Robert Hogan of Anderson rides his bicycle by 1007 S. Murray Ave. in Anderson, which once was an S&H Green Stamp store. (Photo: Ken Ruinard) In Anderson, a building currently empty at 129 E. Whitner ...

In last Sunday's column, I reminisced about S&H Green Stamps and invited readers to do the same. In the spirit of the season, we'll share many of the responses today and tomorrow. Thanks for all the ...

When I was a child and accompanied my mother to the grocery store, she always handed me the S&H Green Stamps that came with her receipt. Retailers, primarily grocery stores and service stations, gave ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blank Archives via Getty Images If you've ever riffled through your grandparents' junk drawers looking for scissors or tape, you ...

Many of our mothers collected stamps. These weren’t multicolored U.S. postal stamps with pictures of dead presidents on them. No, the stamps our mothers collected were all green, and were adorned with ...

If you're under the age of 30, read this first because you probably have no idea what I'm talking about. Moving on... I remember spending the early part of my childhood having to lick S&H Green Stamps ...

When I was in fourth grade, every household, it seemed, saved either Blue Chip Stamps or S&H Green Stamps. Every time you went to the grocery store or gas station, your purchase entitled you to some ...

In another time, long before the key question at checkout registers became "credit or debit," there was another popular way to pay for Christmas gifts. And birthday presents or, for that matter, ...

Eunice Hamill of Redlands was one of the many Redlanders who used to visit the S&H Green Stamp Redemption Store in the 1950s and 1960s, the store pictured in last week’s “Recognize This?” “It was ...

Stamps were issued in values of 1, 10 and 50 points, so sometimes a page could be filled with 50 one-point stamps or a single 50-point stamp. Green stamps were commonly found at grocery stores, ...