PopKulture's photos with the keyword: store

The block in the lower left has been blackened out, probably due to a name change, but this looks like a wonderful cigar store nevertheless. I know I'd go crazy drooling over all the beautifully lithographed cigar boxes.

Tidy indeed! The perfect little "super waxed garbage bags" for the tidiest house in town!

A vintage photograph of a jewelry store interior from Cadiz, Ohio, taken in 1926. The label on the back reads: "from R. H. Black, Jeweler Box 102 Cadiz, Ohio (written in pen) John M Ramsey Raymond H Black May 1st 1926"

Vintage photograph of the Blue Bird eatery and ice cream parlor, which once stood at the crossroads of Rand Road and Dundee Road, near modern-day Palatine, Barrington, and Arlington Heights, Illinois. The photo is mistakenly identified in the ballpoint inscription added sometime later as dating from the "1920's" - this is clearly not the case as an NRA (or National Recovery Administration) sign can be spotted in the window left of the door. It therefore dates from 1933 or after, which is consistent with some of the other signage. Chicagoans have long utilized Dundee Road to Rand Road en route to vacation destinations like the Chain of Lakes region in Illinois or Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. This is a highly developed area now with the usual glut of suburbia, but in the days prior to World War II, it was chiefly farmland, as can be seen in the background. The Blue Bird surely provided a welcome sight for many a thirsty or hungry traveler.

Old feed store in Pleasant Hill, Illinois, in the Mississippi Valley. 2006

Vintage advertising standee for Furn X furniture polish. I've never been able to verify that this product got beyond the planning stages.

A "racket store" was nothing more than another name for a dime store or "5 & 10." Vintage postcard view of Everett's Racket Store, Union City, Pennsylvania.

Colorful and whimsical treatment for this large neon liquor store sign - Parkview Liquor Store, Cumberland, Maryland.

Vintage matchbook cover featuring a stock design for toy stores. This one adorns the back of a matchbook from Roy's Toy Town in Freeport, Illinois.

Arrowhead Liquor store on old Route 66 through Winslow, Arizona. From a 35mm print, 1997.

Old storefront on Route 66 through Holbrook, Arizona. From a 35mm print, 1997.

This local variety shop closed a while ago and posted the dubious "remodeling" signs that often accompany closures, so when it actually did reopen recently, I was pleasantly surprised. This is a variety of sign that is certainly going by the wayside, along with candy stores, newsstands, and smoke shops themselves. Al's Smoke Shop, Villa Park, Illinois.

Vintage sign for Dom and Pete's "Point View" Bar in Gary, Indiana.