Some shop pics from our last visit with sweet Mr Cohen before he closed up his shop in Lexington, Mississippi, in 2017:
(well actually, this pic above is from a visit in 2004 — the rest are 2017)
So much sweet nostalgia for department stores and general stores. Always seek these out when we go to little towns, especially. The people who own and work at these are people just like us, carrying on tradition and winging it when they try new things, rather than getting directions from a corporate operation manual. All the love to the clothes shops, the feed stores, indie bookstores, country gas stations, family drug stores, the bakeries, the restaurants. The people who know they’re not going to have a lot of business because it’s going to rain, and those who stress out at the post office because the big checks aren’t coming in net 30.
Hammer’s, Oneonta AL
Hammer’s, Scottsboro AL
Neilson’s, Oxford MS
U.G. White, Athens
Pick Up & Go Food Store, New Orleans
Goodman’s, Greenville MS
Duchess Doughnuts, Cullman AL
Benton’s Country Hams, Madisonville TN
Pell City Steakhouse, Pell City AL
Gibbes Country Store, Learned MS
Taylor Grocery, Taylor MS
Fosters Feed and Garden Supply, Fosters AL
Mustang Oil, Greensboro AL
Shankerman’s, Clarksdale MS
Pond Store, Pond MS
Avon in stock at a parts store in Monticello, Arkansas
D&T Supermarket, Clarksdale MS
Simons-Wright store, Toomsuba MS
Jefferson Country Store, Jefferson AL
Variety Bakery Shop, Scottsboro AL
Coldwater Seed and Supply, Tuscumbia AL
B&B Soul Kitchen, Yazoo City MS
Square Books, Oxford MS
Dairy Freeze, Crystal Springs MS
Williams Brothers Store, Philadelphia MS