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#tbt More Buffalo retail advertising from the vaults

More Old School Buffalo retail advertising Face-saving Facts Take the sting out of your daily shave! Let a Schick Electric Dry Shiver shear away your beard, smoothly, quickly and…

Beth 2016-01-14

Buffalo Buffalo History musings

Rainbow Centre Mall & more dead retail

I really hate falling into rabbit holes and today I blame the guys over at Forgotten Buffalo.com (and facebook) for today's rabbit hole. The Rainbow Centre mall was part of the dystopian…

Beth 2015-12-16

musings Random retail geekery

Lillian Vernon, Creator of a Bustling Catalog Business, Dies at 88 – The New York Times

Ms. Vernon’s company, started in 1951, once had revenues near $300 million and was the first owned by a woman to be listed on the American Stock Exchange. Source: Lillian…

Beth 2015-12-14

photo Photos Random

20 utterly unique historical photographs you’ve never seen before

This is what it must feel like to have a time machine! Source: 20 utterly unique historical photographs you’ve never seen before

Beth 2015-12-14

#tbt Buffalo Buffalo History

#tbt Dead retail with a side of Memorex

The thrift store. the funky smells, the Bible verse screaming woman, the men in dog collars... err wait not that sort of post today. One of the fun things to…

Beth 2015-12-10