T-Shirt
Object number2021.180.3
Manufacturer
Gildan
Date1980-1989
OriginNicaragua
MediumFabric; Cotton(?); Ink
Credit LineGiven in honor of the McGinnis Family
DescriptionYellow short-sleeve t-shirt, size Small. Cotton(?). Crew neck. Screen printed designs on front and back.DimensionsHeight x Width (Width between shoulder seams): 27.25 × 18 in. (69.2 × 45.7 cm)InscriptionsFront has screen printed black and yellow text "Buy FRESH / Buy LOCAL".
Reverse has screen printed text "McGINNIS / SISTERS / Keeping it LOCAL since 1946 / LOCALS / Love You More".
MarksPrinted text inside collar at back center "GILDAN / DryBlend / MADE IN... / NICARAGUA / S ..."
Historical NotesT-shirt worn by Ashley Rose Young as a child and was one of many examples, whenever they had t-shirts made, where her mother gave all the kids shirts and had them wear them out and about wherever they went “all over town,” providing free kid-based marketing. Similar shirts would have been distributed to all of the cousins to wear around town. The McGinnis Family Food Stores was a chain of family-run food markets that started in Pittsburgh’s South Hills Baldwin neighborhood in 1946. The first McGinnis market (variously referred to as “McGinnis Supermarket” or “McGinnis Food Market”) was started by family patriarch James Elwood McGinnis when he could not find a job after WWII. Beginning with a fruit cart, he eventually opened a grocery and deli at 2872 Custer Avenue in Baldwin that proved so successful it expanded to multiple stores, including one in Carrick/Castle Shannon and later Monroeville. The stores were operated by different family members. In 1985, three McGinnis sisters – Sharon McGinnis Young, Bonnie McGinnis Vello, and Noreen McGinnis Campbell – assumed operation of the main set of McGinnis Stores, rebranding them “McGinnis Sisters” markets. (Two brothers split off and started other stores not considered part of the chain.) With the three women serving as active spokespersons, the stores garnered more media attention during this period. For most of its operation, the chain was largely connected with stores that operated in the South Hills and Monroeville. Between 2008 and 2017, a McGinnis Sisters market also operated north of Pittsburgh in a shopping center in Adams Township/Mars, Pennsylvania. A series of events between 2017 and 2019 eventually brought about the closure of the chain.
Related institution
McGinnis Family Food Stores
(1946 - 2019)
Related person
James Elwood McGinnis
Related person
Sharon McGinnis Young
Related person
Bonnie McGinnis Vello
Related person
Noreen McGinnis Campbell
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