How Many General Stores? These.

Some old general stores we’ve visited were just made to look like an old general store, some are the real article (click images for more details).  Just a few of my favorites…

The L-rd Provides Shinbone Valley General Store, Shinbone AL
Shinbone Valley General Store, Shinbone Alabama

Turner General Store, rural Etowah County AL (Crudup, AL area?)
Turner General Store

Simmons-Wright Company General Store, Kewanee MS
Simmons-Wright Company General Store, Kewanee MS

Inside:
Simmons-Wright Company General Store, Kewanee MS

Simmons-Wright Company General Store, Kewanee MS

Burnt Corn General Store, Burnt Corn AL
Burnt Corn General Store, Burnt Corn AL

Inside the Burnt Corn Store (it’s now closed):

Burnt Corn General Store, Burnt Corn AL

R.E. Ringer General Merchandise, S of Carrollton GA
R.E. Ringer Gen Merchandise, S of Carrollton GA

Hagood General Store, near Masseyline AL
Hagood General Store, Near Masseyline AL

Paul C. Marsh General Store, Locust Fork AL
Paul C. Marsh General Store, Locust Fork AL

Paul C. Marsh General Store, Locust Fork AL

J.F. Suttle Company, Suttle AL:
J.F. Suttle Co. Inc, Suttle AL

The inside of the Whale Store in Alligator, MS from several years ago:
Aaron Kline's Whale Store, Alligator MS

The store Walker Evans made famous — the Sprott Store in Sprott AL:
Sprott Store

I did this comparison of a pic of the Sprott Store we took earlier and with Walker Evans’ image:
Sprott Store, Then & Now - Sprott AL

And one of my favorites, the Smut Eye Store in Smuteye AL:
Smut  Eye Store, Smuteye, Alabama

…with this great ‘Get Dillinger! $15000 Reward’ door:

Smut  Eye Store, Smuteye, Alabama

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