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Post# 541734   9/5/2011 at 05:09 (4,588 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina)   |   | |
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I love the photo of the old Westingouse washer in the Bamberger's ad. Does anyone know if Bamberger's is still in business? |
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Post# 541735 , Reply# 1   9/5/2011 at 06:28 (4,588 days old) by HiLoVane (Columbus OH)   |   | |
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No. They've gone to "that great big strip mall in the sky." |
Post# 541736 , Reply# 2   9/5/2011 at 06:31 (4,588 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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Post# 541968 , Reply# 5   9/6/2011 at 08:06 (4,587 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina)   |   | |
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You told me something I didn't know: GE washers weren't the only washers with the lint pan over the agitator which to this day is my favorite design concept for dispensing detergent and collecting lint. |
Post# 542000 , Reply# 6   9/6/2011 at 12:27 (4,587 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs)   |   | |
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I remember those Westinghouse top loaders as new stock with many of them coming into the service department for repair...I don't think they were all that dependable. When I was a home store group manager for Macy's San Francisco I recall the East Coast executives talking about Bamberger's and how it was "holding it's own" back in the 1980's. And Trevor (takacedon), it's good to know there are others who have an interest in the fascinating history of the great American department stores. It's very sad to see that most of them are now gone.
...I was a trainee in branch stores and then a buyer for this wonderful old department store based in San Francisco...The Emporium...the jingle went something like this..."It's easier to find just what you have in mind at The Emporium, the store with more of everything you're shopping for The Great Big E, The Emporium"...I can remember that and yet sometimes I can't remember my phone number!...go figure |
Post# 542418 , Reply# 10   9/8/2011 at 14:21 (4,585 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )   |   | |
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Real department stores!! my other half used to be in visual arts, so he sure misses store windows etc, now they are all cookie cutter piles of s#$%!!!! |