Defunct Store Mugs
Sterling Lindner Davis. Department Store. Cleveland, Ohio Mug
by Nostalgia Place
$13 $18
Description: Impress your friends with this Camelot Music Repeat Performer card shirt. Camelot Music was founded in Massillon, Ohio, in 1956. In 1965 the company opened its first retail store, in Canton, Ohio. As of 1998, the company operated 455 stores in 37 states nationwide. Camelot Music received the recording industry's prestigious N.A.R.M. (National Association of Recording Merchandisers) Retailer of the Year Award an unprecedented six times. Camelot Music, by all industry standards, was clearly the nation's leading mall music retailer. In late 1998, Camelot was acquired and consolidated.
Description: Crazy Eddie was a consumer electronics retail chain in the Northeastern United States. It was founded in 1969 in New York City by Eddie Antar and Sam M. Antar and initially operated as ERS Electronics (named for Eddie, Rose, and Sam; Rose and Sam were Eddie Antar's parents). The chain expanded in the New York metropolitan area and became known for discount pricing and extensive radio and television advertising featuring spokesperson Jerry Carroll. At its peak, Crazy Eddie operated 43 stores in four states and reported more than $300 million in sales.[1] The company engaged in fraudulent business practices, including underreporting income, skimming sales tax receipts, and paying employees off the books. During the process of becoming a publ
Description: Remembering Fries and Schuele Department Store in Cleveland. FRIES & SCHUELE CO., one of Cleveland's pioneer dry goods stores, was also the west side's oldest department store. The original company was founded in 1868 and closed in 1979. It was located on West 25th Street near Lorain Ave across from the Westside Market. As an incentive to customers they gave out Blue Stamps.
Fries and Schuele. Department store. Cleveland, Ohio Mug
by Nostalgia Place
$13 $18
Description: Remembering the G Fox Department Store. Hartford, Connecticut. G. Fox & Co. was a dominant retail store in the southern New England area for most of the twentieth century. It was the largest privately held department store in the nation when it was sold to the May Department Stores Company in 1965. The G. Fox flagship store was known for customer attractions, including a large walk-through Christmas display and a talking myna bird housed in a huge cage located on the fifth floor. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places within Hartford’s Department Store Historic District.
Description: Remembering Hens & Kelly Department Store in Buffalo NY. Hens and Kelly, established in 1892 by Mathias J. Hens and Patrick J. Kelly, was a chain of department stores based in Buffalo, New York. The downtown store was located at 478 Main Street at the corner of Mohawk Street. They were early adopters of S&H Green Stamps as a promotional incentive for repeat customers. This was a rewards program that provided stamps with each purchase. These stamps could be used to buy products from a catalogue at a later date.
Description: Crazy Eddie was a consumer electronics retail chain in the Northeastern United States. It was founded in 1969 in New York City. They had 43 stores and went belly up due to fraud. Cool, new, popular, recent, trending, top pick, best seller, top seller, editors pick, number 1 ranked, hot, must-have, recommended, liked, great artwork, awesome design, recommended choice, featured, All designs, best-selling graphics, best trending.
Description: Remembering the well-loved Lazarus Department Store in Columbus Ohio. Lazarus was a regional department store retail chain operating primarily in the Midwest. Lazarus developed or was an early adopter of many shopping innovations such as "one low price" (no bargaining necessary, earlier implemented by the John Wanamaker Store), first department store escalators in the country, first air-conditioned store in the country, and Fred Lazarus Jr. successfully lobbied President Franklin Roosevelt to permanently fix Thanksgiving as the fourth Thursday in November, ensuring a stable timetable for the official beginning of the Christmas shopping season.
Description: Crazy Eddie was a consumer electronics retail chain in the Northeastern United States. It was founded in 1969 in New York City. They had 43 stores and went belly up due to fraud. Cool, new, popular, recent, trending, top pick, best seller, top seller, editors pick, number 1 ranked, hot, must-have, recommended, liked, great artwork, awesome design, recommended choice, featured, All designs, best-selling graphics, best trending.
Description: Remembering Henshey's Department Store in Santa Monica, California. Henshey's was a cool department store in Downtown Santa Monica, California. It was founded by Harry Henshey and was the first department store on Los Angeles' Westside. It opened in 1925 as the Bay Department Store, at four stories and 25,000 square feet, far larger than any store in the city. It later expanded to 65,000 square feet.The Henshey's building was a steel frame and brick structure in the Beaux Arts Classical Revival style featuring "bays of paired windows embellished with terra cotta details, as well as an imposing cornice and a terra cotta frieze." It had the first escalators on the Westside, but retained one elevator with a human operator until its closure.
Description: Remembering the beloved Higbee's Department Store in Cleveland Ohio. We all called it Higbee's, but for years the name on all their advertising was The Higbee Company. This was their logo. It is also the department store featured in the movie A Christmas Story, where Ralphie Parker first sees the Red Rider BB Gun.
Description: Garfinckel's was a prominent department store chain based in Washington, D.C. that catered to a clientele of wealthy consumers. Garfinckel’s carved out a unique, high-end niche and held on to it for 85 years, cultivating generations of dedicated shoppers who depended on the store for the trendiest and classiest apparel. When Garfinckel's closed in 1990, it was a heart-wrenching experience for employees and customers alike. Its flagship store at 14th and F in the city's F Street shopping district is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Description: S. S. Kresge, founded in 1899, was a Detroit-born dime store where shoppers could find daily needs such as housewares, linens, clothing, school supplies, and toys. It was one of America’s top three variety store chains and had 742 stores by its 40th anniversary in 1938, primarily in the Midwest and eastern U.S. In 1962 Harry B. Cunningham president of Kresge, opened the first Kmart discount store in Garden City, Michigan. Kmart stores expanded nationwide, eventually replacing Kresge stores, the last of which were sold to the McCrory Corporation by 1987.
Description: Halle Department Store. Early logo. We all called it Halle's, but for years the name on all the advertising was The Halle Bros. Co, The store was used as the location of the fictional department store, Winfred-Louder, in the television series, "The Drew Carey Show". Actress Halle Berry, a native of Cleveland, was named after the store. This and Higbee's were the beloved department stores in Cleveland Ohio in the 50's and 60's.
Description: Two Guys, originally known as Two Guys From Harrison, was a well-known American discount store chain established in 1946 by brothers Sidney and Herbert Hubschman in Harrison, New Jersey. The business began by specializing in major household appliances, including televisions, before rapidly expanding its product offerings. After acquiring the Vornado brand appliance manufacturer in 1959, the retailer grew to more than 100 locations across New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, Virginia, and even California. Once one of the nation's leading discount retailers, Two Guys experienced a steady decline during the late 1970s and officially ceased operations in 1982.
