First National Stores usher in age of the supermarket in Gardner
First National Stores usher in age of the supermarket in Gardner First store of its kind in city attracts 10,000 people to its grand opening Mike Richard Special for The Gardner News The decade of the 1950s opened up a wide world of newness and novelty for society in America. World War II had ended and a new prosperity gave way to a baby boom explosion of automobiles, television and rock 'n' roll music. Another of these unique innovations – the supermarket – made its debut on the local scene 70 years ago last spring with the opening of Gardner’s first shopping headquarters, the First Na...
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