One time on Usenet, Goomba38 > said:
> Puester wrote:
> > Gregory Morrow wrote:
> >> Neumann Grocery in Detroit, Michigan:
> >>
> >> http://www.shorpy.com/node/2339
> >
> > I have a photo, circa 1920, of my dad and a co-worker at the Wonder
> > Market in New Bedford, MA. The store was smaller than the one featured
> > and there were fewer canned goods but things like apples and potatoes in
> > various barrels. The most interesting things is the shelf prices. Most
> > things (canned soup, bars of soap) were around $.05. Cereals were ~$.15
> > a package.
> >
> > Interesting history lesson.
> >
> > gloria p
>
> I loved the picture of that Neumann Grocery, but was quite surprised by
> the variety of fruits and veg available in Detroit way back then! Did
> you notice all the pineapples, artichokes, star fruit, bananas? It seems
> transport of produce from far distances was well established and the
> fruit all looked in fabulous condition.

And asparagus! Not only the fresh stuff, but lots of canned (ugh). The
prices seemed a bit high for 1910 though or am I off base on that..?

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Jani in WA