Five and dime
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Five and dime (also known as five-cent stores, dime stores, and ten-cent stores) is a type of store that was popular in the early to mid-20th century. They sold many different items, most of which were worth five or ten cents. Popular five and dimes included:
- Duckwall-ALCO Retail Stores
- Ben Franklin Stores
- Butler Brothers
- W.T. Grant
- Kresge's
- Kress Stores
- McCrory Stores
- J.J. Newberry
- TG&Y
- McLellan's
- H.L. Green
- G.C. Murphy
- Neisner Brothers ("Big N" in later years)
- Woolworth's
- M.H. Fishman Stores
[edit] See also
- Dollar store