The S.S. Kresge mother store stood at Woodward and Grand River Avenues, in downtown Detroit.
Graphic from https://detroithistorical.org / Detroit Historical Society
Graphic from https://detroithistorical.org / Detroit Historical Society
The S.S. Kresge in Pontiac, Michigan.
Graphic from https://digitalcollections.detroitpubliclibrary.org / Detroit Public Library Digital Collections
The Salem, Ohio "5-10-25 cent" S.S. Kresge store.
Photo from Salem Public Library
The next two images will be renderings of prospective Kresge units. Above, we see the LEVITTOWN SHOP-A-RAMA store in Pennsylvania. It welcomed first shoppers in 1954.
Drawing from the Kresge Company Annual Report 1953
The future WESTGATE CENTER store is shown here. Kresge would serve as a junior-anchor at Ohio's very first shopping mall, which was being built in Greater Cleveland.
Drawing from the Kresge Company Annual Report 1953
In the meantime, the Detroit-based 5 & 10 established a store in the Motor City's revolutionary NORTHLAND CENTER. The NORTHLAND Kresge's opened in March 1954.
Photo from the Kresge Company Annual Report 1954
The standard -1950s-issue- S.S. Kresge store.
Drawing from the Kresge Company Annual Report 1959
The standard store would include a large luncheonette section. Here, one could order a full, hot meal, snack, ice cream dessert, soft drink, coffee or tea.
Photo from the Kresge Company Annual Report 1953
A rare peek into the working of an S.S. Kresge shows a typical kitchen at a large store.
Photo from the Kresge Company Annual Report 1953
