Wkls Socks
Description: Hyde Oldsmobile–Toyota was one of Cobb County's best-known automobile dealerships from the late 1960s through the early 1980s. Located on Bankhead Highway (now Veterans Memorial Highway) in Mableton, it was a landmark business for generations of South Cobb residents. They did an advertising campaign with Archie Campbell of Hee Haw!
Hyde Oldsmobile Toyota - Mableton, GA - Archie Campbell (Hee Haw) Socks
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Description: Charley Magruder’s, the north Atlanta club owned by Butch Weaver from the early 1980s through its demise in 1996, was the spot that attracted a motley procession of familiar faces, from Tommy Shaw of Styx to Lemmy of Motorhead to Butch Patrick (aka Eddie Munster) to members of Metallica — all of whom would swing by. It was a launching pad for many successful bands. The now defunct WKLS 96 Rock would host events there. Along with places like Turtle's Records and Tapes, CM was a safe haven for many an Atlantan to get their ROCK on!
Charley Magruder's Atlanta Bar 3D - Night Spot for Events by WKLS 96 Rock Socks
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Description: The Bankhead Drive-In Theater was one of Atlanta's most iconic outdoor movie theaters and a beloved landmark for more than three decades. It became famous not only for its movies but also for its unforgettable architecture. The theater opened on May 12, 1950, at 3350 Bankhead Highway NW (today's Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway), on Atlanta's west side. It was operated by the Georgia Theater Company and could accommodate approximately 650 automobiles. What made the Bankhead Drive-In instantly recognizable was its massive neon "curtain" screen tower.
Description: The Bankhead Drive-In Theater was one of Atlanta's most iconic outdoor movie theaters and a beloved landmark for more than three decades. It became famous not only for its movies but also for its unforgettable architecture. The theater opened on May 12, 1950, at 3350 Bankhead Highway NW (today's Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway), on Atlanta's west side. It was operated by the Georgia Theater Company and could accommodate approximately 650 automobiles. What made the Bankhead Drive-In instantly recognizable was its massive neon "curtain" screen tower.
Bankhead Drive In Theater (Atlanta Defunct) Opening Night Socks
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Steve Bartkowski - Legendary Quarterback for Atlanta Falcons Socks
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Description: Turtle's Records and Tapes was an Atlanta based southern US record store chain that specialized in cassettes, vinyl, and concert tickets and later it rented movies in VHS format. Great gift for crate diggers, vinyl record lovers, old school hip hoppers, turntable spinners and vintage music lovers. License plates promoting Atlanta's WKLS 96 Rock were sold here exclusively, and concert tickets were sold here.
Description: Turtle's Records and Tapes was an Atlanta based southern US record store chain that specialized in cassettes, vinyl, and concert tickets and later it rented movies in VHS format. Great gift for crate diggers, vinyl record lovers, old school hip hoppers, turntable spinners and vintage music lovers. License plates promoting Atlanta's WKLS 96 Rock were sold here exclusively, and concert tickets were sold here.
Atlanta Braves - Hank Aaron era 1970s Cap and Chief Socks
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Description: Peaches Records & Tapes, Inc., was a Los Angeles-based national retail chain of record superstores, some as large as 15,000 square feet. The chain became a subsidiary of the Nehi Record Distributing Corporation. Tom Heiman (né Thomas Michael Heiman; born 1941) founded Peaches in 1963 and went on to become president of Nehi. At its peak, Peaches had 50 stores in 22 cities with over 2,000 employees. In June 1981, Peaches filed a petition for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 citing $20 million in debt (equivalent to $161 in 2022) for its 35 stores coast to coast, owed to Citibank and six different record distributors.
Description: Turtle's Records and Tapes was an Atlanta based southern US record store chain that specialized in cassettes, vinyl, and concert tickets and later it rented movies in VHS format. Great gift for crate diggers, vinyl record lovers, old school hip hoppers, turntable spinners and vintage music lovers. License plates promoting Atlanta's WKLS 96 Rock were sold here exclusively, and concert tickets were sold here.
Description: Baby Doe’s Matchless Mine was a three-story restaurant and bar jutted out over I-285 above the Chattahoochee River in the 1980s.With its tin roof, water tower, and tipple cars, the ramshackle wooden structure looked like a theme-park attraction. The entrance resembled a mineshaft, which led either up to the dining room or down to the bar and dance floor. Decor was fringed Victorian lampshade–meets–rusting pickax. This location at Powers Ferry Road was actually part of a seven-city national chain named for Elizabeth “Baby Doe” Tabor, an infamous gold-digger (silver, to be accurate) who married a wealthy Colorado mining mogul twice her age in the late 19th century.
Baby Doe's Matchless Mine (Building) - Legendary '80s Restaurant in Marietta, GA Socks
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Description: The Atlanta Silverbacks were a professional soccer club that played in Atlanta, Georgia, from 1994 until folding after the 2015 season, known for playing in leagues like the A-League, USL, and NASL, with their home at Atlanta Silverbacks Park. Today, the Silverbacks name lives on through recreational leagues and the facilities at Silverbacks Park, a major sports complex for rugby, ultimate frisbee (Atlanta Hustle), and youth soccer, serving as a hub for Atlanta's soccer community.
Description: Turtle's Records and Tapes was an Atlanta based southern US record store chain that specialized in cassettes, vinyl, and concert tickets and later it rented movies in VHS format. Great gift for crate diggers, vinyl record lovers, old school hip hoppers, turntable spinners and vintage music lovers. License plates promoting Atlanta's WKLS 96 Rock were sold here exclusively, and concert tickets were sold here.
Description: Aunt Charley’s was a legendary neighborhood bar and unofficial headquarters of Atlanta’s Buckhead Village nightlife. Operating for 20 years from 1977 until 1997, the casual tavern famously sat at the apex of the Peachtree-Roswell Road split and was owned by the late restaurateur Warren Bruno. Old-school regulars across platforms like Facebook remember the Buckhead staple as a go-to spot for darts, cheap beers, and an iconic hangout right in the heart of Atlanta's historic party scene. While the exact location is long gone, its legacy lives on through nostalgic Atlanta Magazine coverage of the city's nightlife evolution.
Description: The famous line "Hey, ask for the Wolfman!" was said by Doyle Rodgers, an Atlanta furniture store owner who became one of the city's most recognizable TV personalities. Rodgers owned Gallery Furniture, with stores in College Park and Gainesville, Georgia. Beginning in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s and 1990s, his low-budget but unforgettable TV commercials aired constantly on Atlanta stations, especially during Braves games on TBS. His signature closing line was: "And hey... ask for the Wolfman!"
Ask for the Wolfman! - WTBS Channel 17 Atlanta (Gallery Furniture) Socks
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Description: The Ramblin' Raft Race was an annual Memorial Day weekend raft race on the Chattahoochee River in Atlanta that lasted from 1969 to 1980. At its peak, more than 300,000 rafters partook in the race. Amid increasing environmentalism, the race was cancelled. It lined a route which began at Morgan Falls Dam in Sandy Springs and ended at the shallow raft take-out a few hundred yards north of I-285 in Vinings.The race began in 1969 when several Delta Sigma Phi fraternity members at Georgia Tech, organized it as a social event. When the radio station WQXI became a sponsor and promoter, the race began to draw a larger crowd.
Description: Turtle's Records and Tapes was an Atlanta based southern US record store chain that specialized in cassettes, vinyl, and concert tickets and later it rented movies in VHS format. Great gift for crate diggers, vinyl record lovers, old school hip hoppers, turntable spinners and vintage music lovers. License plates promoting Atlanta's WKLS 96 Rock were sold here exclusively, and concert tickets were sold here.
Description: The Agora Ballroom was an Atlanta music venue that was formerly Alex Cooley’s Electric Ballroom. .The Agora closed in 1983 and burned down in 1987. Here are just a handful of acts that graced the stage; Devo, The Ramones, Sting, The Police, Muddy Waters, The B-52's.
The Agora Ballroom - 1st Anniversary - Legendary Defunct Atlanta Music Venue Socks
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Description: The Big Chicken in Marietta. GA was not originally built for a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant. S.R. "Tubby" Davis built it for his eatery called Johnny Reb's Chick, Chuck 'N Shake in 1956 at 12 Cobb Parkway in Marietta. Highway 41 had just been built. He thought it was a great way to advertise. In 1966, Davis sold the restaurant to his brother, who turned it into a KFC franchise.
Johnny Reb's Chick Chuck 'N' Shake - Big Chicken - Marietta, GA Socks
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Description: Atlanta's first psychedelic radio station initially featured psychedelic music for just two hours each weeknight, while broadcasting it full-time on weekends. Before long, the psychedelic format attracted more listeners than the station's regular programming, prompting the station to switch to a full-time psychedelic format.
Description: Turtle's Records and Tapes was an Atlanta based southern US record store chain that specialized in cassettes, vinyl, and concert tickets and later it rented movies in VHS format. Great gift for crate diggers, vinyl record lovers, old school hip hoppers, turntable spinners and vintage music lovers. License plates promoting Atlanta's WKLS 96 Rock were sold here exclusively, and concert tickets were sold here.
Description: The Scrap Bar was a short-lived but fondly remembered Midtown Atlanta bar and restaurant that operated during the mid-to-late 1990s. Although it was never one of Atlanta's longest-running clubs, it developed a loyal following and is still occasionally remembered by people who were part of the Atlanta nightlife scene during that era. Oddly enough, the food—especially the pizza—is what many former patrons remember most.
Description: Chapter 3 Records was a small record store chain in the Atlanta area from the '70s to the '90s. In Atlanta, there were three locations; Buckhead, Smyrna and North Springs. There were also locations in Morgantown, WV, Greensboro, NC and Gainesville, FL. Chapter 3 had the atmosphere of an independent store, even though it was technically a chain. It was dubbed "The Lowest Priced Record Chain in the Southeastern United States."
Description: Turtle's Records and Tapes was an Atlanta based southern US record store chain that specialized in cassettes, vinyl, and concert tickets and later it rented movies in VHS format. Great gift for crate diggers, vinyl record lovers, old school hip hoppers, turntable spinners and vintage music lovers. License plates promoting Atlanta's WKLS 96 Rock were sold here exclusively, and concert tickets were sold here.
Description: Turtle's Records and Tapes was an Atlanta based southern US record store chain that specialized in cassettes, vinyl, and concert tickets and later it rented movies in VHS format. Great gift for crate diggers, vinyl record lovers, old school hip hoppers, turntable spinners and vintage music lovers. License plates promoting Atlanta's WKLS 96 Rock were sold here exclusively, and concert tickets were sold here.
