The Ames Fan Club

Do you have and old bags from stores like Ames Caldor Bradlees Jamesway Montgomery Ward Zayre Jefferson Ward Grand Union Best Woolworth Service Merchandise or stores that are still around like JC Penney Sears Kmart Target  Macys Filenes Lord&Tayloer old Catlogs bags carts ect andthing flyers and pics of them post them hear Fastfood chaines are alowed hear too:)

I have bags from:
*Clover (regular bag and a special bag they would print for halloween)
*Caldor (got from a flea market)
*Bradlees (several diff. sizes)
*Ames
*Woolworth (several diff. sizes)
*Rite Price Pharmacy (a brief discount format by Rite Aid)
*Kmart bag, 90's logo

And several others I can't remember right now.

And caldor...could you please work on your spelling? it is a little (very) hard to read.

QuoteOriginally posted by MBZ321
I have bags from:
*Clover (regular bag and a special bag they would print for halloween)
*Caldor (got from a flea market)
*Bradlees (several diff. sizes)
*Ames
*Woolworth (several diff. sizes)
*Rite Price Pharmacy (a brief discount format by Rite Aid)
*Kmart bag, 90's logo

And several others I can't remember right now.

And caldor...could you please work on your spelling? it is a little (very) hard to read.

lol sorry about that i tened to not look when im typeing or i type to fast and i mess up on words i know how to spell

You can see my collection in the "Inventory" part of this site.  I also have a few bags from Caldors and GC Murphys not pictured.

QuoteOriginally posted by C. Fontaine
You can see my collection in the "Inventory" part of this site.  I also have a few bags from Caldors and GC Murphys not pictured.

are they the red ones or they the Grey ones

i have a JC Penny Catlog from 1999 and some bags of stores that are still open but i wish i had a Caldor or a Ames Bage

1 Green/White Ames cardboard sign
1 Red / Green  Ames cardboard sign
2 Ames Home sale flyers
2 Ames Biggest Toy Sale books
7 Ames flyers from 1997 to 2002
1 Ames job application form
1 Ames bag
2 Bradlees Flyers
1 Home QUarters Flyer (1997)
1 Woolworth Bag
1 Bradlees job application form
1 Original Rich's 8?x11 paper ad
1 paper planagram for Pyrex products (Ames)
2 Ames annual reports 1999 & 2000

1982 Ad from Sears.

Up until a while ago I had some great boxes from AM&A's, Sample, Sibley's, etc. All out of business. But my parents threw them out. No respect!!

QuoteOriginally posted by Caldor1999

QuoteOriginally posted by C. Fontaine
You can see my collection in the "Inventory" part of this site.  I also have a few bags from Caldors and GC Murphys not pictured.

are they the red ones or they the Grey ones

They are grey I believe.  I also found a "BEST" bag I have today...

76fanAmesmanBBTB


I have bags from
*Ames
*Bradlees
*Caldor
*Caldor ( pre-rainbow style)
*K-mart (before new logo)
*Service Merchandise
*ServiStar
*Sage Allen(small bag)
* abag that read "Christmas on the mall" (don't know where its from)

Flyers from
*Ames
*Bradlees
*Caldor
*G.FOX (before becoming Filenes)

a mug from
*D&L(Davidson & Levinthal)

tags from
*Ames
*Bradlees
*Caldor
*D&L(Daidson&Levinthal)
* K-mart (1990 logo)
*NU-Stars inc.
* Toys R US (just an old styled one they arn't GOB in my area)

Bradlees stuff from my collection ...  Two flyers and cart strap

I have the following:

Ames bag
Ames sticker(that was pasted on an old Jamesway cart)
Ames price tag
Ames cart handle
Bradlees cart logo
Caldor price tag
Caldor receipt
Caldor cart handle
Caldor seat cover(from the early metal carts)
Caldor matchbook
Jamesway cart logs
tons of old Howard Johnson's stuff(menus, brochures, glasses, ashtrays, etc)
Flah's pen
Albany Public Market matchbook
Grand Union matchbook
old Lord and Taylor shirt label
newer L&T shirt label(2)
Montgomery Ward Auto Express bag
Friendly's hat/shirt/apron(for my job..hehe)
Service Merchandise entrance sticker

I believe that's it..

I have rich's, caldor, bradlees ames baskets. I worked at ames in plymouth nh and I have my old ames uniform and employee name tag. I have bags of some of these stoers and even some stuff purchased has the price tag of that store that I have

i have a bag from filenes media play a bradlees cart strap and peaces of a bradlees logo and a peace of the r from caldor and hopefuly more to come soon
i also tryed getting a service emrchandise sticker from teh south hills mall but it was hard to get off and people were looking at me when i was doing it but iom gona go back there and next time when i see a caldor cart im gonna try and rip off the logo

QuoteOriginally posted by Zayre88
Bradlees stuff from my collection ...  Two flyers and cart strap

ohh and I have bradlees, ames and rich's brochure's adn a handle thing that says zayre. I have nothing of stuart's becasue I did not know anything about the chain until a year before it closed, and it was not worth knowing the chain as their stores were like a bigger woolworth and a mix between ames and big lots

my dad collected alot of the richs and bradlees baskets and caldor.

hears what i own a bag form filenes a meda play bag a bradlees cart strap a big peaice of the a from a bradlees logo and a peice of the r from the caldor logo

QuoteOriginally posted by Caldor1999
hears what i own a bag form filenes a meda play bag a bradlees cart strap a big peaice of the a from a bradlees logo and a peice of the r from the caldor logo

my dad and I got a peice of a bradlees letter in dedham mass a few years ago.

QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife

QuoteOriginally posted by Caldor1999
hears what i own a bag form filenes a meda play bag a bradlees cart strap a big peaice of the a from a bradlees logo and a peice of the r from the caldor logo

my dad and I got a peice of a bradlees letter in dedham mass a few years ago.

cool witch part of it i do u have?

QuoteOriginally posted by Caldor1999

QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife

QuoteOriginally posted by Caldor1999
hears what i own a bag form filenes a meda play bag a bradlees cart strap a big peaice of the a from a bradlees logo and a peice of the r from the caldor logo

my dad and I got a peice of a bradlees letter in dedham mass a few years ago.

cool witch part of it i do u have?

I believe it was part of the B or D or L, I don't remember as that was 3 yeasr ago and don't remember where my dad put it. the part of the bradlees lettering falling of those buildings shows that the buildings the buildings are deteriorating.

QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife

QuoteOriginally posted by Caldor1999

QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife

QuoteOriginally posted by Caldor1999
hears what i own a bag form filenes a meda play bag a bradlees cart strap a big peaice of the a from a bradlees logo and a peice of the r from the caldor logo

my dad and I got a peice of a bradlees letter in dedham mass a few years ago.

cool witch part of it i do u have?

I believe it was part of the B or D or L, I don't remember as that was 3 yeasr ago and don't remember where my dad put it. the part of the bradlees lettering falling of those buildings shows that the buildings the buildings are deteriorating.

did it have a logo liek this or was it the older one like the one in new cityt ny and btw this is the stradford CT location this bradlees is in good condishion im gussing the ocean ari keeps it that way since its right by the long island sound

I have many Woolworth crayons, Gold Circle crayons, and also some old Kmart crayons.  Speaking of price stickers, I have 1 Nichols' Discount City that is hard to remove and 1 Shillito's that is impossible to get off. I tried to get some Ames-brand spray paint from my granma's house, but my grandparents wouldn't get the message!
Update! my price sticker inventory is as follows: (Some are just stickers)
2 Walgreens
2 sutherlands
1 Mr. How
1 HQ
1 Salem
1 True Value
2 Central hardware
1 ServiStar
1 Furrow
1 Trustworthy
3 different HWI
1 Surf Style
1 Woolworth
1 Husman's
1 Hader
3 Swallen's
1 Cokesbury
1 Kmart
2 Hechinger
1 Shillito Rikes
1 Captain comic
1 Ames
1 Indianapolis Children's Museum
1 John R. Green
1 Kmart Clearance
1 Hills
1 Hobby Lobby
1 Cappel's
1 Michaels
2 Gamestop
1 shoppers (not sure if that is the real name or not)
As of 5-7-06

4 rolls of Caldor price stickers
2 Sears ads from 1980 and 1 from 1994
Future Shop ad
Kmart bag from 1980
Marshall Field's ad and credit card application
Montgomery Ward ad
Office Depot ad with old logo
Bon Marche ad and credit card application
old JCPenney, Sears, Mervyn's, credit cards
PETCO box for pets

QuoteOriginally posted by jbarn02
 

Off of Ebay.com

I have some oldies from Deb, Kinney Shoes and US Male.  They are the basic plastic or drawstring type and in excellent condition.

In addition, I have a few Petite Sophsiticate store bags, price tags, receipts, etc.  Once I knew that they were going out of business early this year, I bought as much as I could and kept as many tags and such that I could get my hands on.

Yessss! I'm not the only person in the world that collects price stickers! I also have a couple from a store called Swallen's, and one from Surf Style. Surf Style is a store that I know has a couple of locations in alabama.

I have:
2 Wal-Mart Mens Apperal Plan-o-gram sheets that I found on the floor
4 Wal-Mart Rollback, As Adveristed, and Always Low Price labels
3 Wal-Mart GM shelf tags
2 Wal-Mart Grocery shelf tags
1 Wal-mart blue bag
1 Nothing Held  Back-Seeling to the bare walls sign from Ames
1 case of various letter sized Store Closing sales from Jo-Ann Fabricd
1 window sign Store Closing from Jo-Ann Fabrics
1 Ames Grand Opening Brochure (I found it on the last day of the Central Ave, Holland Ohio Store as a gondola was being dismanlted)
Various weekly flyers
Various restroom cleaning checklists
Various bags
and 1 "Shoplifting is stealing" sign from Wal-MArt

Update, as of 7-4-2006, I now have in addition,
1 Woodward & Lothrop price tag
2 Zayre Price tags
1 Peoples price tag
1 Drug Fair price tag
1 Montgomery Ward price tag
1 Kmart price tag
1 Montgomery Ward clothing label
1 old Kmart price tag
1 Clover price tag
That Ames Spray paint!!!
Part of an old Ames ad
Part of an old Kmart ad
A complete Wye River/Hechinger brochure
Sears rock tumbling kit from 60s or 70s
Spotted but not gotten:
Wards and Sears vacuums
Korvettes ice skates
Wards tool kit
Old Sears stuff

BTW, D. Fife, you said you have different baskets. Can you take pictures and put them on here? Please?

QuoteOriginally posted by ameskmart1
4 rolls of Caldor price stickers
2 Sears ads from 1980 and 1 from 1994
Future Shop ad
Kmart bag from 1980
Marshall Field's ad and credit card application
Montgomery Ward ad
Office Depot ad with old logo
Bon Marche ad and credit card application
old JCPenney, Sears, Mervyn's, credit cards
PETCO box for pets

?

Can you post the pages in the wards ad

i wish i had a chance to see a montgoemry ward but they dident have any located were i live the one clost to me closed in 1981 7 years before i was even born form what i know they were alot like sears but wards seem to be better looking and seems to have a nicer lay out from teh loks of it sears should have went out not wards but yea i dont have anytghing from them but i think my granma might i also think she has a buch of old sercive emrchandise catlots i also have a pic of a caldor r that i got off of the newingtion ct caldor heh

I Found in My Grandparents Basement

1 Hudsons Thanksgiving bag
1 Montgomery Ward Bag
and a Woolworth Express Bag

I have now added:
1 pad of Zany Brainy drawing paper
1 Twin Fair sticker
2 Rike's price tags
1 Gold Circle price sticker
1 KB Toys price tag
2 different Swallen's stickers (1 just remains of sticker)
1 Drug Fair bag
1 G.C. Murphy's iron-on tag

I have also added 3 montgomery ward Envelopes
 late 60s to early 80s logo

I worked for Montgomery Ward in 1972-1974 and will try and see if I still have any of my old paystubs.

:goodidea::goodidea::goodidea::goodidea:

I now have, in addition:
1 or more 1975 Albers ads
1 1975 Value City ad
1 Ames bag
2 same May 1997 Sears ads
1 Ames Summer Sale ad
1 May 1996 Sears ad
1 diffrent May 1996 Sears ad
1 1996 Kmart ad
3 All About Sports price stickers
1 1970's Kmart matchbook
1 Montgomery Ward 3 sticked yardstick
3 plastic Hojo cups
1 May 1996 Sears Brand Central ad
1 1996 BEST ad
1 different 1996 BEST ad
1 1996 JCPenny ad
1 part of a Hechinger ad
1 June 1996 Hechinger booklet
2 1996 Home Depot pages of a booklet
2 March 1996 Hechinger booklet pages
1 page of a BEST ad
1 1996 Ames Biggest Toy Sale ad
1 1995 Toys "R" Us ad
! Drug Fair price tag
1 Hechinger price sticker
1 Dart price tag
1 ServiStar price tag
1 Trak Auto receipt-5-31-90
1 Wye River receipt-1/26/99
1 Hechinger receipt-7-6-89
1 Drug Emporium receipt-12-4-90
1 Frank's receipt-9-10-90
1 Zayre receipt-2-19-90 (Note: I think they must've had spare receipts or something, as Ames bought Zayre in 1988.....maybe the store didn't change names)
1 Woodward & Lothrop receipt-9/25/90
9 Wards receipts- from 1-1 to 12-1-90
9 Pace receipts- from 1/10 to 12/20/1990
8 Ames receipts (5 w/ red logo, 3 w/ green logo)- from 4-11-90 to 7-27-1999
(I got almost all of these, except the Albers ad, Value City ad, and All About Sports price stickers, from my Grandma's house. Sometimes being a packrat leads to rewards-for your grandkids!:insane:)
By the way, I almost got a humongous Bradlees bag.....but failed!:(

195 items everyone!
I got a lot of sears, Ames, Wards, Dart and Peoples Drug, woolworth, and other stuff from my grandparents. I'll list it all when I have more time.

Grand Opening Borchure for W. Central Ave in Toledo, Oh. The funny thing is, I found it under a gondola unit that was coming down on the last day of operation. Kinda cool, I was there for the ribbon cutting, and I was there on the last day.

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The inside lisiting the grand opening events. The frist 1000 people through the doors at 9 got a free Ames tote bag and a bag of Hersery's Kisses with a scrath-off ticket.

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The back side which again listed events. The American Greetings bear and Barbie were hightlights in the toy department and free samples of cookies in the food department.

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The is one of the liqudation signs from the W. Central Ave store. It took me awhile to get this sign, the liqudation manager refused- until the last day.
This sign is what orginally got me into "store closing" sales, which was pretty wierd for a 9 year old.

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These images are of store closing signs used my mom's store in the plaza as Ames. After the Ames it sat empty until one of those- "pay to get in" flea markets moved it. My mom's friend's boyfriend sold stuffed toys in there. The flea market was evicted becuase of failure to pay rent and they caused havoc on my mom's store- people lined up outside of her door while waiting to get into the flea market. Also, because some of customers "weren't honest" my mom's theft went 5% while the flea market was in the plaza.

Even the plaza was completey, my mom's store held its own was one of the top performing stores in the district. The orginal plans for the plaza called for Wal-Mart to move into the old Ames space, and my mom's store. My mom's store was to move to an old Kroger location (which closed because a new freestanding store was built miles away) and Famer Jack (an A&P store) would a new unit peridicular to the current plaze (creating an L shape).

However, Famer Jack store many of its Toledo stores at the time, and the plans fell through. Because Jo-Ann's didn't want to buy the plaza, the plaza was sold to Wal-Mart.

We found out that store was closing on Christmas Day, when my mom's boss dropped off the store closing manual (Jo-Ann's does not use liqudators).

The store closed a year to the day that Ames did- March 16- the same day that my grandpa died.

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As you can see, Jo-Ann's uses a no-frills store closing sign. 10 of these were hung around the store and in the front window although with a yellow "STORE CLOSING SIGN" and a "TOTAL INVENTORY LIQUDATION REDUCTION SALE" which stated the infamous "No Refunds, No Exxhnages..."

The store was also littered with these:

which were hung off EVERYTHING and made the store a mess of yellow.

Because many people thought that Jo-Ann's was going out of business, my mom made the employees cut out the lil star bursts and wear them next to their name tag.


(Sorry, I made a story out of this, but I like people knowing the story behind the pictures ;) )

Albertsons 2003 Annual Report
Albertsons History book (1939-1989)
Joe Albertsons Memories book

Tons of photo sleeves from PriceCostco (Costco's old name in early 1990s), PayLess Drug, Buttrey Food & Drug

Caldor price stickers (from eBay)

Credit/Club/Gift cards from Gemco, Fedco, Ernst, Lamonts, Albertsons, Shaw's, The Bon Marche, I. Magnin, Stage, Acme, Kroger, Bi-Mart, PriceCostco, Nordstrom, WinCo Foods and much more.

A 60% off lowest ticketed price sign from Hancock Fabrics GOB sale in Great Falls, Montana

Ads from Target, Toys "R" Us, Sears, Kmart, Circuit City, ShopKo, Albertsons, Safeway, CompUSA, Grocery Outlet, Belk, Gart Sports, Fred Meyer, Winn-Dixie, Party City, Herberger's, Real Canadian Superstore, Future Shop, Zellers, AAFES, Marshall Field's and plenty more.

Price stickers from Kmart (1970s, 1990s), Ernst, Best, Bi-Mart, Bonanza Value, Grand Central, Sprouse-Reitz, Skaggs, Hills, Pay N Pak, Raleys, S.S. Kresge's.

Store directory maps from Fred Meyer, Smith's Marketplace, Nordstrom and Powell's Books

Credit card applications from Marshall Field's, Bon-Macy's, Neiman Marcus, Best Buy, Bloomingdale's, REI, Fred Meyer Jewelers, Loaf 'N Jug

Dillard's customer comment card and post cards from Powell's Books.

Receipts from Osco Drug, Sears, Fred Meyer, HMV, Kinney's Shoes and Sam Goody.

Coupon's from SuperTarget, Media Play, Sam Goody and Suncoast Motion Picture Company

I've got a genuine 1994 Caldor street sign. My girlfriend helped me heist it last Summer. I'd rather not say which location I got it from but it was one, long vacant one in the Hartford area. Funny story actually, we managed to stuff this enormous sign in my Civic.

It's been painted over, thickly, so I haven't been able to get all the paint off yet. It's my most prized (re)possession of a retail collection.

Oh man that is truly a great find!  I had no idea you had that!

Reminds me of these Ames signs I got from the Webster SQ. Ames location in Worcester!  Unfortunately I have no daring story, the company building the new Shaws let us have them!

(http://www.amesfanclub.com/images/webster.sq.signs_.jpg)

QuoteOriginally posted by C. Fontaine
Oh man that is truly a great find!  I had no idea you had that!

Reminds me of these Ames signs I got from the Webster SQ. Ames location in Worcester!  Unfortunately I have no daring story, the company building the new Shaws let us have them!

(http://www.amesfanclub.com/images/webster.sq.signs_.jpg)

I kept it secret for a while for fear of fear itself. Either way, it was just sitting near the road pilon so I saw my chance. Actually, I was going to come back later that night but my girlfriend suggested I do it now, in broad daylight. That's great that you got three of those Ames signs, are they heavy? The Caldor one is so big I can barely fit in a room.

Actually I got all four, the Shaw's guys left them on the side of the store for me.  Yeah they're pretty heavy!  The only place I can fit them is my shed!  It is great doing it in broad daylight, that's how I've grabbed all my receiving signs!

I have a TON of Zayre stuff:

- Credit Cards
- Shoe Horns
- Mirrors
- a Puzzle
- A truck (not full sized, matchbox style)
- A Zayre's Teddy Bear in a Zayre's smock
- Zayre's shirt

Caldor
- Credit Card
- Security uniform (Ebay)
- a training VHS from the early 90s on how to catch shoplifters

QuoteOriginally posted by Lastdaysofrain
I have a TON of Zayre stuff:

- Credit Cards
- Shoe Horns
- Mirrors
- a Puzzle
- A truck (not full sized, matchbox style)
- A Zayre's Teddy Bear in a Zayre's smock
- Zayre's shirt

Caldor
- Credit Card
- Security uniform (Ebay)
- a training VHS from the early 90s on how to catch shoplifters

Would like to see all of those. How's about scanning or snapping some quality photos of your goods?

QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
I've got a genuine 1994 Caldor street sign. My girlfriend helped me heist it last Summer. I'd rather not say which location I got it from but it was one, long vacant one in the Hartford area. Funny story actually, we managed to stuff this enormous sign in my Civic.

It's been painted over, thickly, so I haven't been able to get all the paint off yet. It's my most prized (re)possession of a retail collection.

hmm i think  i know what caldor you got this from lets just say its the caldor were i took a pice of the R from :p

I really don't have much. I only have a Bradlees tag and a Woolworth tag.


But I DO have a still vacant ames near me, so I might be able to grab some stuff there

This is an interesting forum string. Between my wife and I, thank God we were pack rats LOL.

I know my wife and I have bags From:
Bradlees
2 Guys
Ames
Great Eastern
Britts
Korvettes
Crazy Eddies
Harrows (Seasonal Store in the NY / NJ area until the 80's)
Robert Hall
Nichols
Modells Dept Store (The original Dept Store, Not the sporting goods store)
Park n Shop Toy Shores (Part of the Modells Chain)
Valley Fair
Hermans Sporting Goods
jamesway
National Family Stores (A big discount Dept Store that was in Garfield, NJ)
Great American
Clover
Stern's
bambergers
A&S
Orhbachs
Gimbels
Steinbachs
Lionel Kiddie City
Coronet Toy Stores (and NO talking Orangutangs !  People in the New York City  - Long Island and Jersey area will get that LOL )
Brick Church
Trader Horn
Hahne's
Strawberry & Clothier
bEST
Consumers Distributing
Service Merchandise
Sears Outlet centers
Sears (Old Green Bags)
Medi-Mart
Montgomery wards
Child World
B. Altmans
WT Grants
JJ Newberry
HL Green
Kresges and Kress
McCrorys
Woolworths
Grand way
Rickles
Channel Home Centers
Grossmans Lumberama

And I I know that is more.  Her mom and my mom and grandmother use to save these old bags. LOL I don't know, must be an Italian thing LOL. I say that because my wife does it now LOL. I know we even have receipts and tags for most of the stores above too.  We have them in an old steamer trunk.  Went I get the time, I will take photos and post them on here.

I know I have an old Two Guys tag that was my wife's too.  I took a pic and posted on a Two Guys string on this forum and I also have a Channel Home Centers one too.  She went to work there after Two Guys closed in 81.

Wow, really?  My grandma is 100% Italian and collected bags from the '70s through '80s, too!  Must be an Italian thing indeed!!

LOL.  I am glad someone agrees.  Today my wife and I were looking through an old box of photographs and the photos were inside bags too. We came across  these:

A green Bambergers bag
a Rockaway Sales Dept Store Bag (They were part of the OLD Modell's Dept Store chain which later because the sporting goods store.)
A Ginsberg Dept Store bag (An old children's clothing Dept Store in Passaic, NJ )
and a Staff's Good Deal Supermarket brown bag

I told her we got to rip everything apart now LOL.  Best thing is I don't have to hunt down in flea markets anymore LOL.  Just have to go through our families old boxes LOL

M&M

i recently purchased 2 movie display cases from a movie gallery that was closing

I have a Hot Wheels Woolworth truck from 1991.

Actually 1997, was when that was released.

Time to prove my HW geekiness:
1991 is not the year it was produced, but rather the year that the casting was copyrighted.

QuoteOriginally posted by Ameskid
Actually 1997, was when that was released.

Time to prove my HW geekiness:
1991 is not the year it was produced, but rather the year that the casting was copyrighted.

1997? Was it released because they were GOB?

I wonder which truck was older! I saw a Bradlees commercial from 1980 on YouTube with a truck like the first one here. There was and still is a Perkins smoke shop near me, opened in 1974! MediMart was sold to Walgreens. They were both divested in 1986. I saw a truck like the second one on a train ride from Philadelphia to Boston once.

The second one. This one was probably later because Bradlees's "slogan" was "One of the Stop & Shop companies" in at least 1974.

i have a
zayre clothing tag
paint with ames label
pack of longjons from ames
a filenes box
A 1980s osco drug bag
a furniture world bag
a fleet bank
tweeter center article
circut city article
averys furnitures of nashua gob flyer
a pack of hinges from spags
a 50% of sign from kb toys gob sale
and a bunch of random recites

QuoteOriginally posted by Mobil
The second one. This one was probably later because Bradlees's "slogan" was "One of the Stop & Shop companies" in at least 1974.

i want it lol

QuoteOriginally posted by Mobil

QuoteOriginally posted by Ameskid
Actually 1997, was when that was released.

Time to prove my HW geekiness:
1991 is not the year it was produced, but rather the year that the casting was copyrighted.

1997? Was it released because they were GOB?

My bad, 1996.  It was in a Hot Wheels two-pack.
http://www.southtexasdiecast.com/hwguide/images/limiteds/16558.jpg
They also produced versions for Jewel-Osco, HEB, Lucky, Vons, Hugh's, Albertsons, and Shop Rite.

QuoteOriginally posted by Ameskid

QuoteOriginally posted by Mobil

QuoteOriginally posted by Ameskid
Actually 1997, was when that was released.

Time to prove my HW geekiness:
1991 is not the year it was produced, but rather the year that the casting was copyrighted.

1997? Was it released because they were GOB?

My bad, 1996.  It was in a Hot Wheels two-pack.
http://www.southtexasdiecast.com/hwguide/images/limiteds/16558.jpg
They also produced versions for Jewel-Osco, HEB, Lucky, Vons, Hugh's, Albertsons, and Shop Rite.

I actually got one at their closing sale. Also in my collection is an Albertsons one, a General Mills one, and a general Hot Wheels one. They also made one for Sav-on/Osco.

Here's my collection of them-

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one Bradlees cart
one Hills cart
one Ames cart
two Jamesway carts
one Frank's cart
one Builders Square cart
one Target cart
one Caldor cart
a Sears pylon
a Bradlees price sticker
a Bradlees trailer
a Grand Union trailer
a Channel trailer
a Big Lots/Odd Lots trailer
a Montgomery Ward trailer
a Getty pump
an Esso pump
a Woolworth bag
an Ames bag
a Two Guys price sticker
a Zayre price sticker
an Acme Ideal coffee can
a 60's Kmart cart
1962 Kmart propane torch
70's A&P trash bags
50's A&P charcoal
Geo bumper sticker
Geo logo
a Plymouth hat
Plymouth pentastar brass keychain
Chrysler pentastar key
an Exxon tire rack
an AMF Hogan box
a Lechters sign
Eckerd clippers

QuoteOriginally posted by Mobil
one Bradlees cart
one Hills cart
one Ames cart
two Jamesway carts
one Frank's cart
one Builders Square cart
one Target cart
one Caldor cart
a Sears pylon
a Bradlees price sticker
a Bradlees trailer
a Grand Union trailer
a Channel trailer
a Big Lots/Odd Lots trailer
a Montgomery Ward trailer
a Getty pump
an Esso pump
a Woolworth bag
an Ames bag
a Two Guys price sticker
a Zayre price sticker
an Acme Ideal coffee can
a 60's Kmart cart
70's A&P trash bags
50's A&P charcoal
Geo bumper sticker
a Plymouth hat
an Exxon tire rack
an AMF Hogan box
a Lechters sign

were do you put all your carts?

QuoteOriginally posted by jmcnamara96

QuoteOriginally posted by Mobil
one Bradlees cart
one Hills cart
one Ames cart
two Jamesway carts
one Frank's cart
one Builders Square cart
one Target cart
one Caldor cart
a Sears pylon
a Bradlees price sticker
a Bradlees trailer
a Grand Union trailer
a Channel trailer
a Big Lots/Odd Lots trailer
a Montgomery Ward trailer
a Getty pump
an Esso pump
a Woolworth bag
an Ames bag
a Two Guys price sticker
a Zayre price sticker
an Acme Ideal coffee can
a 60's Kmart cart
70's A&P trash bags
50's A&P charcoal
Geo bumper sticker
a Plymouth hat
an Exxon tire rack
an AMF Hogan box
a Lechters sign

were do you put all your carts?

Also, you don't have actual trailers as in "tractor-trailers" laying around do you?

AMF Hogan isn't a store.  It was a division of the company AMF (American Metal & Foundry, or, to the bowling guys, Another Major F***-Up), most famous for their bowling equipment.

QuoteOriginally posted by Ameskid

QuoteOriginally posted by jmcnamara96

QuoteOriginally posted by Mobil
one Bradlees cart
one Hills cart
one Ames cart
two Jamesway carts
one Frank's cart
one Builders Square cart
one Target cart
one Caldor cart
a Sears pylon
a Bradlees price sticker
a Bradlees trailer
a Grand Union trailer
a Channel trailer
a Big Lots/Odd Lots trailer
a Montgomery Ward trailer
a Getty pump
an Esso pump
a Woolworth bag
an Ames bag
a Two Guys price sticker
a Zayre price sticker
an Acme Ideal coffee can
a 60's Kmart cart
70's A&P trash bags
50's A&P charcoal
Geo bumper sticker
a Plymouth hat
an Exxon tire rack
an AMF Hogan box
a Lechters sign

were do you put all your carts?

Also, you don't have actual trailers as in "tractor-trailers" laying around do you?

AMF Hogan isn't a store.  It was a division of the company AMF (American Metal & Foundry, or, to the bowling guys, Another Major F***-Up), most famous for their bowling equipment.

Yes they are actual trailers, and AMF operates bowling alleys/bars. It is a notable company. AMF Hogan things are valuable because they divested Hogan in 1984 and had owned it since 1960.

I forgot I also have a Sears measuring tape with the 70's logo, and a Sears level with the 80's logo.

Man, I'd really like to see that Kmart cart, those Jamesway carts, those Esso/Getty gas pumps, and the Bradlees trailer. Do you have a camera? Can you take pics of them, and upload them here?

One of my friends on Flickr, has a pic of a can of Acme Ideal Orange Juice.

QuoteOriginally posted by videogamer75
Man, I'd really like to see that Kmart cart, those Jamesway carts, those Esso/Getty gas pumps, and the Bradlees trailer. Do you have a camera? Can you take pics of them, and upload them here?

One of my friends on Flickr, has a pic of a can of Acme Ideal Orange Juice.  

Actually, this post should go in shopping cart sightings. The only things on this list I really have are:
a Woolworth bag
a Two Guys sticker
a Zayre sticker
a Geo logo
a Plymouth keychain (with the rare logo)
AMF Hogan box
Lechters sign
Eckerd clippers

I have sunday's circuit city circular, which im guessing is the last circular (It doesnt mention anywhere about the stores closin, guess they had it printed before friday)

QuoteOriginally posted by jmcnamara96

QuoteOriginally posted by jmcnamara96
i have a
zayre clothing tag
paint with ames green label
pack of longjons from ames
a filenes box
A 1980s osco drug bag
a furniture world bag
a fleet bank
tweeter center article
circut city article
averys furnitures of nashua gob flyer
a pack of hinges from spags
a 50% of sign from kb toys gob sale
and a bunch of random recites

also shaws price tags a thank you for shopping shaw sticker
and some other stuff

bottle of paint ames red logo
a bottle of paint with a craft mania tag

Hmm... I have some Hills stuff, I think some price stickers and a toy truck. Might have some Ames stuff, I'm not sure. We have a really old Mongtomery Ward television, probably some more old Ward's appliances, as my parents used to work there a long time ago.

Randalls Cookbook from 1992.

I have:

a Montgomery Ward VIP Chairman's Club Credit Card
a Kaufmann's Credit Card
a Gold Circle Carry Basket
a plastic Hills mug/cup
Children's Palace Video Toychest VHS tape
Miscellaneous Print Ads from Ames and Hills


Shopping Bags
1 small Zayre bag
1 large Zayre Bag
5 Blue Wards Bags
1 Large Montgomery Ward bag
1 Children's Palace Bag
2 Old Style (Early 90's?) Value City bags
3 regular sized Service Merchandise bags
1 Holiday Themed Hills Bag
1 Small Hills "We're a different kind of discount store" Bag
1 Phar-Mor Bag
1 Small KMart "The Saving Place" bag
1 Kmart "America's #1 Film Developer" Bag
1 Ames "Quality Film Developing Next Day or Free" Bag
1 Small Ames "Working to win you back" Bag
1 Large Kaufmann's Bag
1 Venture Bag
1 Family Toy Warehouse Bag


Kay-Bee Toys/KB Toys Items
4 Large "50% Off Selected Toys" banners from Kay-Bee Toys
1 Kay-Bee "America's Toystore" Shopping Basket
KB Toys employee vest and Shirt
15 KB Toys Gift Cards (No Value)
Miscellaneous Kay-Bee/KB Items
3 KB Toys Store Closing Signs (The ones that you would see people standing with at street corners) [Recently Acquired]


Steve & Barry's Items
Steve & Barry's Employee Only Sign
Steve & Barry's Dressing Rooms Sign
Steve & Barry's name tag (blank)
Steve & Barry's Employee Shirt
Steve & Barry's office phone (has a Steve & Barry's faceplate)
20+ rolls of Steve & Barry's Register tape with 4 Telecheck Systems and reciept printers. [Recently Acquired]


Please note I have not worked at either KB or Steve & Barry's.  I either bought these items or was given them.

I also have an old lease plan for Century III Mall in West Mifflin, PA.  But I have an entire collection devoted to that mall alone.

I don't know exactly what I have, as a lot of it is packed up in boxes, but I do have a good number of Shaw's produce signs (they had that 'fake chalkboard' sort of look) that were replaced during a remodel early this decade.

I hope I still have them, at least -- they've been in my parents' garage for a good chunk of time, so hopefully they didn't get thrown out. :(

I have a bunch of other items as well, including a fair amount of Shaw's stuff, but as I said I am not sure exactly what.

QuoteOriginally posted by jmcnamara96
i have a
zayre clothing tag
paint with ames label
pack of longjons from ames
a filenes box
A 1980s osco drug bag
a furniture world bag
a fleet bank
tweeter center article
circut city article
averys furnitures of nashua gob flyer
a pack of hinges from spags
a 50% of sign from kb toys gob sale
and a bunch of random recites

A pair of long johns?  Aren't they moldy by now?  I can't imagine the filling still tastes good...:tumble:

long jonh pants!

This is some of my retail collection:

Jamesway sales flyer
Jamesway price sticker
Clover sales flyer
Fotomat paper bag
RadioShack price tag w/ old logo
Piece of metal from an abandoned Getty gas station
1990s McDonald's mug
1990s Kids R Us bag
1980s/1990s Gulf blimp
1990s Hardee's toy car
(Empty) pill case from Eckerd

I mainly collect toy vehicles, so that's what my retail related items are:

Kmart Little Caesars NASCAR from 1995
McDonald's NASCAR from 2001
Foodtown tractor trailer dated 1990
Toys 'R' Us tractor trailer large steel truck, from I'm guessing either 70s or early 80s
Matchbox Getty tanker
Ertl Shell tanker

Not retail, but also featuring defunct brands/older style logos:

A van with the old Federal Express logo
Bell System van
An Eastern Airlines jet
Older style U-Haul trailer
Older type US Mail delivery Jeep
A taxi with a TWA ad on the roof
Matchbox Mayflower Moving truck dated 1976
1950s (?) Schlitz Beer truck
Michelin Tire van from late 70s I think

Needed To Update
i have a
zayre clothing tag
paint with ames label
pack of longjons from ames
a filenes box
A 1980s osco drug bag
a furniture world bag
a fleet bank
tweeter center article
circut city article
averys furnitures of nashua gob flyer
a pack of hinges from spags
a 50% of sign from kb toys gob sale
and a bunch of random recets
JCPennt tag
Old Marshalls tag
90s Kmart cart sticker
Kmart tag
Ames 24.99
Thank You sticker from Ames
walgreens cart
filenes dress holder
Purity Supreme Cart
Circut City flyers (3)
KB Toys flyer
Spags sticker
and some other i cant remember right now

Two small wal-mart trucks
Lowes cloth bag
Save A lot Cloth Bag
Path Mark Cloth Bag
Two Kohls shopping bags i found them when i was working at target
Target Dog Spot
Target store sign with their sayings expect more pay less etc
two Commerce bank big C's

QuoteOriginally posted by jmcnamara96
Needed To Update
i have a
zayre clothing tag
paint with ames label
pack of longjons from ames
a filenes box
A 1980s osco drug bag
a furniture world bag
a fleet bank
tweeter center article
circut city article
averys furnitures of nashua gob flyer
a pack of hinges from spags
a 50% of sign from kb toys gob sale
and a bunch of random recets
JCPennt tag
Old Marshalls tag
90s Kmart cart sticker
Kmart tag
Ames 24.99
Thank You sticker from Ames
walgreens cart
filenes dress holder
Purity Supreme Cart
Circut City flyers (3)
KB Toys flyer
Spags sticker
and some other i cant remember right now

Victory egg carten

QuoteOriginally posted by jmcnamara96

QuoteOriginally posted by jmcnamara96
Needed To Update
i have a
zayre clothing tag
paint with ames label
pack of longjons from ames
a filenes box
A 1980s osco drug bag
a furniture world bag
a fleet bank
tweeter center article
circut city article
averys furnitures of nashua gob flyer
a pack of hinges from spags
a 50% of sign from kb toys gob sale
and a bunch of random recets
JCPennt tag
Old Marshalls tag
90s Kmart cart sticker
Kmart tag
Ames 24.99
Thank You sticker from Ames
walgreens cart
filenes dress holder
Purity Supreme Cart
Circut City flyers (3)
KB Toys flyer
Spags sticker
and some other i cant remember right now

Victory egg carten

Purity supreme tag
Bradlees sticker off cart

I have an old mechanical lawnmower from Craftsman, which we all know is a Sears division, and a Sears screwdriver set from the 80's.

The Thrift Store Haul
Tweeter Shirt
Shop and Save/Hannafords Shirt
Caldor Brand Yarn with Rainbow picture on rapper and old price sticker attaced
And a 80s Caldor Tag

Since I last posted, I have acquired


a Muzak player with the Holiday 2008 KB Toys Muzak Disc
1 Montgomery Ward Chiarman's Club Credit card, and the do[Censored]entation to go with it in the original envelope
A box full of VHS sampler tapes that were all stamped "Property of Phar-Mor"
A Sears Homelife Furniture Key Chain
A Sears 5 1/4 floppy disk sleeve with a Babbages floppy disk
1 Gimbels Bag
2 Lazarus Bags
1 Hornes Bag

Here's most of my collection:

Several flyers from Brooks, Ames, Bradlees, HQ, Kitchen Etc. and recent ones like Circuit City and LNT.

2 Ames signs, Rich's ad, Ames closing Ad, Ames 2000 annual report, bags from Kmart, Ames, Brooks, Woolworth, Laverdiere's and Mervyn's and employment forms from Filene's, Ames and Bradlees.

I also have 17 Oscos Photo Sleeves from 1987-2001
1 Laverdies Photo Sleeve
2 Brooks Photo Sleeves

QuoteOriginally posted by videogamer75
This is some of my retail collection:

Jamesway sales flyer
Jamesway price sticker
Clover sales flyer
Fotomat paper bag
RadioShack price tag w/ old logo
Piece of metal from an abandoned Getty gas station
1990s McDonald's mug
1990s Kids R Us bag
1980s/1990s Gulf blimp
1990s Hardee's toy car
(Empty) pill case from Eckerd  

ADD TO THIS:

Jamesway price tag
Caldor price tag
Eckerd price tag
Wawa interior signage from 2004 (I saw employees taking the signs down, so I asked if I could have them, and they gave them to me for free!)
Acme magnet
Wal-Mart photo sleeves from the 1990s
Kmart photo sleeve from the 1990s
Eckerd photo sleeve from the early 2000's

Found an old Sonic game at a local antique mall, I only paid $5 for it. Still in shrink wrap, with Ames price tag $19.99. I don't own a Game Gear, but even if I did I doubt I'd open it.

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My new ames bag I found at my mom's.

Vintage Ames bag!!  ;D

GU4EVER your so lucky  :P

I discovered an AMES electronics department price tag on a video that still had it's shrinkwrap on it!!
Make sure to note the price of a new VHS tape back then!! :o yes for vhs?!!

Quote from: gu4ever on February 04, 2010, 05:20:34 PM
I discovered an AMES electronics department price tag on a video that still had it's shrinkwrap on it!!
Make sure to note the price of a new VHS tape back then!! :o yes for vhs?!!

Dude that's nothing. In the Mid-90's it usually cost $49.99 each for the WWF Pay Per Views on VHS

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This is probably the best thing I have along with a red Ames cart with no wheels

I have little odds and ends. Several receipts from Ames, Bradlees, KB, Ann & Hope before it became the curtain and bath outlet,
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v145/cormak/Defunct%20retail/   Just receipts for now, will ad more.  

Zayre price stickers on things, ames stickers on things,Bradlees, K-mart.  really old Ann & Hope bag. Ames "bargains by the bagful" canvas bag.

I'll have to see what else I have.

some of you have some really neat things. There should be a gallery for defunct retail items. An album for each store!

I had some Pantry Pride (Food Fair) lemon extract until recently, and some Crown Colony (Safeway) anise extract!

All my Price Tags

Ames 7.99
Ames .20
Ames .89
Ames 1.19
Ames 1.19
Ames 1.69
Ames Unkown

Lechmere 3.86
Lechmere 7.49
Lechmere 4.99
Lechmere 4.99

Caldor .99
Caldor 1.69
Caldor 1.69
Caldor 19.99

Oscos Drug .25
Oscos Drug .25

Bradlees .39
Bradlees 1.69
Bradlees 99.99
Bradlees 2.99
Bradlees 2.99
Bradlees 6.99
Bradlees 9.99 (underneath says 19.99
Bradlees Unkown

Zayre .99
Zayre .69

Spags 1.89

Richs 2.49

Two Guys .89

Woolco .77
Woolco .68
Woolworths 1.39

Alexanders Supermarkets .99

Mars (Sale) 7.99

Stuarts .99

60s Kmart Tag .79

JM Feilds Blank

Quote from: Ameskid on July 13, 2006, 02:05:49 PM
BTW, D. Fife, you said you have different baskets. Can you take pictures and put them on here? Please?

Its a old post but could d_fife please

Several of my latest Ames finds.

Quote from: gu4ever on March 10, 2010, 04:26:00 AM
Several of my latest Ames finds.

Ames had alot of Plastic tube and containers

Just found some unopened blinds in storage at work, with Ames price tags on them!

about 6 years ago my school was doing a tag sale and we went into the storage we had at my old school and it was filled with price tages from Ames Jamesway Caldor Bradlees  nobody beets The Wiz and Service Merchandise and an old microwave from 1990 with the warranty in it from crazy eddies along with a half empty beer bottle.

i wish i took toughs stickers 

My collection isn't much, but I have a media play bag, caldor bag, circuit city bag, a Montgomery ward salespaper, as well as lechmere salespapers, that's it.

I have a pretty extensive collection of bags from many stores including...

1. Lynns ( a local clothing retailer)
2. Foxmoor Casuals
3. McLaughlins
4. Boston Store-Circa 1979
5. Numerous versions of Zayres
6. Ames- "Bargains by the bagful", "Next Day or Free Film Developing", "Dedicated to Bringing you   Values", "Ames Cares about the Environment" and "It Pays to Shop at Ames, Everyday"
7. Eckerd Drugs
8. Fays Drugs
9. Carls Drugs
10. Sav-On Drugs
11. Media Play
12. Circuit City
13. Jamesway
14. Hills
15. Montgomery Wards
16. Millers (local department store)
17. Gayfers (Southeastern Department Store)
18. Rothschilds
19. Odd Lots- Spin of Big Lots
20. Service Merchandise
21. Chase Pickens
22. Thom McAnn
23. Picway Shoes
24. Farr's Shoes
25. Great American Supermarket
26. Little Folks
27. K B Toys

I have many other bags, including over 40 varieties of the newly dismantled Penn Traffic Company's P and C supermarket, plus over 2000 varieties of still around stores. My plastic bag collection is from over 30 countries and includes over 500 stores dating from mid-1970's to present. If anyone has anything they would like to know about them or pictures, please feel free to email me.

Here are a few more of the bags I have....

I found a Zayre department store bag!!  ;D
And a thank you for for shopping at Ames sticker!!

Quote from: gu4ever on April 05, 2010, 06:54:12 PM
I found a Zayre department store bag!!  ;D
And a thank you for for shopping at Ames sticker!!

I have a Thanks for Shopping At Ames sticker to :)

Hmm lets see
I have bags from:
Ames
Caldor
Bradless

And shopping Carts from:
Bradlees
Ames (2)
Service Merchendice
Kitchen Etc

Quote from: palooza68 on April 05, 2010, 09:02:01 PM
Hmm lets see
I have bags from:
Ames
Caldor
Bradless

And shopping Carts from:
Bradlees
Ames (2)
Service Merchendice
Kitchen Etc

You have real Carts? and Kitchen Etc had carts i dont remeber them hm you have any pictures

Can you post a picture of your caldor bag?

Quote from: voma132 on April 05, 2010, 09:56:38 PM
Can you post a picture of your caldor bag?

Yep I got the real carts I aquired them by:

Ames= My fater took them from the famous Ames jail in Meriden before it was torn down for Lowes (Their at his house)
Bradlees= Found it at the loading dock of my former Bradlees
Service Merchendise= Found it flating around my stop n shop parking lot
And yea Kitchen ETC had small grey metal carts,the manager gave me one for $25 when they closed in the Milford ct mall!!!!!

And I will try to get pics of the carts and bags soon because as embarssing as this sounds I don't own a digital camera!!!!But I will work on getting pics!!!!!

Quote from: jmcnamara96 on March 07, 2010, 07:22:40 PM
All my Price Tags

Ames 7.99
Ames .20
Ames .89
Ames 1.19
Ames 1.19
Ames 1.69
Ames Unkown

Lechmere 3.86
Lechmere 7.49
Lechmere 4.99
Lechmere 4.99

Caldor .99
Caldor 1.69
Caldor 1.69
Caldor 19.99

Oscos Drug .25
Oscos Drug .25

Bradlees .39
Bradlees 1.69
Bradlees 99.99
Bradlees 2.99
Bradlees 2.99
Bradlees 6.99
Bradlees 9.99 (underneath says 19.99
Bradlees Unkown

Zayre .99
Zayre .69

Spags 1.89

Richs 2.49

Two Guys .89

Woolco .77
Woolco .68
Woolworths 1.39

Alexanders Supermarkets .99

Mars (Sale) 7.99

Stuarts .99

60s Kmart Tag .79

JM Feilds Blank

70s JC Penny 4.00
60s Kmart .48
Caldor 2.79
Kitchen Etc. 1.79

Just wanted to update my newest finds to my collection.. I have added a new KMart Bag (#1 Film Developer) and a bag from The Wall, pre 1998 since that was the demise of the company. I have also posted pictures of four more my bags.... Hope you all enjoy and happy hunting....

Here are a bunch of new additions to my collection!
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hmmm i have a few things but i dont know where they all are i did manage to find a old Woolworth sticker

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