CLIO, Michigan-- There was no shortage of confections and novelties that a single copper penny could buy 60 years ago. For kids making the trek into downtown Flint to Kresege's Dime Store or Cook's ...

Christopher Steele takes pride in his unique collection of penny scales. Christopher Steele takes pride in his unique collection of penny scales. At one time, these coin-operated weighing machines ...

Many people have personal collections, but Christopher Steele’s passion ranks highly in both eccentricity and extremity. Steele has collected penny-scales since 1971. The penny-scale was a vending ...

Christopher Steele's unique collection chronicles 100 years of American ingenuity. Christopher Steele takes pride in his unique collection of penny scales. At one time, these coin-operated weighing ...

Ask the 100 or so diners why they chose to spend their Tuesday at the revived Ground Round in Shrewsbury, and they’ll share a memory with you. “You got to bring the hats home,” said Sam Johnson while ...

Once upon a not-so-long ago, you could check your weight for free at some business place. Sometimes it might cost a penny around our happy towns. Every dime store in the halcyon days of shopping had a ...

It was during the 1920s and ‘30s that coin-operated scales were important. The first coin scales were made in Germany in 1885, and by 1889, the National Scale Company was manufacturing in the United ...