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Default Memories of Woolworths lunch counter.

On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:53:18 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2010-06-22, Christine Dabney > wrote:
>
>> Anyone else have memories, even fond memories?

>
>Of course!
>
>Kress, Woolworths, WT Grant.... they all had lunch counters back in
>the day.


I forgot about Kress and WT Grant. I thought I remembered Walgreens
having counters before they changed them to Wag's so I looked.

Looks like they started in 1910 and continued till the 80's

http://www.walgreens.com/marketing/a...tory/hist3.jsp


IGA grocery stores also had counters. At least in the 70's.

Googling for Walgreens I found this unrelated Walgreen restaurant menu
from 1939. Great prices!

http://www.ameshistoricalsociety.org.../walgreens.htm

Lou