grand Grocery Company, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1942

#50 U-Pak Kmart No Frills Supermarket Pontiac, Michigan, 1979

#51 Grocery Store Window, Dubuque, Iowa, 1940

#52 Kroger Grocery Store, Lexington, Kentucky, 1947

#53 Store Operated By John Zabala Until 1979

#54 Cooperative Store At Greenbelt, Maryland, 1938

#55 Boy On Porch Of General Store, Roseland, Virginia, 1938

#56 At The Grocery Store, 1950s

#57 Cigarette And Cigar Displays (Camel, L&M, Etc...) At Clark's, A Grocery, Drug, Sundries, And Department Store And Lunch Counter, Charlotte, NC, 1962 Or 1963

#58 Houchens Grocery Store, Kentucky, C. 1950s

#59 My Dad Doing Groceries During His High School Exchange Year In Michigan, 1962

#60 Rear Of Grocery Store, Baltimore, Maryland, 1938

#61 Interior View Of A Ralphs Grocery Store At An Unknown Location In Los Angeles In November 1943, Showing The Check-Out Counter And Cash Register