What store is no longer around where you would buy your Easter and Spring clothing as a kid? Mine was Gimbels. And you?

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[Jilly_in_VA]

1. Hill's Dept Store

Also Manchester's. Both in Madison, WI.

[debm55]

2. Thank you very much for sharing with us.Jilly_in _VA. I liked Hills. I think it was bought by Ames and then Ames

Disappeared.

[Tiny Tabby]

3. The White House

In San Francisco or City of Paris

Two department stores that closed about 50 or 60 years ago

[debm55]

5. Thank you very much for sharing with us Tiny Tappy.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

4. The Hecht Co.

[debm55]

6. Thank you very much for sharing with us, 50 Shades of Blue.

[hlthe2b]

7. The Jones Store--Kansas City

[debm55]

12. Thank you very much for sharing with us, hithe2b, Did another store move in?

[hlthe2b]

16. At the time, I have no idea (too young), but probably Macy's.

[GCG]

8. Sears

When it was still a good department store...in my case in the 60's ad 70's!

[debm55]

14. Thank you very much GCG. Yes at one time it was a great store. Toward the end it wasn't.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

9. Montgomery Ward

[debm55]

15. Thank you very much, BlueWaveNeverEnd. for sharing. I enjoyed shopping there.

[surrealAmerican]

10. Most of my clothes as a child came from either Sears or Korvette's.

Fancier stuff sometimes came from Gimbels or Macy's.

[debm55]

46. Thank you very much, surrealAmerican. Same here.

[EYESORE 9001]

11. Sears mostly (Sears Rowbuck to be precise)

There was another store, Interstate, where we went as well. It’s not around now either.

[debm55]

47. Thank you very much, EYESORE 9001

[Ritabert]

13. Montgomery Ward.

[debm55]

48. Thank you very much, Ritabert, We bought a lot of things at Montgomery Ward.

[Silver Gaia]

17. JC Penney is where Mom always took us.

The one we went to doesn't exist anymore, but it moved to a mall location, so there still is a JC Penney store there.

[debm55]

21. Thank you very much, Silver Gaia. I liked JC Penney's clothing. All are closed around here. Even the mall.

[TommieMommy]

18. We lost Sears and JCPENNEY in my area.

[debm55]

19. Us too. Thank you TommieMommy.

[livetohike]

20. Fashion Spear in Braddock PA. My Grandparents

lived a few blocks away so I was spoiled by them and my unmarried Uncle.

[debm55]

22. livetohike. I lived in Duquesne as a child. We would go to Mckeesport and shop at Cox's and Jason's. for our Christmas

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and Easter outfits. Both closed for many years.

[livetohike]

31. I remember Jason's! Maybe our paths crossed

when we were kids Deb . We could see the fireworks at Kennywood from my Grandparents’ back yard. Sometimes burning paper from the fireworks would fly across the river and land in the yard!

[debm55]

49. HAHAHAHAH. My uncle lived in Duquesne Place(right next to Kennywood) At one time it was an Up scale neighborhood.

Kennywood would put the fireworks cansisters on a barge in the Mongoahalia River. So you had the misfortune of getting that paper crap in your yard. PS I loved that Cox's had the bridal department on the top floor. with a window showing the dresses.

[fargone]

23. H C Prange

Green Bay and Sheboygan, Wisconsin (and elsewhere). We used to go "down by Prange's"

[debm55]

50. Thank you very much, for your stores that are gone but not forgotten. fargone.

[Earl_from_PA]

24. F. W. Woolworth

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51. My friends would go to the Woolworth's with me and we would have lunch at their "cafe". We were in 8th grade.and felt

so cool eating out.

[KS Toronado]

25. Duckwall's

"A little of everything"—that was the motto of Duckwall's, the Kansas-born five and dime store that for more
than one hundred years has offered its customers good products and good service.

[debm55]

52. Thank you ,KS for shaing with us. Long gone but not forgotten.

[Endlessmike56]

26. G.C Murphy's

[debm55]

53. Thank you very much much , Endlessmike56 for sharing with us.

[johnp3907]

27. Murphy's Mart in Irwin.

Also G. C. Murphy’s in West Newton. We called that store the 5 and 10.

[debm55]

42. My family moved to North Huntington after I was in 8th grade. Went to Murphy's mart a lot.

[FarPoint]

28. Yes....

Grandma always took us to Gimbels. It was her favorite shopping day.

[debm55]

43. Thank you very much FarPoint.

[Freddie]

29. Hess's in the Lehigh Valley

When I was a kid the only one was in downtown Allentown. But mostly we got clothes at Robert Hall or Sears.

[debm55]

44. Thank you very much for sharing, Freddie. We got our back to school clothes at Robert Hall.

[CrispyQ]

30. My mother made most of my Easter dresses.

We'd look at dresses & I'd show her what I liked & then we'd go to the JCPenney sewing department & I'd pick out fabric & buttons & trim. My mother could sew anything. You should have seen the Barbie clothes she made. Little suits with notched collars, gowns, sports wear, pajamas, dresses. I kept them in this box I covered & lined with wrapping paper. I sold them at a yard sale when I was in my 20s. I wasn't sure I wanted to get rid of them so I priced them high & they were one of the first things to sell. She didn't even offer me less; she bought them all & said, "My girls are going to love these."

I like to think somewhere some girl still has them.

[debm55]

45. Why, thank you very much for sharing CrispyQ. I made some of my school clothing, but never a Christmas or Easter dress.I

made my Barbie everyday wear. but not her gowns. May the memories of your mother be a blessing to you.

[Ziggysmom]

32. Boston Store and Marshall Field

They had quality product, too. Not like today’s disposable clothes you wash once and it falls apart!

[debm55]

41. My mother in law always bought my my son's clothing at Marshall Field. You are so right about colthing now. Thank you

very much, Ziggysmom.

[hedda_foil]

33. Carson Pirie Scott and Lerners

[debm55]

40. Thank you very much, hedda_foil. I remember shopping at Lerners as a teen.

[lostnfound]

34. Zayres most often

I remember walking hand in hand up the street with my mother to go shopping there.
Sometimes we would go to Sears. Sometimes she might sew us clothes.

[debm55]

39. Thank you very much, lostnfound. We had a Zayres around here. Then it has Hills, then it was Ames. Now it is empty.

[redstatebluegirl]

35. Sears ot Montgomery Wards

They were right down the street from each other.

[debm55]

38. Oh yes, thank you, very much, redstatebluegirl. Gone but not forgotten.

[Kali]

36. Sears, Wards, Woolco, Penny's, Diamonds

are any of them still around? I have no clue. I can remember a couple of Easter outfits but not where they came from.

[debm55]

37. Thank you very much, for sharing with us, Kali. Yes, all the stores are gone. Neat Outfits.

[WmChris]

54. Arlan's

A fore runner to K-Mart in Moline, IL

[debm55]

56. WmChris. that you very much for sharing.

[Tikki]

55. Not for Easter, but I used to buy the boys their OP's at Mervyns.

Tikki

[debm55]

57. Thank you , Tiki.