July, 1939 - Gordonton, N.C.
$.22.9 per gallon = Expensive gas for 1939 ! | $4.69/gal. Today ... 😉😋
July 1939. Gordonton, N.C. "Country store on dirt road. Sunday afternoon. Note kerosene pump on the right and the gasoline pump on the left. Rough, unfinished timber posts have been used as supports for porch roof. Negro men sitting on the porch. Brother of store owner stands in doorway." 4x5 nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Admin. View full size.
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Lots of the old country stores around when I was growing up . They started to disappear in the late 70s ,early 80s as convenience stores started to appear . There are still a few in my area hanging on in the less populated areas.
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I've seen the first one several times through the years, but that's the first time I've seen the second one.
Joe
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agree 1st time I have seen the 2nd photo of the place
look close Suttle changes in the photos of the items around and under the porch .. reminds me the test photos in school what is the difference in the two photos ?
boy how laid back and basic it was rough life for so many but they struggled thru
as a kid going to Tennessee to visit dads family lot of memories of the old mom pop general stores / gas stations creaking old wood floors dimly lighted I remember what looked like a few boxes / tiins of food and assorted goods of course the old fellers sitting on the front porch just passing time . it was a great day to get a RC and a moon pie and penny packs of BB's and that's was good as kid could want LOL
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... a time long passed. Look where we are now. Thanks for sharing, gesshots.
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I really miss a lot of those "mom & pop" places where your patronage benefited actual local hard working families. Now we have 7 Eleven's and Dollar Stores run by some corporate conglomerate where profits go who knows where.
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Scene's like that in rural areas were pretty common around the South, my Grandparents owned one a wee bit better than the one pictured along with their farm operation, it also served as a neighborhood news source too. Credit was common since few had cash until payday and beyond. Checkers under a large shady oak tree was the favorite past-time for many.
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Lots of folks still had kerosene lighting prior to ww2
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Wait, that can't be in the South. We're all racist and we would never let black folks sit on the front porch. (sarcasm)
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