Kleinhans boy
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 cleanly. There’s no fussing with lather, blades or brush. There’s no scraping or pulling. The Schick whisks over your face in a jiffy and removes […]
Opening Day ad, 1982
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 future envisioned by the proponents of Urban Renewal (aka tear down any interesting 19th century buildings and replace them with stuff designed by Brutalist style […]
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 Vernon, Creator of a Bustling Catalog Business, Dies at 88 – The New York Times
This is what it must feel like to have a time machine! Source: 20 utterly unique historical photographs you’ve never seen before
Memorex Tape
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 do when at the thrift is to look for old store tags. If you are lucky the store separates the “New with Tag” clothing from […]