VINTAGE MARKET (GREENVILLE, SC) (Mark)

If you have a vintage pickup truck, and you own a vintage market/antique store, parking the truck in front of your store where it can be seen from the busy road makes a lot of sense.

So pull up a chair or three and see what this particular place has to offer.  If you want to sip on a root beer, they have an old fashioned cooler with the biggest selection I have ever seen.

Those who have followed the blog since we started may have a sense of déjà vu.  We did two posts about this place from our visit in 2022 (click here and here if you didn't see them before).  Even though we are going to do a couple of more posts this week I believe we will have zero duplication; it's an amazing place.

Whether you are looking at the displays outside or inside the business you can find treasures, for the shopper, and the photographer.

If anyone knows what this below actually is, or is used for, please comment below.  I really have no idea and have never seen anything like it.

I do love texture, and the metal and paint here definitely have some:

And this old door has a little texture of its own:

When I am in an area with so many photographic possibilities I really miss my friends Tommy and Chuck.  (What do you think Ross Andreson, could the Hardy Boys have had some fun here?)

I have actually used an old view camera years ago.  It was hot working under the dark cloth; it takes a long time to get everything adjusted correctly.  You see the image upside down and backwards, and it is an excellent way to learn to make a photograph.

This crate preceded us from California, by quite a few years.

Hammacher Schlemmer began as a hardware store, one of the first in the country.  During the Civil War they were allowed by the government to print their own currency, the copperhead.  They were one of the first businesses to have a telephone installed in their store.  They were the first store to sell pop-up toasters, electric toothbrushes, and telephone answering machines. This is only a little bit about the company; it is fascinating to read more about them.

Do you remember when Gasoline was 25 cents a gallon?

The lowest price I remember was 31 cents per gallon.  What is the lowest you remember?