random stuffs mostly vintage and found
Vintage Advertising- Rome, NY Daily Sentinel February 4th, 1929 The beauty of the Garland Gas Range, together with its many labor and money-saving conveniences and gas-saving devices, makes cooking a joy. But, best of all, the Garland oven-best control serves as an automatic cook and lightens the housewife’s burdens. JC Penney CO. 221-225 West Dominick […]
The lottery vendor list I was using was apparently not a comprehensive list of A&P stores in the Buffalo area. These will be in no particular order. Buffalo: 2152 Delaware Avenue Buffalo: 1847 South Park Avenue. I wonder how many other police stations are in former grocery stores? Buffalo: 1511 Jefferson Buffalo: 1678 Hertel Avenue. […]
A&P (Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company) filed (again) for bankruptcy. It sadly looks to be the end of the company that started in 1859. A&P has been out of the Buffalo & Western New York market for many years but the buildings often remain. This list dates from 1968 and I have included the […]
Today A&P (Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company) filed (again) for bankruptcy. It sadly looks to be the end of the company that started in 1859. A&P has been out of the Buffalo & Western New York market for many years but the buildings often remain. This list dates from 1968 and I have included […]
The William Hengerer Company traced its roots back to 1876. The store was merged with Rochester based Sibley’s in the early 1980s. The downtown location was closed in 1987. Eventually the store merged (again) with Pittsburgh based Kaufmann’s. Now the stores fly the Macy’s banner. Store locations: Downtown (now an office building) Sheridan Drive (demolished, […]