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

In 1959, grocery store cashiers, like the young girl depicted, had to manually input each item’s price on bulky registers, a task more demanding than today’s simple touchscreens.

1959 was a year full of notable events in America, from primates Miss Able and Miss Baker adventuring into space to Alaska and Hawaii joining the union. Meanwhile, popular entertainment included ‘Bonanza,’ ‘Rawhide,’ and ‘The Twilight Zone.’