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Defunct Retail => Defunct Department Stores => Topic started by: storehistoryguy on December 18, 2005, 06:20:44 PM

Title: TG&Y
Post by: storehistoryguy on December 18, 2005, 06:20:44 PM
Discuss.

Lawrence, Kansas. 1950s or 60s.

(http://www.wtv-zone.com/dpjohnson/60sdiscountstores/tgy-az.jpg)
http://www.wtv-zone.com/dpjohnson/60sdiscountstores/page2.html
Title: TG&Y
Post by: storehistoryguy on December 18, 2005, 06:21:46 PM
Oklahoma City, Ok. Late 70s, early 80s.

(http://www.wtv-zone.com/dpjohnson/60sdiscountstores/tgylawrence.jpg)

http://www.wtv-zone.com/dpjohnson/60sdiscountstores/page2.html
Title: TG&Y
Post by: storehistoryguy on December 18, 2005, 06:34:25 PM
Elba, Alabama in the 70s. Its the closed one on the end where the van is.

http://www.southeastalabama.com/Industry/TGYSite.htm
Title: TG&Y
Post by: storehistoryguy on December 18, 2005, 06:36:18 PM
A grand opening ad from Nov. 1970!

(http://www.lawtoninfo.com/images/content/news/Nov/11_TGY_1970_thumb.jpg)
http://www.lawtoninfo.com/
Title: TG&Y
Post by: Caldor1999 on December 18, 2005, 08:53:10 PM
when did that GOB?
Title: TG&Y
Post by: storehistoryguy on December 18, 2005, 08:56:56 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Caldor1999
when did that GOB?
This is just and estimate but maybe in the early 80's.
Title: TG&Y
Post by: Caldor1999 on December 18, 2005, 09:03:48 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by storehistoryguy
QuoteOriginally posted by Caldor1999
when did that GOB?
This is just and estimate but maybe in the early 80's.

maby it went out arounf te time zayer did in 1988 when it was takeing over by ames or maby 1986
Title: TG&Y
Post by: storehistoryguy on December 19, 2005, 03:10:16 PM
Heres another picture of A TG&Y. Gallup, Nm.

Click Here! (http://afiler.com/tg&y.jpg)
Title: TG&Y
Post by: Caldor1999 on December 19, 2005, 04:49:10 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by storehistoryguy
Heres another picture of A TG&Y. Not sure where.

Click Here! (http://afiler.com/tg&y.jpg)

hears the actley puicture lol fomr that web sight t looks to be clsed in this picture i cant tell the year of it im guessing it looks to bve takeing in the 1990's
Title: TG&Y
Post by: storehistoryguy on December 19, 2005, 04:53:49 PM
Thanks for posting that. For some reason it wouldn't work for me.
Title: TG&Y
Post by: storehistoryguy on December 28, 2005, 10:32:20 AM
A price tag on the bottom of a salt or pepper shacker.

http://www.soaresantiques.com/salt_&_peppers.htm
Title: TG&Y
Post by: storehistoryguy on December 28, 2005, 10:34:26 AM
Gallup, Nm.

(http://www.roadsidepeek.com/roadusa/southwest/nm/nmretrolook/tgygall.jpg)
From http://www.roadsidepeek.com/roadusa/southwest/nm/nmretrolook/
Title: TG&Y
Post by: storehistoryguy on December 28, 2005, 10:36:25 AM
A TG&Y brand transistor radio!

(http://www.transistor.org/collection/tgy/tgy5transistor.jpg)
http://www.transistor.org/collection/tgy/tgy.html
Title: TG&Y
Post by: storehistoryguy on December 28, 2005, 10:40:46 AM
Inside one in the 60's!

http://library.ucok.edu/archives/page-files/image-details.asp?id=172&sortBy=&iPageNum=16&txt1=&txt2=0
Title: TG&Y
Post by: Kmart4life on July 11, 2007, 10:39:30 AM
TG&Y went out in 1983
Title: TG&Y
Post by: Kmart4life on July 23, 2007, 10:25:14 AM
Actually they went out in 1988.
Title: TG&Y
Post by: TheFugitive on December 26, 2008, 04:36:03 PM
I have a toy I bought for my daughter at the GOB sale in Clio, Michigan.  That would have been in the summer of 1990.