Woolworth's or Kresge's is where I used to buy hard cover Hardy Boys books (by Franklin W. Dixon) for....wait for it.....$.49 in the mid-fifties. Oh how I loved those mysteries, The Tower Treasure, The Clue of The Broken Blade, What Happened at Midnight to name a few. If I'm not mistaken, my mother used to buy oil cloth at Woolworths. I think it was used as a table cloth...just a bit foggy on that one. I can still remember buying turtles and goldfish. $.15 to ride the bus home and I believe it was $1.00 for a bus ticket for ten rides. Awww the 50's.
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