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The Grocers Shop

Photography Historical posted on May 17, 2009
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Beginning as early as the 14th century, a grocer (also called purveyor) was a dealer in comestible dry goods such as spices, pepper, sugar, and (later) cocoa, tea and coffee. These items were bought in bulk, hence the term grocer from the French "grossier" meaning wholesaler. Formerly written grosser, the origin of the name, one who sells by the gross, or deals by wholesale by the Victorian era with the Tins and dairy products on sale it became more the multi million business it is today which developed into the first supermarket a little later when Clarence Saunders of Memphis, Tennessee invented the self-service grocery store with open stock in 1916. Thanks for taking time to view and any comments etc you care to make

Comments (38)


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adrie

2:14PM | Sun, 17 May 2009

Beautiful photoshot my friend, wonderful capture.

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kgb224

2:16PM | Sun, 17 May 2009

Stunning capture my friend.

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flora-crassella

2:19PM | Sun, 17 May 2009

very beautiful scene! Nice story! Wonderful shot!!!!

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lyron

2:23PM | Sun, 17 May 2009

Excellent image!!

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Cosme..D..Churruca

2:39PM | Sun, 17 May 2009

fascinating work Danny.

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Corwin13

2:56PM | Sun, 17 May 2009

Great job!

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carlx

2:59PM | Sun, 17 May 2009

Fantastic colors, details and place, Danny!!!

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3x3

3:07PM | Sun, 17 May 2009

lovely capture my friend x

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BessieB

3:12PM | Sun, 17 May 2009

A really excellent shot, We always had bread and lard as children, yuk is all I can say!

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timtripp

3:18PM | Sun, 17 May 2009

timeless!

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schonee

3:23PM | Sun, 17 May 2009

Excellent shot! Great story Thanks

MC-Jay-One

3:32PM | Sun, 17 May 2009

Beautiful composition, great shot!

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mss

3:37PM | Sun, 17 May 2009

Charming story and photo! The lady's outfit suits the scene perfectly!

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jeroni

3:50PM | Sun, 17 May 2009

Wonderful and beautiful portrait

MedTran39

4:23PM | Sun, 17 May 2009

Super and interesting article!

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bmac62

4:32PM | Sun, 17 May 2009

Super period picture. I had never read the background of the word grocer before. I worked in two grocery stores during my high school years. One was run by three Irishmen who were always kidding me as a "left footed Irishman" and a "brass ankle"...both old terms for a non-Catholic Scot-Irishman. We had fun and the customers were well served.

lucindawind

5:01PM | Sun, 17 May 2009

well now you went back in time did you ?! wonderful capture :)

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DennisReed

5:18PM | Sun, 17 May 2009

Right out of the past!

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KarmaSong

5:24PM | Sun, 17 May 2009

A beautiful capture, Danny ,and I learnt one more French word just now, thanks to you! (didn't know 'grocer' derived from 'grossier'!)

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MrsRatbag

6:22PM | Sun, 17 May 2009

Didn't know you had a time machine! Great "old" shot!

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RodolfoCiminelli

7:33PM | Sun, 17 May 2009

Wonderful picture my friend, I like the very beautiful old reminiscence....!!!

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sharky_

9:52PM | Sun, 17 May 2009

Interesting dress wear. Absolutely great capture. Aloha

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evensteven

11:55PM | Sun, 17 May 2009

Excellent period piece my friend!

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durleybeachbum

3:51AM | Mon, 18 May 2009

Absolutely amazing information! I never even thought about all that before. Great pic too, of course!

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npauling

5:02AM | Mon, 18 May 2009

A great trip down memory lane.

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CavalierLady

7:36AM | Mon, 18 May 2009

A wonderful step back in time through your camera's eyes, Danny. So many interesting details to read and lovely prim Victorian lady.

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sandra46

7:53AM | Mon, 18 May 2009

excellent photo and info! thank you!

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romanceworks

9:33AM | Mon, 18 May 2009

A great shot. CC

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Digitaleagle

11:42AM | Mon, 18 May 2009

What a great historical shot a wonderful glimpse of life with the lady window shopping dressed to fit the time period. The story and info. made the image come to life!!!

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decie

12:17PM | Mon, 18 May 2009

Aw!! cool a wholesaler i will have one bum and a block of lard to go please :). Cool capture and did the woman beam back from the past for the shot? thanks on the info and again nice capture.

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Photograph Details
F Numberf/8.0
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS 5D
Shutter Speed1/250
ISO Speed500
Focal Length32

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