New Year’s Weekend

New Year’s Weekend

12/29/1940: Nazi Germany Bombs London

12/28/1065: Westminster Abbey is Consecrated

12/27/1932- Radio City Music Hall Opens

Historical Figures who died in 2017: Helmut Kohl

Merry Christmas

“So the shepherds went to Bethlehem and found Mary and Joseph. The baby Jesus was lying in a manger as they had been told. When they saw him, they told everyone what the angel had said and everyone who heard the story were astonished. He told them to go on following the star until they had found the baby king.”

Vintage Christmas

Vintage Christmas

Vintage Christmas

Vintage Christmas

Vintage Christmas

Vintage Christmas

Vintage Christmas

The Queen Mum

Royalty

Infamous Places: The Spiral Staircase

Infamous Places: Barker Ranch

Infamous Places: Spahn Ranch

Infamous Places: 3301 Waverly Drive

Infamous Places: 10050 Cielo Drive

Walt Disney Week

Walt Disney Week

Walt Disney Week

Walt Disney Week

Walt Disney Week

Walt Disney Week

Walt Disney Week

Walt Disney Week

Walt Disney Week

Game Boy

Tamagotchi!

Furby

Elmo Loves You!

PAC-Man Fever!

They’re One of A Kind

A Friend For Life...

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

History Quote Weekends

History Quote Weekends

Woolworth Goes to the Suburbs

In the 1950’s and 60’s, America began spreading out of its cities and into the suburbs. The big names in retail were moving out of downtown and into suburban malls and shopping centers. Woolworth had long been a staple of downtowns and saw many of its customers moving out to the suburbs and to larger discount stores. This was the beginning of K-Mart, Target and Wal-Mart type stores and Woolworth wanted to be in the mix. They felt that their Woolworth format needed tweaking before they committed to larger sized stores, so they launched an entirely new enterprise- Woolco.

Woolco was seen as being a sure bet to succeed. After all, it had the ample resources of one of the biggest retail companies in the world. Woolworth was trying it all at the time, including mall stores, but Woolco was its biggest project. Unfortunately, it was probably getting to be too much for the company to handle. Woolco buyers were having a hard time filling up its cavernous stores. They began leasing out extra space and moving in some of their mall stores. Eventually, they chose to close Woolco and eventually Woolworth to concentrate on their remaining mall store- Foot Locker.

McDonald’s Through The Years

1940’s

1950’s

1970’s

Today

The Anaheim Connection

The City of Anaheim might be best known as the home of DISNEYLAND, but it is also the birthplace of some of the biggest chain restaurants around, like Carl’s Jr.

It also was the launching pad for Mimi’s Cafe.

But more importantly, it was its most famous location that provided a practically universal worldwide snack treat. Doritos were invented at DISNEYLAND.