WE LOVE THE OLD DEPARTMENT STORES--UPDATED

It's no secret. Your editor and the Elves love to share interesting posts dedicated to the department stores of yesteryear--foreign or domestic--it makes no difference to us.

Yes, most of us remember the days when a trip to the department store----anytime but especially at Christmas (AND HALLOWEEN AND EASTER!)----was an exciting "event".

And so--here's an updated post---because we just love the old department stores!

Click on the links....but first up...click  on the photo for a vintage tin honoring the Macy's building in Manhattan. Macy's has been in the news recently--as it plans to shutter 150 stores.  Read more here.

Moving along to happier things:

--LOVE this site, all about Portland (Oregon) department stores---when Portland was a less chaotic, prosperous and happier place--Bloomingdale’s, Frederick & Nelson, Lipman Wolfe, Macy’s, Marshall Field’s, Meier & Frank, Olds Wortman & King, The Bon Marche--see them all at http://www.pdxhistory.com/html/department_stores.html

--GREAT FB PAGE: THE GOLDEN AGE OF DEPARTMENT STORES; CLICK HERE

--And meanwhile in Boston http://shoppingdaysinretroboston.blogspot.com/

--MORE VINTAGE CHICAGO, happier, safer days....WHEN THEY USED TO CALL IT CHRISTMAS; CARSON'S & MARSHALL FIELDS; http://vintagechicago.blogspot.com/2009/01/when-they-used-to-call-it-christmas.html

--HISTORY AND TALES OF ALEXANDER'S DEPARTMENT STORES; https://classicnewyorkhistory.com/history-and-tales-of-alexanders-department-stores/

--15 GLORIOUS PHOTOS OF HISTORIC DEPARTMENT STORES 15 glorious photos of historic department stores - Curbed

And did we mention we love the old department store catalogs too:

--THE 1916 SEARS CHRISTMAS/WINTER CATALOG, OVER 790 photos, it took us years to scan and salvage what we could--may take a moment or two to load https://www.flickr.com/photos/22283683@N07/sets/72157625908978489/

--CHRISTMAS CATALOGS FROM THE 1930'S TO THE 1980'S, WHAT AN ASSORTMENT, SEARS, MARSHALL FIELD, JC PENNEY, EATON'S ETC. ALWAYS BEING ADDED TO....COURTESY OF JASON @ WISHBOOK WEB http://www.wishbookweb.com/

--1941 LORD & TAYLOR CHRISTMAS CATALOG; GO TO THE NEW EVERYTHING CROTON: LORD & TAYLOR CHRISTMAS CATALOG 1941

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