Drug Store Tapestries
Description: Founded in 1917, Katz Drug Stores were more than a place to pick up prescriptions or cigarettes - they were where memories were made and friendships and romances blossomed. A trip to your neighborhood Katz store meant enjoying a burger and shake at the soda fountain with your sweetheart, or going with your dad on a Saturday morning to get a comic book for you and fishing tackle for him. Or visiting their legendary pet department to look at the alligators, parrots, and monkeys for sale, but ultimately feeling satisfied if you went home with a hamster or a goldfish. “Let’s go to Katz” was a common saying around Missouri. This design is based on some 1947 ad art and includes the famous "Katz pays the tax" tagline.
Say Brainless - Don't you know where coconuts come from - Its a Wonderful Life Tapestry
by Barn Shirt USA
$30
Description: In 1932, L.J. Skaggs opened PayLess Drug Stores in Tacoma, Washington, which soon expanded across the western United States. Some stores were sold to his brother Samuel "L.S." Olnie Skaggs, along with some colleagues. L.J. Skaggs retained California PayLess Stores, which eventually became part of Thrifty PayLess. The remaining PayLess stores were renamed Skaggs Drug Stores in 1948, and Skaggs Drug Centers in 1965. The chain grew through both acquisition and internal expansion. By 1984, PayLess Drug Stores was the largest independently owned and operated drug store chain in the United States. In 1986, there were 225 PayLess stores, and by 1990, PayLess operated in nine western states before being acquired by a larger national chain.
Description: Founded in New Orleans in 1905, K&B (Katz & Besthoff) grew into one of the Gulf Coast's most beloved drug store chains before being acquired by Rite Aid in 1997. Famous for its signature "K&B Purple" branding, the company became a lasting cultural icon, remembered for its distinctive stores and popular private-label products.
Description: The Kansas City Katz were a baseball team in the Kansas City's Ban Johnson League from 1961 to 1971. They were sponsored by Katz Drug Stores. Katz Drug Stores became famous because they were allowed to stay open past 6 pm, despite wartime curfews on nonessential businesses. They also absorbed the new 10% tax on cigarettes instead of passing the cost to customers, which was incorporated into their new slogan “Katz pays the tax!” Katz also sold more than just drugs: each store had a small grocery store with a soda fountain and lunch counter and sold small home appliances, music records, Katz-branded beer, and even live animals
