Since 1884, the Simmons-Wright Company general store (called “Simmons and Wright”) has served the Kewanee, Mississippi area. This is actually the 1926 brick building that replaced the original which was destroyed in a fire. At one time, there was a blacksmith shop, a gristmill, gin, and sawmill in addition to selling…well, everything else. And apparently cotton served as currency at a certain point, too. //embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js
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It seems as though just about everything’s for sale, from this old barber chair ($2200) to those old phones behind
And there’s someone in the world who I *know* would love to have this Holsum Bread cart
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Nilla wafers to hoop cheese, they’ve got it. In fact, I asked the gentleman running the store for a slice of cheese, and since it was warm outside, as he wrapped it in paper, he gave me advice to go put it on the roof of the car while I finished looking around so it would melt just a little and taste even better. Who can resist?
FDR looks over the whole place.
Paul C. Marsh General Store in Locust Fork AL//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js
Burnt Corn General Store, Burnt Corn AL//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js
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Turner General Store, Reece City AL (though I think they sell their antique signs and such, I’m not sure how much of a general store it truly is — but they do sell fresh eggs via the fridge on the porch)//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js
R.E. Ringer General Merchandise, South of Carrollton GA//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js
‘The Lrd Provides’ Shinbone Valley General Store, Shinbone AL
J.F. Suttle Company, Suttle AL//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js
In 2006, I took a pic of the Sprott Store (in Sprott, AL) as compared to what it looked like (on the left) when Walker Evans photographed it in 1936//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js
Causeyville General Store, Causeyville AL//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js