In the 1970's in Putney, Vermont (Southeastern) locals also went to the
store and got groceries "on the book". Galbraith had a home in nearby
Newfane; his mail was in an open box in the local grocery.
Larry Shute
Michael Perelman wrote:
Before the 1920s consumer credit was considered okay for housing or for
"moral" consumption such as pianos or encyclopedias. Stores would give
credit on the books people they knew. I could go to the nearby grocery
store, pick up some things for my mother, and clerk would merely note down
the price. The automobile industry first popularized massive credit in the
1920s.
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