This is a series of posts that will talk about my favorite stores that no longer exist.
Cobb Center was a shopping mall in Smyrna, Georgia, originally opened as the Cobb County Shopping Center on August 15, 1963, making it the second mall built in Georgia. Inside they had a rare, Milton Bradley retail store! During the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, Milton Bradley was far more than a board game publisher,
Christmas provided a perfect stage for emotional storytelling, allowing them to portray their products as artifacts of domestic joy and familial generosity rather than mere commodities.
Vintage Christmas advertisements emerged alongside the rise of mass-market consumer culture in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when newspapers, magazines, and department-store catalogues discovered that the holiday season offered unparalleled opportunities to merge sentiment with salesmanship. Early ads leaned heavily on Victorian imagery, from rosy-cheeked children gathered around parlor trees to red-suited
The game is loosely similar in concept to horseshoes or bocce, relying on accuracy and technique.
Lawn darts, also known as Jarts, yard darts, or lawn darts game, are a type of outdoor game that involves throwing large, weighted darts toward a target, typically a plastic ring placed on the ground. Each dart is about a foot long, with a metal or weighted tip designed to stick into the ground when thrown in a high arc. Players or teams compete to land the darts within the target ring or as close as possible to score points. The game is loosely similar in concept to horseshoes or bocce, relying on accuracy and technique.
Founded in 1902 by James Cash Penney.
JCPenney, one of the most iconic American department store chains, was founded in 1902 by James Cash Penney and William Henry McManus in Kemmerer, Wyoming. Initially called the Golden Rule Store, the retailer focused on fair pricing and ethical business practices.
The idea that I could actually own the current hits that I was hearing on “American Top 40” was new to me.
I purchased my last model airplane kit the same day I purchased my first Rock 45. I was 13, and I was at the Sears store in Cumberland Mall. After paying for my new model plane, I had two dollars and some coins left over. I could have gone over to the wonderful Sears candy counter but before I made any decisions, I happened past the stereo and record department.
I believed that all song lyrics were true-life stories being recounted by the singer in the form of a song.
Like many children in my age group, my first exposure to recorded music was through one of the many mass-produced, simple record players that were designed for the entertainment of children (often referred to as “kiddie record players”). The first one entered my life around the age of three.
Wheelie bikes are also called Muscle bikes, High-Riser bikes, Spyder bikes and Banana bikes. Designed in the 1960’s to resemble the Chopper motorcycles with ape hanger handlebars (wide, easy to see through, with high grips), banana seat with sissy bars
I got my Electric Football game for Christmas in the late 60’s and I thought it was incredible. As an only child I mostly played the game by myself and it worked very well.
