48 Photos Depicting What American Grocery Stores Looked Like Throughout the Decades

Photographer John Vachon captured the essence of a quaint grocery store in Dubuque, Iowa, promoting the renowned Genuine Red River Valley Potatoes, a staple of the American heartland.

The fertile black loam of the Red River Valley in North Dakota and Minnesota yields the highest red potato production in the U.S., up to 600,000 tubers per acre thanks to its irrigated lands.