Mary in 1950 with a Woodwards bag in her hand – however that is camouflage for the Army & Navy Store bag inside!
In my Mom’s crowd their husbands did NOT want their wives to shop at the A & N boutique (another code name) so Mom and her friends nick named the Army & Navy store “Madames” – after Madame Runge’s, a swanky ladies shop on South Granville.