New York Store
Stories set here
- Saturday Chores and a Sack of CandyCarol recalls the girls helping Mom clean every Saturday morning, including changing sheets, cleaning rooms, and washing the insides of windows. Carol disliked dusting Mom’s foot-treadle sewing machine but did it anyway. After sponge baths and dressing up, they shopped downtown, enjoying the New York Store elevator and visiting Penney’s and Block and Kuhls. At Kresge’s dime store they received a small toy and candy to share and savor. Grocery shopping at the A&P or Shinner’s Meat Market finished the day. Carol also recalls a scandal over Shinner’s selling horse-meat just after the war, when good meat was scarce.
- Garden Food and Carefully Mended StockingsIris remembers the family's customary large garden becoming part of the wartime push to grow and preserve food. Ration stamps were required for scarce foods, including coffee, sugar, and meat. She stood in line at the New York Store for nylon hose, repaired stocking runs with tiny stitches, and learned from her mother to draw stocking seams on makeup-covered legs.
Events here
During the Second World War
Waiting in line for nylon hose
Iris recalls waiting for nylon hose, carefully mending runs, and using her mother's trick of drawing stocking seams on makeup-covered legs.
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