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S&H Green Stamps

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Instructions: Remember licking and pasting stamps into booklets to redeem for a toaster or a tent? Test your memory of the trading-stamp craze that ruled American shopping.

  1. 1.

    What did the "S&H" stand for in S&H Green Stamps?

    A
    Sperry and Hutchinson
    B
    Stewart and Harmon
    C
    Sears and Henderson
    D
    Sherwin and Hughes
  2. 2.

    How many S&H Green Stamps fit into one full trading-stamp booklet?

    A
    1,200 stamps
    B
    500 stamps
    C
    750 stamps
    D
    2,000 stamps
  3. 3.

    At the peak of the S&H Green Stamps craze in the 1960s, the company printed more Green Stamps than what other widely printed item?

    A
    U.S. postage stamps
    B
    Dollar bills
    C
    Baseball cards
    D
    Sears catalogs
  4. 4.

    What was the big book that showed shoppers everything they could redeem their Green Stamps for?

    A
    The Ideabook
    B
    The Dream Catalog
    C
    The Premium Guide
    D
    The Reward Register
  5. 5.

    Where did families go to exchange their filled stamp booklets for merchandise?

    A
    A Redemption Center
    B
    A Trading Post
    C
    A Savings Bank
    D
    A Bonus Depot
  6. 6.

    Which of these was a real, well-known competitor to S&H Green Stamps?

    A
    Gold Bond Stamps
    B
    Silver Crown Stamps
    C
    Red Ribbon Stamps
    D
    Bluebird Savings Stamps
  7. 7.

    Top Value Stamps were issued primarily through which type of store?

    A
    Kroger and other grocery chains
    B
    Sears department stores
    C
    Standard Oil gas stations
    D
    Woolworth five-and-dimes
  8. 8.

    In what decade did S&H Green Stamps first become hugely popular with American shoppers?

    A
    The 1930s
    B
    The 1950s
    C
    The 1970s
    D
    The 1910s
  9. 9.

    Which household task did many children help their mothers with when it came to trading stamps?

    A
    Licking and pasting stamps into booklets
    B
    Cutting out coupons from newspapers
    C
    Sorting stamps by color and value
    D
    Mailing booklets to a warehouse
  10. 10.

    Roughly how many S&H Green Stamp booklets would a family need to redeem for a mid-range appliance like a toaster in the 1960s?

    A
    2 to 3 booklets
    B
    12 to 15 booklets
    C
    50 to 60 booklets
    D
    1 booklet
  11. 11.

    Besides supermarkets, which other kind of business commonly handed out S&H Green Stamps to customers?

    A
    Gasoline stations
    B
    Public libraries
    C
    Doctors' offices
    D
    Post offices
  12. 12.

    What happened to the S&H Green Stamps business as the 1970s progressed?

    A
    It declined sharply as retailers switched to cash discounts
    B
    It grew larger and opened international locations
    C
    It was purchased by the U.S. government
    D
    It merged with the Sears catalog
  13. 13.

    S&H Green Stamps eventually relaunched as an online rewards program under what new name?

    A
    S&H Greenpoints
    B
    GreenRewards Online
    C
    StampSaver Digital
    D
    Hutchinson Points
  14. 14.

    Which beloved TV sitcom featured a famous storyline where the children saved up trading stamps to redeem a gift?

    A
    The Honeymooners
    B
    I Love Lucy
    C
    Bewitched
    D
    The Brady Bunch
  15. 15.

    S&H claimed that at the height of the trading-stamp era, its yearly rewards catalog was the largest what in the United States?

    A
    Single published item in the country
    B
    Grocery store chain
    C
    Long-distance telephone company
    D
    Chain of movie theaters

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