Children shop for groceries
Greenbelt, Maryland — 1938
Children shop for groceries in a cooperative store in Greenbelt in 1938.
Greenbelt was one of the planned communities created during the New Deal, designed to provide affordable housing and modern services for working families during the Great Depression.
The cooperative store was an important part of daily life in the town. Residents could buy food and household goods at reasonable prices, and the profits were reinvested in the community. Shelves filled with biscuits, crackers, and sweets reflect the grocery brands of the era.
Scenes like this capture the everyday rhythm of life in one of America’s first experimental suburban communities—where even children sometimes helped with the family shopping.
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JOSE M LOPEZ
March 13, 2026
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