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Posted: 10/8/2023 10:01:22 AM EST
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Aiwa (sound systems)
Gateway Computers MCI (long distance phone service) I was gonna say Zubaz but apparently they still exist and operate. Who knew. |
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Posted: 10/8/2023 10:10:03 AM EST
[#2]
Cars:
Kaiser-Frazer Packard Hupmobile Lasalle Electronics: Hammarlund National Drake Hallicrafters Heathkit Eico World Radio Labs Knightkit |
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Posted: 10/8/2023 10:10:19 AM EST
[#3]
Bud Light
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Posted: 10/8/2023 10:59:42 AM EST
[#4]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Bell Labs /thread They sell over priced cheap shit through late night commercials, along with Bell & Howell, oh how the mighty have fallen. |
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Posted: 10/8/2023 11:37:05 AM EST
[#5]
Rupp
Chaparrel Amf Champion Evinrude Johnson Ski Jet Scorpion Bultaco Hodaka Husaberg Cushman Buell Victory Indian Lots more I can't remember. |
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Posted: 10/8/2023 4:01:37 PM EST
[#6]
wow this blossomed into five pages. TY
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Posted: 10/8/2023 8:50:04 PM EST
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"Incredible Universe" ( was like Best Buy or Circuit City)
"Sky City" ( South Eastern K-Mart Rival ) TYCO Model Train sets, Electric slot car tracks, and US-1 trucking sets. https://tycotrain.tripod.com/tycocatalogs/ Life-Like Model Trains , sets and loads of accessories priced for affordable families and kids to own build layouts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life-Like COX Gas powered R/C (string controlled) and RC (Radio Controlled) Model Planes, Cars, Boats https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cox_model_engine Centuri Model Rockets https://plans.rocketshoppe.com/publications.htm or https://archive.org/details/centuri-model-rocket-catalog-1970 Circus World Toy Stores N.A.S.D.S. National Association of Scuba Diving Schools S.S.I. Scuba Schools International. So many computer companies and all those old regional and local ISPs that were bought up or hung it up, even the larger one like Mindspring and Earthlink were consumed. Respct for Tripod and Angelfire still keeping all the early free websites online unlike Yahoo's Geocities, AOL's Hometown and numerous ISP web hosting tied to their company which was discontinued. AOL who is/was owned by Yahoo , which is owned now by Verizon... So much for those Anti Monopoly Telecommunication laws https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Defunct_computer_companies_of_the_United_States Do we count all those companies that sadly existed only as a domain .com name only online? or what is left is so far removed from the original it doesn't even share any resemblance ? |
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Posted: 10/8/2023 8:59:34 PM EST
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TG&Y
K&B drug stores Howard Brothers |
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Posted: 10/8/2023 9:05:03 PM EST
[#9]
A&P grocery stores.
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Posted: 10/8/2023 9:08:59 PM EST
[#10]
Delchamp’s
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Posted: 10/8/2023 9:31:46 PM EST
[#11]
Continental Airlines. Merged with United, but hard to tell at this point.
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Posted: 10/8/2023 9:36:28 PM EST
[#12]
Retailers:
TG&Y VJ Elmore Big K Food: Rally's Checkers Lee's Fried Chicken Western Sizzlin' 5th Quarter Other: Alltel - I used to love the claymation commercials that pitted them against the other cell companies, especially at Christmas. |
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Posted: 10/8/2023 9:41:16 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Babbages Service Merchandise NY Seltzer Company K-Mart 1970-1990’s era Pizza Hut https://newyorkseltzer.com/ |
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Posted: 10/8/2023 9:42:10 PM EST
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Otasco
Super Discount Kessler's Rich's Zayres Drug Emporium Goody's Richway Treasure Island Mason's |
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Posted: 10/8/2023 9:44:05 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: General Foods General Foods (a holding company) was rebranded as Kraft General Foods, then Kraft Foods, then as Kraft. Now they're the Kraft Heinz Company. Still a holding company. |
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Posted: 10/8/2023 9:57:07 PM EST
[#16]
Marshall Field's
Carson, Pirie & Scott Lord and Taylor |
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Posted: 10/8/2023 10:02:07 PM EST
[#17]
Quote HistoryBig Barney and Barnbuster burgers. Had one across the street from my junior high. Went there every day after school, just to hang out and goof around for an hour before heading home to listen to my mom and dad yell at each other. |
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Posted: 10/8/2023 10:04:33 PM EST
[#18]
Software companies come and go like farts through Joe Biden's diapers, but there were some big ones that got bought up.
Macromedia Aldus Deneba |
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Posted: 10/8/2023 10:15:01 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Rupp Chaparrel Amf Champion Evinrude Johnson Ski Jet Scorpion Bultaco Hodaka Husaberg Cushman Buell Victory Indian Lots more I can't remember. Montesa Bridgestone Greeves BSA Norton Buell NSU Zundapp CZ DKW Vincent Crocker Cleveland ABC One slow day at work (motorcycle accessory manufacturer) we sat down and tried to compile a list of all the motorcycle brands that had come and gone. We have books that list them, but the challenge was to use our memory only. We listed over 150. Ariel Adler Cotton Fantic Morbidelli Bianchi Brough Superior Zenith Sunbeam Velocette Rudge... |
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Posted: 10/8/2023 10:30:04 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Fagoel Duesenberg Bridgeport (now just a name Hardinge puts on mills that I'm told are now made overseas) Montgomery Wards (my 2HP craftsman circular saw has a MW blade still) Hardinge bought Bridgeport. When I was at their factory in Elmira I was told the machine castings were made out of country but final machining and assembly was done in Elmira. That was back in 06-07 time frame so that may not be the case any longer. |
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Posted: 10/8/2023 10:31:08 PM EST
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Does Chuck E Cheese still exist? Was Show Biz Pizza |
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Posted: 10/9/2023 2:05:32 AM EST
[#22]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Otasco Super Discount Kessler's Rich's Zayres Drug Emporium Goody's Richway Treasure Island Mason's From Georgia, and you didn't list "The World of Sid and Marty Krofft" theme park? Short lived but they did all the cool kid shows back in the 1970's. There was national press coverage about, I was crushed to find out it was closed years later when the parents finally caved into going. It would be long list of all the cool rides closed and go from Carrowinds in NC/SC That Eastern Airlines Sky Tower in the background, a long gone National Airline.  They kill off all the old steam trains rides in the park, but this oldie ride still luckily survives, although you recognize the area behind it today from this old postcard.  We loss Eckard Drugs Stores Harris Grocery stores Tetter Grocery Stores well technically they merged into HT but no one remembers that these days, kinda like no one know what he CVS in "CVS drug store" stands for. Food Town and Food King Grocery Stores. BI-Lo Grocery Stores Piggly Wiggly Grocery Stores So many cool night clubs and concert venues, it makes you need to find a real bar, a real one not the current beer gastrolounge hipster joint crap. Proper sawdust and peanut shells on the floor kind of place. Walden Books. Which the staff would act one way when your parents were around, then sell you the good books when by yourself. Keeping secret you were already reading the good authors. Back when it was privilege information to know the alternate pen names of Stephen King and Ann Rice. Record Bar Camelot Music. Spencers Which had the cooler half of the store that was all black light in the mall. J.C, Penney's Ivey's Baskin Robbins - The old 31 flavors of ice cream only store, before they merged in the 3 Fast food franchise chains into every location Richway's Department Store  Richway Dept. Store (1979) Charlotte, NC |
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Posted: 10/9/2023 2:14:22 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: that's cool have not seen one in years do you have one nearby ?? i grew up near one and we would eat there a lot I was going to post Pizza Inn until I did a quick search and found their website. It seems they're still all over, just not right next to me. There are even a few here in Houston, just not on my side of town. I remember going to get dinner at Pizza Inn on the day I brought my first kitty home (the first one that was officially "mine"). We were getting him used to riding in the car, and he was playing and bit me because he didn't know better yet. Ashes was a great cat, and loved to ride in the car. We even took him on vacations from Texas to Virginia in the car and he was cool the entire way there and back. Twice. |
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Posted: 10/9/2023 2:16:59 AM EST
[#24]
Oshman's Sporting Goods
I bought my 2nd pistol even (a S&W 422) there when they had a location in Sharpstown Mall. Still have it; it's one of my favorites to shoot. Way too much fun to take boating. |
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Posted: 10/9/2023 2:58:03 AM EST
[#25]
Quote HistoryQuoted: From Georgia, and you didn't list "The World of Sid and Marty Krofft" theme park? Short lived but they did all the cool kid shows back in the 1970's. There was national press coverage about, I was crushed to find out it was closed years later when the parents finally caved into going. It would be long list of all the cool rides closed and go from Carrowinds in NC/SC That Eastern Airlines Sky Tower in the background, a long gone National Airline. https://pbase.com/thresholdprod/image/106320605/large.jpg They kill off all the old steam trains rides in the park, but this oldie ride still luckily survives, although you recognize the area behind it today from this old postcard. https://pbase.com/thresholdprod/image/106320603/large.jpg We loss Eckard Drugs Stores Harris Grocery stores Tetter Grocery Stores well technically they merged into HT but no one remembers that these days, kinda like no one know what he CVS in "CVS drug store" stands for. Food Town and Food King Grocery Stores. BI-Lo Grocery Stores Piggly Wiggly Grocery Stores So many cool night clubs and concert venues, it makes you need to find a real bar, a real one not the current beer gastrolounge hipster joint crap. Proper sawdust and peanut shells on the floor kind of place. Walden Books. Which the staff would act one way when your parents were around, then sell you the good books when by yourself. Keeping secret you were already reading the good authors. Back when it was privilege information to know the alternate pen names of Stephen King and Ann Rice. Record Bar Camelot Music. Spencers Which had the cooler half of the store that was all black light in the mall. J.C, Penney's Ivey's Baskin Robbins - The old 31 flavors of ice cream only store, before they merged in the 3 Fast food franchise chains into every location Richway's Department Store  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnZd2kctmm4Still a Piggly Wiggly grocery store. There's one near my house in MS. |
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Posted: 10/9/2023 3:25:30 AM EST
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Quoted: Baskin Robbins - The old 31 flavors of ice cream only store, before they merged in the 3 Fast food franchise chains into every location There's still one left not far from me, a stand-alone Baskin-Robbins. It's the Perkins restaurants that keep disappearing. Unfortunate, because I thought they really were better than either Denny's or IHOP or Village Inn. And better food than Awful House even if they didn't offer the entertainment. Oh, Denver peeps? Did the Breakfast King move or did it just die? I would do bad things for the souvlaki and eggs right now |
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Posted: 10/9/2023 4:13:55 AM EST
[#27]
Dahlkempers
Hills department stores Nichols department store I lived in the top of a Western Auto |
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Posted: 10/9/2023 5:06:57 AM EST
[#28]
AutoShack
I worked there in high school. The name didn't last long at all. We got uniform shirts with AutoShack on them and then a month later we got new ones with AutoZone on them. Radioshack sued and won obviously. From wiki was founded as AutoShack in 1979 and changed their name in 1987 after RadioShack sued and won. I had just started. |
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Posted: 10/9/2023 5:44:51 AM EST
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Does Chuck E Cheese still exist? The last time I saw one was two years ago in Riyadh. |
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Posted: 10/9/2023 5:53:18 AM EST
[#30]
Might as well add Dodge to the list after this year.
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Posted: 10/9/2023 5:57:04 AM EST
[#31]
Trans World Airlines
Continental Airlines AMF American Gas Machine Minneapolis Moline Oliver Hart Parr Brockway Autocar Diamond T |
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Posted: 10/9/2023 5:58:08 AM EST
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Does Chuck E Cheese still exist? I remember when it was Show Biz Pizza. |
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Posted: 10/9/2023 6:00:39 AM EST
[#33]
Standard Oil
I told the secretary one day I was out the door going to Standard Oil. Later someone told me she told them I was gone to a new refinery and not the Exxon refinery 20 minutes away. After that another guy told her Esso one day and she wouldn't say it, just "he's not here". |
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Posted: 10/9/2023 6:01:54 AM EST
[#34]
Quote HistoryQuoted: In Canada, Eaton's Simpsons We had a Canadian grocery store chain called National in the STL metro in the 90s. |
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Posted: 10/9/2023 6:01:59 AM EST
[#35]
GM. Herter's. Cabelas. Quality Farm & Fleet. Big R / Stock & Field. Woolworth's. Service Merchandise. Rinks Bargain City. Moore's. Landmark / Countrymark. Texaco. Sohio. etc etc.
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Posted: 10/9/2023 8:05:31 AM EST
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Not a company but a product: Johnson's Paste Wax. Discontinued. Remaining stock now sells for $75-$100/can. |
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Posted: 10/9/2023 8:12:52 AM EST
[#37]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Still a Piggly Wiggly grocery store. There's one near my house in MS. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: From Georgia, and you didn't list "The World of Sid and Marty Krofft" theme park? Short lived but they did all the cool kid shows back in the 1970's. There was national press coverage about, I was crushed to find out it was closed years later when the parents finally caved into going. It would be long list of all the cool rides closed and go from Carrowinds in NC/SC That Eastern Airlines Sky Tower in the background, a long gone National Airline. https://pbase.com/thresholdprod/image/106320605/large.jpg They kill off all the old steam trains rides in the park, but this oldie ride still luckily survives, although you recognize the area behind it today from this old postcard. https://pbase.com/thresholdprod/image/106320603/large.jpg We loss Eckard Drugs Stores Harris Grocery stores Tetter Grocery Stores well technically they merged into HT but no one remembers that these days, kinda like no one know what he CVS in "CVS drug store" stands for. Food Town and Food King Grocery Stores. BI-Lo Grocery Stores Piggly Wiggly Grocery Stores So many cool night clubs and concert venues, it makes you need to find a real bar, a real one not the current beer gastrolounge hipster joint crap. Proper sawdust and peanut shells on the floor kind of place. Walden Books. Which the staff would act one way when your parents were around, then sell you the good books when by yourself. Keeping secret you were already reading the good authors. Back when it was privilege information to know the alternate pen names of Stephen King and Ann Rice. Record Bar Camelot Music. Spencers Which had the cooler half of the store that was all black light in the mall. J.C, Penney's Ivey's Baskin Robbins - The old 31 flavors of ice cream only store, before they merged in the 3 Fast food franchise chains into every location Richway's Department Store https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnZd2kctmm4Still a Piggly Wiggly grocery store. There's one near my house in MS. I haven't read the whole thread: Anyone mention Ontario Knives and Blackjack Knives? Both are owned by Blue Ridge Knives now. |
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Posted: 10/9/2023 8:19:18 AM EST
[#38]
TG&Y
Zayres Pic n Save Not gone, just changed, but I remember when Dollywood was Silver Dollar City |
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Posted: 10/9/2023 8:36:01 AM EST
[#39]
Quoted: Compuserve AOL DEC Wang Computor Datsun Compac Sun Microsystems Pontiac Borders Bookstores Pan AM Netscape Navigator Saturn Fotomat Circuit City Mercury auto line Blockbusters KB Toys Oldsmobile Tower Records Bugle Boy pants Just to name a few. Feel free to add more. |
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Posted: 10/9/2023 9:27:42 AM EST
[#40]
Montgomery Ward
Sears Radio Shack (Now online only) Western Auto JC Whitney Auto Parts |
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Posted: 10/9/2023 9:29:17 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Not a company but a product: Johnson's Paste Wax. Discontinued. Remaining stock now sells for $75-$100/can. 1. Minwax Paste Wax: Probably the closest to Johnson's 2. Old Masters Paste wax: Carnauba blend 3. Briwax: Another carnauba blend 4. Renaissance micro-crystaline wax: Developed in the 1950's by the British Museum to treat valuable objects. It is good for wood, leather, and metal objects and protects against moisture better than any of the above. More expensive but a little goes a long way. |
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Posted: 10/9/2023 9:35:28 AM EST
[#42]
Warshawski Brothers
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Posted: 10/9/2023 9:37:32 AM EST
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Eastern Airlines Still around in a reincarnated form. Took a chartered flight on them in 2021 and I swear to God they had the absolute hottest stewardesses I've ever seen. Like European airlines level of hot. |
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Posted: 10/9/2023 9:43:46 AM EST
[#44]
Shopper's World
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Posted: 10/9/2023 10:01:31 AM EST
[#45]
Sanyo
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Posted: 10/9/2023 10:01:38 AM EST
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted: ToysRus. Quote HistoryQuoted: ToysRus. Is Toys R Us coming back 2023? Now, the toy store's parent company, WHP Global, has a new vision to bring the toy store back to customers who never wanted to stop being a Toys “R” Us Kid. Up to 24 new Toys “R” Us flagship stores will open around the country beginning in 2024, CNN Business reports.4 days ago FLORIDA — The classic superstore Toys "R" Us has opened in 34 Florida Macy's locations as of Oct. 15. Macy's, in partnership with Toys "R" Us parent company WHP Global, announced plans in July to bring the Toys “R” Us brand to every Macy's store in the country.Oct 17, 2022 This was in the local news not to long ago |
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Posted: 10/9/2023 10:04:01 AM EST
[#47]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Anyone remember F & M Pharmacy stores? https://i.pinimg.com/originals/53/d4/a0/53d4a02b555632854e332537a9dd5692.jpg Anyone remember Phar-Mor? Shut down after founder got into a wee bit of trouble! |
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Posted: 10/9/2023 10:04:42 AM EST
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W.T. GRANTS was like a Kmart of Walmart ceased operating in 1976
W. T. Grant or Grants was a United States-based chain of mass-merchandise stores founded by William Thomas Grant that operated from 1906 until 1976. The stores were generally of the variety store format located in downtowns. |
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Posted: 10/9/2023 10:12:34 AM EST
[#49]
Fontaine Ferry Park was an amusement park in Louisville, Kentucky from 1905 to 1969.
Fontaine Ferry Park |
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Posted: 10/9/2023 10:13:20 AM EST
[#50]
General Foods
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