Five-and-Dime Stores Had It All... Until We Let This Happen

What did your first dime buy at the five and dime, and can you still picture the candy case where you spent it? That case sat near the front at a child's eye level, under the glass. It was about what a small coin could still do. In this video: ✓ The first five cent store, from a clerk's idea to a chain ✓ The lunch counters, and the sit ins that changed them ✓ Why a fixed low price stopped being possible ✓ The stores closed one town at a time ✓ Where the five and dime went: dollar stores and museums There was a second business running inside every five and dime, and it never showed up in the accounts. What is the one purchase you still remember from a five and dime counter? Write it in the comments, because those answers are the plainest record these stores ever kept. It is only the counters that are gone, and the coins, and the walk. FiveAndDime #Woolworths #1960s #VintageAmerica #Nostalgia