Courtesy of the Greensboro Historical Museum. Used by permission.
I’ve written about this store and how important it was to me before.
Most of you probably do not know that in my other life, I am an academic librarian whose job primarily involves supervising the digitization and online presentation of archival material. The job and the hobby intersect from time to time and this is one of those cases. These photos are part of a huge grant-funded project we recently unveiled on the history of Greensboro from Reconstruction to World War II. They’re great (and a rare find) because they show the pristine interior of this store at its grand opening. They come from the papers of Jim Sifford, who was apparently an A&P regional manager in the area. I’ll add more later.
Another great photo surfaced as well, but you’ve seen that one before.
Safeway, Abilene TX, 1960
Yes, I know it’s been a year. And yes, I know that I haven’t been answering email and that there have been problems with the Message Board. I have had personal issues and other things that have kept me extremely busy and I apologize.
But here are lots of new updates:
- Washington DC: New address spreadsheet.
- Asheville NC: Updated address spreadsheet.
- Fayetteville NC: Updated address spreadsheet.
- Gastonia NC: Updated address spreadsheet.
- Tri-Cities TN/VA: New section.
- Abilene TX: New address spreadsheet.
- Flagstaff AZ: New address spreadsheet.
Photo galleries added for Norfolk/Tidewater, Myrtle Beach, and Montréal, and updates to Toronto.
My sincerest apologies for the long disappearance. Several major work and family emergencies have pretty much taken over my life for the past few months and the site has been a pretty low priority. But I’m starting to see some daylight now and I have a bit of new content to add. For now, it’s just two new location lists: one for Myrtle Beach SC and one for the Norfolk/Tidewater Area of Virginia. I hope to add some photos for both of these this weekend. And I hope to do a lot more than that over the next few weeks.
Since I’m working in the background and spending a lot of time here, I thought you might like to see where the website is created. This is the Groceteria factory (a/k/a my basement rec room):
