The Last Ben Franklin Store in Iowa | Iowa Life

Five-and-dime stores were once abundant on main streets across America. Take a trip down memory lane while visiting the last Ben Franklin store in Iowa.

[@kirkybaby]

Was a pleasure working for Phil and Lori. Amazing people and a wonderful store!

[@user-ou4qh3bi6u]

Britt, Iowa, my hometown. I've many memories (late 1960s to early 1980s childhood) of ours: Penny candy, Halloween mask and costume boxes, greeting cards, vinyl LPs, Pet Rocks, Mexican jumping beans, training bras, board games, etc. If a purchase was a gift, you got free wrapping secured with a ribbbon that was given a curl via a scissors' edge. 😊

[@winglift8156]

Thanks for sharing this story. I didn't know if there were any Ben Franklins still around today. I grew up in Issaquah, Washington, near Seattle, and as a kid I often went to the Ben Franklin store there. The great thing about it was that they had such a wide variety of stuff for every kind of person and every aspect of life. Yes, always fun surprises to be found walking and looking around inside, as the video mentions. I often bought craft supplies there because I liked to make things as a kid. It was the best place to get ready for Halloween. :- ) Thanks for this fun look at this store today. Wish I could stroll through and buy a few things there. Best wishes to the owners and the store!

[@user-jn9gv9ve6e]

enjoyed the video. i remember the local dime store when i was a kid 70 years ago. before walmart, kmart and all the rest. the main big store was sears. you had to go into the city for that.

[@Lawman212]

Ben Franklin definitely was a fun store. I don't get the same feeling from Michaels or similar places. It seemed to have more stuff in smaller spaces. Better quality items than you can get today also.

[@douglaskerr6813]

We had one in Montgomery county in Pennsylvania just out side the Philadelphia Montgomery line

[@mcdonaldroofingsanbornia]

I love this store. When i was a little kid, my mom would give me $2. I would ride my bicycle halfway across town. I always got a snickers and either a diet coke or ruby red squirt. Times were better than 😢...

[@luisflorian1242]

We have one oahu

[@brucecolby5016]

U could get your smokes,pay your bills, grab some coin collecting supplies,and a bag of neons all in one stop

[@p1dru2art]

Okay so where is the store what town did they say Sheldon once during the whole video I don't even know we had a Ben Franklin here in Adel Iowa but it's gone

[@ronniebishop2496]

Our home town had 1000 people and a Ben Franklin

[@sewmeonekenobi639]

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