Piggly Wiggly  C. 1919

...That the world may know how the store looks

 

   George Whitworth

This book was published by the Piggly Wiggly Corporation, circa 1919.  It was either used as a promotional tool or it was intended for new stores to use as a guide when setting up their interior , so there would be uniformity in all Piggly Wiggly Stores - wherever the store was located.  It's also a great record of what the stores that revolutionized the way folks shop really looked like.


< Sincere thanks to George Whitworth, Memphis Attorney-Historian, for allowing us to scan and post his book



 

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