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by rjlawrencejr
21 Jun 2007 15:34
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: HINSHAWS--Southern California
Replies: 12
Views: 8496

I only went into Hinshaws once (Whittier Quad) and that was sometime after the 1987 earthquake. The first thing that came to mind was how much the store reminded me of Buffums. Were they related at all?
by rjlawrencejr
21 Jun 2007 15:29
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: FedMart Southern California?
Replies: 53
Views: 64570

Does anyone remember FedMart having an sterisk in their logo towards the end? I think it was written FedMart* but I could be wrong. I posted about that upthread :) It was written FedMart* and I always thought it was strange. It was as if there was some kind of disclaimer that you had to find in the...
by rjlawrencejr
21 Jun 2007 15:14
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: BULLOCKS--Southern California
Replies: 24
Views: 19346

Re: Bullocks

Don't forget Bullocks' ill-fated attempt to move in to the Bay Area market. The Nordstrom stores in Walnut Creek, Stanford, and Stonestown began as Bullocks, and there were other locations in San Mateo (in the now defunct Fashion Island), Oakridge (Sears?) and Vallco (not sure what it is now.) Is t...
by rjlawrencejr
21 Jun 2007 15:07
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: Ohrbach's Department Store
Replies: 53
Views: 64273

There were only 6 total stores in the market. They may have closed in 1987. But definitely not later. This was the weird time that East Coast department stores were moving into Southern California, Ohrbachs was the first, Bonwitt-Teller the second, opening only one store in So Cal, in Palm Desert. ...
by rjlawrencejr
21 Jun 2007 15:03
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: Ohrbach's Department Store
Replies: 53
Views: 64273

OHRBACH'S was already on Wilshire before they moved into the former Seibu store location. Back in the 50s Wilshire had a number of large stores - including Coulter's, May Co, Ohrbach's, Silverwoods, and Desmond's.
by rjlawrencejr
21 Jun 2007 14:15
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: Big Lots Western/Slauson
Replies: 8
Views: 6353

I don;t know if that is the store of not. I am trying to remember what was a cross the street from that store when I was younger (in the 1980's) which doesn't help much since all this was before I was born. I believe there was a Dryers ice cream factory (or Bryers) across the street from there duri...
by rjlawrencejr
21 Jun 2007 14:13
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: Big Lots Western/Slauson
Replies: 8
Views: 6353

I'm not sure if this is the same store, but a very short 6/12/1966 article in the LA Times says that a 19,000 sq ft Better Foods store at the corner of Western and Slauson had its groundbreaking. I didn't find a whole lot about Better Foods, except that they were purchased by Loblaw in 1965. There ...