Macy's Christmas window downtown Seattle, 2008.
Here are some pictures from the filming of A Christmas Story at Higbee's in Cleveland that show the layout inside the store. Sadly this was not used in the movie.
Regards,
Lou N
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Higbee's then...
Higbee's now...
Funny, Higbee's now looks like a casino.
Rick
Originally Posted by RICKC:
Funny, Higbee's now looks like a casino.
Rick
That's because it is.
Macy's (formerly Bon Marche') has there toy trains running again Now thru Christmas. Look at the north east corner. I have not been by to see it yet, but will stop in the next few weeks and see if there are any changes.
Last year it still looked like the 2008 videos that were posted in an earlier message.
Fantastic ride down Memory Lane....I am frequently accused of living in the past, but
I like it there, and I ain't leavin' it! I have no photos of Kaufman's, where an aunt
worked, and Stewart's where my mother worked (she later worked at a Woolworth's
out in the suburbs), the large department stores on 4th Street, once the major
Louisville, Kentucky shopping area. There must be some, in archives there. Those two
and the Sears store several blocks from 4th on Broadway were the targets for kids
who wanted to see toylands and trains. Woolworth's was the largest dime store with
a basement toy department and Marx trains. Grant's and Kresge's never seemed to
have as much, nor did, even the dime store sized Montgomery-Wards that sat among
them along that strip. Fischer's Hobby Shop was visited, but infrequently, as they did not carry Marx. They were my source for Hudson Miniatures antique car kits. They were up a steep stairs on an upper floor of a building on a side street off 4th. Sutcliffe's, a sporting goods store, turned their mezzanine into a train shop during
the holidays, and that is where I saw the less common Marx. One thing about all
of today's technology.....if then, all the camera phones and video cameras would have
captured all of this.
Another interesting Household Outfitting Co. Christmas window display.
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I'm with you colorado.I work,I pay taxes and I get along in the world.I live in the past…..SO WHAT?NickOriginally Posted by colorado hirailer:
Fantastic ride down Memory Lane....I am frequently accused of living in the past, but
I like it there, and I ain't leavin' it! I have no photos of Kaufman's, where an aunt
worked, and Stewart's where my mother worked (she later worked at a Woolworth's
out in the suburbs), the large department stores on 4th Street, once the major
Louisville, Kentucky shopping area. There must be some, in archives there. Those two
and the Sears store several blocks from 4th on Broadway were the targets for kids
who wanted to see toylands and trains. Woolworth's was the largest dime store with
a basement toy department and Marx trains. Grant's and Kresge's never seemed to
have as much, nor did, even the dime store sized Montgomery-Wards that sat among
them along that strip. Fischer's Hobby Shop was visited, but infrequently, as they did not carry Marx. They were my source for Hudson Miniatures antique car kits. They were up a steep stairs on an upper floor of a building on a side street off 4th. Sutcliffe's, a sporting goods store, turned their mezzanine into a train shop during
the holidays, and that is where I saw the less common Marx. One thing about all
of today's technology.....if then, all the camera phones and video cameras would have
captured all of this.
Originally Posted by colorado hirailer:
Fantastic ride down Memory Lane....I am frequently accused of living in the past, but
I like it there, and I ain't leavin' it! I have no photos of Kaufman's, where an aunt
worked, and Stewart's where my mother worked (she later worked at a Woolworth's
out in the suburbs), the large department stores on 4th Street, once the major
Louisville, Kentucky shopping area. There must be some, in archives there.
Yes, film and developing were expensive in those days, not to be wasted willy-nilly.
I find this thread both exciting and sad....
Gone are the days...now all you see is fights in the mall and ignorant obnoxious people in all the stores.
Buying and using smartphone...thats all the stores sell.
Not exactly a department store....but a large Appliance Store, called Honig's Parkway.......This is Webster Ave in the Bronx and it became a big train store every fall and winter... it looks strange without the EL
There was another branch on White Plains Rd near Allerton....that is long gone.
Peter
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Herpolsheimer`s! ( Like in the Polar Express movie!)
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@Former Member posted:Herpolsheimer`s! ( Like in the Polar Express movie!)
Try it now:
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Neat photos. I wish I had some of our family back in the early fifties taking the bus into Seattle to Sears during the holidays. The Lionel train layout was my first destination then on to Santa.
Macy's Department Store at Herald Square in NYC in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
