A commissary shopper pushes a shopping cart through the meat department in 1956. The grocery cart that is.
Horses can get pretty messy and they tend to eat the produce.
Horses were never part of the c ommissary shopping experience, except as a means to get there, said Dr. Peter Skirbunt, Defense Commissary Agency historian, but 60 years ago this summer, the first shopping carts were put into service by grocery store owner Sylvan Goldman. Basically, they were folding metal frames with handles and wheels. Customers could place hand-held baskets on the carriers, and take them off again at checkout. Unfortunately, the customers didn't want to use the carts. So, Goldman hired models of all ages and both sexes to push the things around the store, pretending they were shopping.