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- 14 Feb 2009 02:48
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: Publix Markets with "wings" in Florida
- Replies: 15
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Publix Markets with "wings" in Florida
I'm curious how many Publix Markets with the exterior front "wings" on the façade still operate as grocery stores (Publix or other) or as other uses. For those unfamiliar with the design, it was quite distinctive and recognizable at a distance. On many of the stores the wings, and to some ...
- 14 Feb 2009 00:14
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: Atlanta History Solicited
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10483
Re: Atlanta History Solicited
Here is a portion of an advertisement that originally appeared in The Atlanta Constitution, 2 April 1939, (reprinted in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 1 July 2004) showing that Kroger operated/supplied the Piggly Wiggly stores with Kroger brand products at least at that point: http://farm4.static...
- 13 Feb 2009 23:38
- Forum: History: Canada
- Topic: Dominion Name Starts to Disappear in Ontario
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7294
Re: Dominion Name Starts to Disappear in Ontario
While looking at several ads on Flickr pages I ran across this one for Dominion stores (as featured in Better Living magazine, June 1953):
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3192/305 ... e2c7_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3192/305 ... e2c7_b.jpg
- 13 Feb 2009 23:29
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Red and White
- Replies: 19
- Views: 28446
Re: Red and White
I ran across a nice 1950's Red & White advertisement photo on Flickr recently at:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3165/305 ... 91d3_b.jpg
It references a series of ads that ran in Life Magazine. Note the flirtacious look of the cashier!
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3165/305 ... 91d3_b.jpg
It references a series of ads that ran in Life Magazine. Note the flirtacious look of the cashier!
- 20 Dec 2008 05:15
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: Dixie Home Early History
- Replies: 14
- Views: 24869
Re: Dixie Home Early History
The Athens, Georgia Dixie Home store was on Prince Avenue...quite small...and survived as a Winn Dixie until it was replaced by a new build in the Homewood Hills Shopping Center around 1970. I forget what the location is used for now, but at one time it housed an Asian market and maybe a medical sup...
- 20 Nov 2008 23:45
- Forum: History: Drugstore Chains
- Topic: White Cross
- Replies: 10
- Views: 12996
Re: White Cross
Add the White Cross store at Holly Hill Mall in Winder, Georgia to the list. It operated fro a few years and then became a Revco sometime in the 70's, IIRC. The location is currently a Dollar General Store. I only recall one Gray Drug in the Orlando area...I believe it was off of John Young Parkway ...
- 13 Nov 2008 08:25
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Extinct Supermarket Merchandise
- Replies: 177
- Views: 97103
Re: Extinct Supermarket Merchandise
... In 2001, Borden sold off their pasta business to New World Pasta (formerly the pasta operations of Hershey Foods Corp.) which streamlined their brands. Many of the brands - Prince, Creamette, Goodman's, Ronzoni, and San Giorgio survived the merger, but it does not appear Gioia did. Sale of Bord...
- 30 Oct 2008 13:38
- Forum: History: Shopping Centers
- Topic: Shopping Centers in Popular Culture
- Replies: 14
- Views: 15403
Re: Shopping Centers in Popular Culture
Not pre-1980, but you can't forget "Chopping Mall".
- 20 Oct 2008 03:26
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Stouffer's Restaurants
- Replies: 16
- Views: 16530
Re: Stouffer's Restaurants
Atlanta had at least one location downtown. I believe it was on the street level of the Cotton States Insurance Building...at least alive into the late 70's and maybe even later. Since that building was relatively new, it is possible that it was a relocation from another downtown site. IIRC, Stouffe...
- 16 Sep 2008 17:13
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Sears sign oddity
- Replies: 10
- Views: 14721
Re: Sears sign oddity
A mall near me in Atlanta was recently redone and Sears put that exact same logo back up. We have a Sears nearby testing the retro Sears signage, so I'm wondering if they are considering doing this whole market in that signage instead of the lower-case signage and so put the logo old back up until ...
- 04 Jul 2008 04:59
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Trading Stamp Memories
- Replies: 21
- Views: 22344
Re: Supermarkets in the Movies and TV
Plaid Stamps were given at A&P stores in Florida until the mid-sixties. THere was a stamp redemption store immediately next to the A&P in PineRidge Shopping Center in Cocoa, Florida. It seems like the redemption store closed around 1965. It was at the same time that Publix stopped giving S&...
- 14 Jun 2008 01:25
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Marina Style Active Safeways in Berkeley to be demolished
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11849
Re: Marina Style Active Safeways in Berkeley to be demolished
And yet another Union 76 Ball will die, too? This is doubly sad.Jason B. wrote:... The existing store and the service station at the intersection of College & Claremont avenues would be demolished.... See: http://www.safewayoncollege.com/id2.html
- 27 May 2008 01:42
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Restaurant and fast food photos, Princeton WV area, 1987
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8661
Re: Restaurant and fast food photos, Princeton WV area, 1987
... The building is obviously an old Kentucky Fried Chicken store from the 1960s or 1970s : Just imagine red and white stripes on the roof and a rotating chicken bucket.... Actually I'd imagine that building might even have sported the pinkish-tan and black livery that Kentucky Fried Chicken used B...
- 15 May 2008 03:42
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Mystery Shopping Bag store somewhere in OC
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3166
Re: Mystery Shopping Bag store somewhere in OC
I can't offer any real help since I'm not familiar with the area and don't have access to local libraries, but if YOU do have such access to local research sources including city/real estate directories, it might be helpful to checkout the address for that restaurant which appears in the extreme rig...
- 14 May 2008 22:26
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: Roger's Grocery - and a Rural store
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5880
Re: Roger's Grocery - and a Rural store
I don't think it is the same Rogers...stores they operated were usually not that small and did not get down into North Florida when the Rogers name was still being used IIRC. If you're looking for other types of signs to use for a period store of that type, also consider snuff and chewing tobacco, e...