Shared Photo: MT Watkins Store

Question

I wanted to share this family photo of  with the community. Location: Watkins Fishing Camp, AKA MT Watkins General Store, circa 1940s or 1950s Lyon County Kentucky, United States. My grandparents operated a General Store in the area that would later become "Land Between the Lakes", in Lyon County Kentucky from the 1920s through when the land was seized by the TVA in the 1960s.

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Comments

Thank you for sharing this amazing photo of a store

And the story

Answer 1

Being in the sign business, I installed a lot of Coke and Pepsi signs on buildings like the one in this picture.  But by the time I was installing them, they were lighted signs.   The beverage industry was very cleaver to give the store owner a free sign that proudly displayed THEIR logo, with a small strip to display the store name, as long as the owner carried those products exclusively!  Loved this photo

Answer 2

Thanks for sharing this photo, Dora.  I do remember similar General Stores in upstate New York and Vermont in the 1950s when I was a child.  Loved the penny candy and the soda pop.

Comments

Thank you, Susan.

Answer 3

Thank you for sharing such a cool picture!

Answer 4

Thank you for this great flashback to the past Michael. There seemed to be one of these great places at all the campgrounds in the 1960s and 70s.

Comments

Thank you for the star, Michael. Your picture was like a blast from the past. I recall a similar store that had 2 scoop ice cream cones for a nickel, and blasting out what we now call classic-rock (CCR) while open. Life was good!