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Looks like they shopped after church. That's how people used to dress for church back in the day. Though the boy looks a bit shabby.
Wearing a vest cowboy style) Could be a Saturday Birthday Party.. most retail used to be closed on Sundays.... Woman looks a bit casual for church. ... Grand Union is/was a northeast grocery chain (I think) but that convertible make me wonder...
Yep. Blue Laws meant no stopping anywhere "after church." I can't even recall if gas stations were open but they must have been?
Gas stations, drug stores, and other necessary businesses. My father didn't buy on Sunday. He said if everybody did that, all the stores would still be closed on Sunday.
Yeah I lived in Central PA during the blue law Era and it was nice. I don't recall the blue laws in SC pa where we moved from and back to in the same time period but in the north central area it was like a time capsule anyway so maybe that's why
Now its a catch 22. With jobs overworking many of us there sometimes HAS to be buying on Sundays which validates the stores being open but I don't like it at all.
I worked Sundays at one, but the cars looked much different by then..
Back then, grocery stores were open 8-5 Mon-Fri
After hours you went to the 7-11. This is how the 7-11 made its fame.
Back when mom would be available M-F for grocery run.
The only thing I ask is for stores to be closed on thanksgiving.
You're right! Where I lived some stores were open on Sunday (big discount stores), but you couldn't buy clothing for some reason. They seem overdressed for grocery shopping. But I do remember my father almost always wore a tie and jacket to go anywhere.
My Grandmother would never have worn that dress for church, not dressy enough. Also stores were not open on Sundays, nothing was open on Sundays.
That's exactly how my mother would dress. We weren't rich, so she wasn't dripping with jewelry. And the dress itself is pretty much what all the women at our church wore.
Sunday best