Corporate Logos - When We Were Young

[StoreLiker2006]

Hi,

Does anyone remember seeing any corporate logos on all our local stores and restaurants, but (in regards to quite a few) were not then in current use (in printed material) when we were but young schoolboys?

My hot sheet in 1986 (aged 5):
Sears - Roman Serif font - 1963-1984 (an all-caps variation did exist)
Exhibits: Clackamas Town Center (retail), Plaza 205 (Outlet Store), Grand & Lloyd (Catalog Store)
Then-current logo: Slanted Arial all-caps with streaks (1984-2003)

Safeway - Abstract Circle S - 1950s-December 1981
Exhibits: 10554 SE Main St, Milwaukie, OR; 95 82nd Dr, Gladstone, OR; 5420 SE 82nd Ave, Portland, OR
Then-current logo: Abstract TV Tube S (January 1982-April 2005)

Montgomery Ward - The Plaque - 1968-1982
Exhibits: Clackamas Town Center, Mall 205
Then-current logo: Underlined (1982-1992)

~Ben (StoreLiker2006)

[Brian Lutz]

I can recall that the JCPenney store at (I think) Winrock Mall in Albuquerque NM had the old "Penney's" logos for quite a while after they were replaced, well into the Eighties.

[Jeff]

I can recall that the JCPenney store at (I think) Winrock Mall in Albuquerque NM had the old "Penney's" logos for quite a while after they were replaced, well into the Eighties.

There is one JCPenney store remaining that we know of currently that sports the old logo.
Montclair Plaza in Montclair, CA. Its an easter egg, as they neglected to replace the old logo when they added a 2nd level to the mall in the 1980's and now this still lingers there:

Thanks to RandallFlagg who found it:



A couple of Sears Stores here in Los Angeles have old logos.

East Los Angeles (standalone) has three different types, from th3 1930's, 1960's and 1970's:
Here are the 1930's and 1960's on the actual store on Soto St

The Auto Center across the street uses a 1960's or 70's logo

Sears in Santa Monica has a 1940's and 1960's signange: