Lower Merion, PA school menus (January 05, 1984)

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Mom and Pop grocery store at 16 Georgia Avenue in Atlanta, GA (1960)

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JCPenney at Kokomo Mall, Kokomo, IN, circa 1964. From their annual report. Photo courtesy of Pleasant Family Shopping on Facebook

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Pizza Joe of Josephine's Pizza at Fiesta in the Park (Lake Eola Park), Downtown Orlando, FL (November 1976). Photo by Luigi Gard-El

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A KRLD News Radio car in Dallas, 1970s.

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The Ford FILA Thunderbird (1983)

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At the “Diamond Room Show Lounge” in the Catskills in upstate New York....1960s

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Cocktails at the “Capetowners Club” in the Five Points District off Denver, Colorado....c.1958

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South Philadelphia residents gather at City Hall in 1968 to protest the Crosstown Expressway. | Image courtesy of Temple University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center

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Woolworth's store at River Roads Mall - Jennings, Missouri, 1988

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Wendy’s stickers from 1984

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Ad for Toyota Celica (Esquire, November 1973)

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Howard Johnson’s Restaurant, Thanksgiving menu, Long Island, early 60s.

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Real Canadian Superstore - 411 Confederation Drive, Saskatoon, 110,000 square feet (1988)

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Throwback ATL Retail: Rich's at the newly opened Cumberland Mall in metro Atlanta (1973). And yes, it is VERY 70s.

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The intersection of 3rd Avenue looking west on Burnside...Portland, Oregon in the 1930's. (City of Portland Archives)

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1951 IBM ad

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A lady poses in front of the Zayre in Rumford, Maine in this 1970s era snapshot, shared by Kendra Bird to the Off The Rack - Retail Past and Present FB group.

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Woolworth lunch counter - Ansley Mall - Atlanta - 1966 (UGA archives)

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College students in Goodall Wooten Dorm at the University of Texas at Austin (March 7, 1962) Photo by Dewey G. Mears

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On the square, Circa 1981. Photo courtesy of Sherri Hughes Fink

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This 1997 Akron Beacon Journal photo shows Michael Johnson, 17, trying out a Nintendo 64 display inside Target at Rolling Acres Mall in Akron, OH

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Knott’s Berry Farm parking lot, 1960.

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WestShore Plaza in Tampa (1984)

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A very 1990 picture: Children jogging outside the Nickelodeon Studios attraction located at the Universal Studios Florida amusement park in Orlando, Florida, circa 1990

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West Entrance to Winrock Shopping Center; This particular Walgreens location had a Restaurant; 1970's

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El Cajon Blvd in San Diego, 1977.

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Hot Wheels ad (1968)

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Joe Jost bar in Long Beach, CA Oldest bar in LB, since 1924. Photo from 1969.

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Finishing up construction at the Shops at Prudential Center, Boston (June 1993)

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Chick-fil-A - February 1980 - Regency Square in Florence, AL

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New York City, 1950. Photo by Ivan Dmitri.

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Roy Rogers ad (September 1981)

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Wolfy's, Peterson Ave, Chicago, IL (1975) featuring a Pontiac Grandville and the infamous big weiner in the sky!

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Mid 1950s slide view of Golden Rexall Drugs at 6601 W. Roosevelt Road in Berwyn, Illinois. Shared from the Cicero and Berwyn Memory Lane FB page. Photo credited there to Ron Tamulis and the University of Illinois at Chicago digital collection.

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View looking southwest of the Rothschild's department store building that once stood at 10th and Main streets (circa 1930)

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Children's Palace on McKnight Road (November 1977)

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A 1961 Mercury Monterey, from Turbiville Motors, Inc., on display outside Walgreen's in North Star Mall in San Antonio (circa 1960)

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The 1st Buc-ee's and its owner Beaver Aplin, a week after it opened in Lake Jackson, TX, 1982.

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Gourmet Gardens at Eastland Mall, Charlotte, NC (1975) Courtesy of Charlotte Eats on Facebook.

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Shoppers walks through the troubled Church Street Centre (3/31/93) The mall has begun an “incubator” leasing program to fill its empty shopping space w/ stores that are locally owned and operated. It will allow them to “test the waters,” says John Dickey, GM of the Centre. Rex Perry / The Tennessean

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Hayloft in Fort Worth, Texas • Fri, Sep 26, 1975

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Man working at desk, likely an employee of the Chattanooga Times, Chattanooga, TN (1951)

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Talladega - Bobby Allison and Darrell Waltrip, two of the favorites in the forthcoming August 5 Talladega 500, share a moment with the person guaranteed a spot in victory lane after Talladega’s annual events, Miss Talladega 500, Debbie Gurosky of Birmingham, Ala. (7/12/79)

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Boxscore from 23-22 Cubs-Phillies game, May 17, 1979.

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Flyer for the 1978 Tempe (AZ) Oktoberfest, benefiting Tempe Sister Cities.

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41 years ago today, TV Guide January 3, 1981 - Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Ted Knight and Lydia Cornell of Too Close For Comfort.

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Brigantine Castle Pier, Brigantine, New Jersey, 1978

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Mid-1970's ad for Betty Crocker's Spoon & Bake!

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1983 Bacardi Rum mixes with everything except driving ad.

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Sears, Laguna Hills (CA) Mall, circa 1970s, from the mall’s FB page.

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Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera - March 1982

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Chevrolet's display at the Detroit Auto Show, 1975.

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Menu from The Spaghetti Castle located at 16325 Ventura Boulevard, between Hayvenhurst & Liberti, in Encino, CA, late 1970s.

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Tom Seaver attempting a Mets comeback against Triple-A Tidewater, 1987

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Ric Flair with a “Cocaine Cowboy” ponytail is something I can’t unsee.

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A peek inside of Hotel Del Cornado lobby (circa 1925)

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Spaghetti Night at Little Big Men in Helena and Great Falls, MT (October 1, 1979)

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Mid-day break time. 6th Ave near 54 St, NYC (1979) Photo by Sue Berg

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Philadelphia suburbs throwback: Hey ho! Let's go!! 1980 Plastic Fantastic record store located in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania ad for the Ramones making an in store appearance to promote their new album End of the Century!

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Miami Street Scene - Collins Ave - Circa Early 1951 Photo courtesy of Dave Gelinas and Kodachrome Forever on Facebook

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Jacksonville, Florida, circa 1910. Main Street north from Bay.

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1969- Burger King in Portland Oregon advertising Fish & Chips, Beef & Ham Barbs (I assume that's short for BBQ's), Pizza and chicken! Menu items that we are not familiar with being sold at Burger King (Albeit, this Burger King had no relation to the franchise)

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Banberger’s; Garden State Plaza, Paramus, New Jersey. Mall entrance, circa 1981 (Garden State Plaza)

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Two employees leave the shutttered Penn Fruit Supermarket at 43rd and Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, 1977. Photo Credit: Temple University Archives.

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1980, 500 W. Madison St. Interior of the Chicago and North Western Railway Station (1911-1981), shortly before demolition to make way for the Ogilvie Transportation Center. Robert Pence, photographer.

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Grand opening of the food court at Echelon Mall (1985)

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Menu for the restaurant in the Hotel Pfister, Milwaukee, WI (07-10-1893)

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Ad for Maryland-area Beefsteak Charlie's Restaurants (April 3, 1983)

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Images of the first Costco store in Seattle (1983)

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The Land pavilion at EPCOT Center from November 1983.

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The Jackson (Mississippi) Mall, during the holidays. The original anchors of the mall were JCPenney, Gayfer, and Woolco. Circa 1972 Middle South Utilities photo. Photo courtesy of Pleasant Family Shopping on Facebook.

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Ad for “Exotic Foods” (Esquire, April 1959)

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Half of the price, right in the garbage!

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The Great Zookini, the former Philadelphia Zoo mascot of early 1980s vintage sure does look like a long lost relative of the Phillie Phanatic (with Snuffleupagus thrown in for good measure), doesn’t he? There clearly was something in the early 80s Philly waters.

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Gold scales, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Manhattan, 33 Liberty St. 1959 PHOTO: Ormond Gigli

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A mustache-less Rick Rude with a fan. November 1982 in the Carolinas.

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Godfather’s Pizza in Lincoln, NE (March 15, 1985)

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1968 Chicago Auto Show

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Unidentified bar in Richmond, VA on September 3, 1981

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Colorburst: Give the gifts that give right back (December 1978)

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Kinsel's Drug Store - Michigan & Griswold - Linwood Avenue Bus - Night Scene - Detroit (January 1965) Photo courtesy of Dave Gelinas and Kodachrome forever

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1917 ad for the Korff Sleeping Porch!

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Crossroads Shopping Center, St. Cloud, MN. Circa 1972 First Union Real Estate Investments photo. Photo courtesy of Pleasant Family Shopping on Facebook.

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Atari ad, 1983

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Johnson's Tamale Grotto in San Francisco, CA (December 10, 1963)

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A guy standing next to a pink 1957 Chevy in June 1979.

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1970s VCR advert

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The former Macy's branch on the corner of Flatbush Avenue and Tilden Avenue in Brooklyn just after the store opened in October 1948. It closed in 1992 as part of the bankruptcy of the the original R.H.Macy Corporation and was unfortunately demolished.

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United States Lines (1923)

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Memphis, commercial street scene- Main Street, northward, Memphis (1955) © Mayer Harold from University of Wisconsin UWM Libraries

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1964 Beverly Hillbillies Kellogg's Grocery store or restaurant display standee!

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1972 Sears Catalog Fondue Sets page!

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The day it snowed in Tampa, Florida (January 19th, 1977)

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1973 Downtown Connector. Sign says metro Atlanta population at the time was 1,494,740.

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Robinson's Department Store, LA 1967

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Union Square Bradlees, Circa 1990s

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September 1943. “Indianapolis, Indiana. A Greyhound bus station.” Photo by Esther Bubley for the Office of War Information

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1970s billboard advertising Arby's Roast Beef sandwich and locations.

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On this day in 1962, Casey Stengel becomes the first Met to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated.

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Introducing Campbell’s 3 New Stout Hearted Soups (LIFE, Nov. 3, 1967)

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Part of the opening ceremonies at Beachwood Place on August 21, 1978

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Eagle Food Center, somewhere in Illinois, circa 1961 Consolidated Foods Corp. photo.

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Passengers inside an airplane in the 1970s.

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1963 in-store ad for Kellogg's Fruit Loops!

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Oxford Valley Mall, Langhorne Pa., ca. 1970s

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Tower Records (in Greenwich Village, NYC) - September 1987 (on assignment for Newsweek Magazine). Photo courtesy of John Abbott

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Elderly Women at Home in the French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1946

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Mississippi River frozen solid, February 1905. Source- Missouri History Museum, St. Louis.

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Pittsburgh, 6/70 - One of most iconic sports photos in Pittsburgh history w/ Cathedral of Learning looming in distance, shot during the last home stand for the Pirates at Forbes Field. In less than a month, they’d be calling Three Rivers Stadium home (Source: Old-Time Baseball Photos Twitter)

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Interior view of Cinderella City Mall in Englewood (1968)

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The wonderful world of color. Shop-Rite, Paramus, NJ, from an early 60s DuPont plastics ad (Source: Pleasant Family Shopping on Facebook)

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Elvis Presley Returns To TV (June 5th 1956)

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Does Ken is dead?

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Imo's first pizza parlor in 1964 at Thurman and Shaw Avenues.

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Hello Delray Beach! Ponderosa Steakhouse is here (April 25, 1982)

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Big Van Vader, NJPW. Bad Ass

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Mutant League Football for the Sega Genesis (1993)

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Babe Ruth and the Boston Red Sox team arrive to training camp in Hot Springs, Arkansas by horse-drawn carriage! (March 5, 1917, 102 years ago today)

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Ad for Po Folks restaurant, Cincinnati locations (1984)

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Menu board at Charlie's Sandwich Shoppe in South End, Boston, Massachusetts, 18th September 1978

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P&C Foods, somewhere in Northeast New York or Vermont, circa 1970 Pneumo Dynamics Corp. photo. Photo courtesy of Pleasant Family Shopping on Facebook.

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Gerardo's Pizza - Marengo, Illinois · Thursday, December 19, 1974

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7-Eleven ad (November 14, 1986)

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The record department at the brand new White Front discount department store, corner of Normandie Avenue and Imperial Highway, Los Angeles. Circa 1970 Interstate Stores photo, from their annual report. Photo courtesy of Pleasant Family Shopping on Facebook.

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Cookeville Mall in Cookeville, TN (1983)

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PA I-70 speed limits near the western state line taken by Steve Benson, May 1990.

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Kmart of Lewiston Maine Lobster Dinner - August 1979

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Hogate’s Seafood Restaurant at 800 Water Street in Washington D.C. (1972)

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Tower Records, New York, circa 1985

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The Fat Boys, Sugar Ray Leonard, & Eddie Murphy (Circa late 1980s)

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The old Century City Mall in the early 1970s. When it first opened in 1965 it was called Century Square. Photo by Julius Shulman

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Westmont Plaza, Haddonfield, Circa 1980s

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Jamaica Ave under the el at 165th Street November 5, 1944

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Photographer Dwight Church takes a photograph from a ladder propped up against his station wagon in Canton, New York, 1973.

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A lasting love....of Canter’s pastry counter.

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McDonalds in downtown Johnstown, PA (Circa 1980s)

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1967 newsprint ad for Tim Horton’s Donuts Grand Opening in Scarborough Toronto!

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Pizza Hut - All You Can Eat (August 6, 1986)

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Howard Johnson’s breakfast menu from the 1970s

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In honor of its appearance as the fictional Starcourt Mall in Stranger Things (Season 3), here’s what Gwinnett Place Mall in Atlanta looked like as a new mall in 1984

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Shopping center on Frankfort Avenue (3700 block), Louisville, Kentucky, 1939. The business includes a Sears, Kroger, and Taylor Drugs.

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Inside the (now-defunct) Tower Records at 610 South Street (2/9/1987)

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McDonalds in downtown Johnstown, PA (Circa 1980s)

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A view of Christmas Eve 1963 in New Bedford, Massachusetts in this Standard-Times photo.

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Sam Goody welcomes N’Sync at the Sam Goody Rotunda at the Mall of America in the late 1990s.

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The fellas (2019)

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Radio Shack Wireless Phone (Better Homes & Gardens, October 1982)

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Arby’s Lean Advantage (October 1985)

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