Defunct Store Pillows
Description: Chelsea Records was an American-based record company founded by musician, songwriter, and record producer Wes Farrell in 1972. Within the company's first four months, it released its first gold single, Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast by Wayne Newton. In addition to Newton, Chelsea featured a number of new and established artists like Tommy Boyce, Jim Gilstrap, Lulu, Jigsaw, New York City, and Rick Springfield.
Description: Remembering Buffums Department Store in Long Beach. California. Buffums, originally written as Buffums' with an apostrophe, was a chain of upscale department stores. Buffums had a large downtown store, and starting in the 1950s, slowly grew to be a small regional chain of 16 speciality department stores across Southern California. Over the years, the stores gained a reputation as the “Grand Dame” of department stores in the area. The stores’ interiors were known for large chandeliers and other upscale touches. The chain marketed itself as “Buffums Specialty Store,” in an attempt to differentiate itself from other local chains. Its most famous advertising line was “I’ve been to Buffums.”
Description: Rialto Records was a record label based in Chicago, Illinois in the 1920s. It was owned by the Rialto Music House (330 S State St), sold at their stores at promotional prices. The records themselves were pressed by Marsh Recording Laboratories (Suite 625 Kimball Building, 306 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois). The most famous record they produced was the only release known of Jelly Roll Morton's unaccompanied recording of "London Blues," made in 1924.
Description: Gemco was established in Anaheim, California, in October 1959. Business and profitability continued to be healthy for over 20 years, until a series of unsuccessful leveraged takeover attempts from other companies were made on its parent company. To avoid such hostile takeover attempts, eventually decided it was best to liquidate Gemco entirely. This liquidation occurred from September 1986 to November 1986.
GEMCO Membership Department Stores - Defunct Department Store Chain Pillow
by Sun77
$23 $28
Sterling Lindner Davis. Department Store. Cleveland, Ohio Pillow
by Nostalgia Place
$23 $28
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: 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
Electric Ave - Retro Defunct 80s 90s Electronics Store Pillow
by DarkLordPug
$23 $28
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 Pillow
by Nostalgia Place
$23 $28
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.
Oorang Indians Football Team -- Vintage Game Poster Pillow
by CultOfRomance
$23 $28
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.
Vintage - Manny’s Music Defunct Store New York City Pillow
by Aku Hatkor Lek
$23 $28
