Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3

[roccobass]

In the 1940s...
Back when getting a live turkey was more mainstream than it is today, a woman carried her Thanksgiving gobbler home on her back, while she held an axe in her right hand. Yikes!

 

[StereoPlayer]

In the 1940s...
Back when getting a live turkey was more mainstream than it is today, a woman carried her Thanksgiving gobbler home on her back, while she held an axe in her right hand. Yikes!

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That look she’s giving you...you’re next!

 

[5StringBlues]

I worked at the bottom one for a summer job in high school.

 

[Pops OB]

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I worked at the bottom one for a summer job in high school.

I remember seeing these pics years ago and was so disappointed that our Best was absolutely conventional looking. They’ve been gone a long time now, so long that people say: “You mean Best Buy?” “No,” or even describing how you’d order then pick up in different areas, and the conveyor belt...

 

[notJaco]

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I worked at the bottom one for a summer job in high school.

WOW! They did not have the Best construction contractors.
I don't understand...why would anyone park that close to a building falling apart in this fashion?

 

[roccobass]

Johnny Socko and his Flying Robot

 

[Stinsok]

Avacado appliences look great compared to avacado toilets, especially when they have something in them. My aunt and uncle had an avacado bathroom.

Don't forget harvest gold!

 

[StereoPlayer]

 

[Richland123]

In the 1940s...
Back when getting a live turkey was more mainstream than it is today, a woman carried her Thanksgiving gobbler home on her back, while she held an axe in her right hand. Yikes!

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Is that Lizzie Bordon?

 

[Richland123]

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I worked at the bottom one for a summer job in high school.

Were you just another brick in the wall there?

 

[Richland123]

 

[bholder]

Don't forget harvest gold!

Ahh those 70s colors. My house was built in the early 70s, and when I bought it, was entirely decorated in such colors, and yes, I had the full assortment in the kitchen: harvest gold, avacado green, and that lovely Montezuma (as in Revenge) Brown! hehe

 

[fretter]

I remember the BEST catalog which was very similar to the Sears one, if I recall correctly.

 

[fretter]

Guild Thunderbass Amplifier

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The not so subtle visual message in the ad is quintessential rock & roll.

 

[fretter]

 

[Richland123]

 

[Richland123]

 

[tubedude]

In the 1940s...
Back when getting a live turkey was more mainstream than it is today, a woman carried her Thanksgiving gobbler home on her back, while she held an axe in her right hand. Yikes!

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Yeah, her name was Lizzie Borden!

 

[Coriolis]

Yeah, her name was Lizzie Borden!

...And those weren’t turkeys!

 

[S-Bigbottom]

and the conveyor belt...

I loved watching the items come out of the top of the wall and eventually down to ground level for pickup.
Still have my gold and wood fancy Chess Board from them.