OT: Discontinued brands

[CCinCT]

Caldors. Korvette's

Add Saturn to the automotive dinosaurs. Does the Hummer count ?

"Arthur's, Arthur's, Arthur's", open all the time ...........

Schlitz beer

 

[huskyrob1]

Dad was a Chrysler Corp loyalist (until the Beetle came out), but some models are forever gone.
The company once advertised, "Plymouth, Dodge, Desoto, Chrysler, and the exclusive ________."
(Got that one?)

Anyway, are there items that you and/or family once enjoyed that you had to adjust to their disappearance?

The Ford Falcon and the AMC Rambler (some versions had a small 2 stroke engine IIRC). For banks, City Trust and Mechanics & Farmers. Hermans Sporting Goods. Boppers (Stamford and New Haven). First National, Grand Union, and A&P. Last but not least Carvel, not many left. Back in the 60's & 70's.....MaryAnne or Genie?......Carvel or Dairy Queen?

 

[meyers7]

Retailing has been consolidated to Macy's.

I think all of these are gone:

Gimbel's

Lit Brothers (Philly)

John Wanamaker (Philly)

Strawbridge and Clothier (Philly)

Rich's (Atlanta)

Jordan Marsh (Boston)

Filene's (Boston)

Hecht's (DC)

Woodward and Lothrop (DC)

May Company (St. Louis)

Marshall Field (Chicago)

Broadway (Calif?)

Abraham and Strauss

Among discounters, Two Guys, Alexander's, Korvettes, Clover.

There was a Stern's here in Springfield (out of Boston). Still is a Stern's Square, just no Stern's.

G Fox, right out of Hartford. Even had the G Fox building downtown.

Ames, Bradlees and Caldors (around this area CT/MA) are gone now.

Back where I grew up there is still a Bergner's (originated in Peoria). There are also still some Carson, Pirie, Scott and Co. stores in the midwest. (It think both are owned by somebody else, but still operate under their name)

 

[meyers7]

The Ford Falcon and the AMC Rambler (some versions had a small 2 stroke engine IIRC). For banks, City Trust and Mechanics & Farmers. Hermans Sporting Goods. Boppers (Stamford and New Haven). First National, Grand Union, and A&P. Last but not least Carvel, not many left. Back in the 60's & 70's.....MaryAnne or Genie?.Carvel or Dairy Queen?

I know Dairy Queen is still around. I've seen them. Also a friend of mine's family still owns one out in IL (maybe 2).

I still see Carvel ice cream cakes. Not sure about stores/restaurants, but they still make the cakes.

 

[wire chief]

If you spent time in the NYC area in the early 60', you may know this jingle...and long-gone product

The prettiest girl I ever saw was drinking _______ through a straw.

 

[ochoopsfan]

If you spent time in the NYC area in the early 60', you may know this jingle...and long-gone product

The prettiest girl I ever saw was drinking _______ through a straw.

Hoffmans.
I remember the jingle but dont know if I ever had the soda,

Dr. Browns Black Cherry I always had.

 

[Aluminny69]

My father made a living for thirty years delivering new International Harvester Trucks manufactured in Bridgeport at the Metropolitan Body Company.

 

[NVUConnFan]

All these "P" cars: Peerless (last 1931), Pierce-Arrow (last 1938), Packard (last 1956), Plymouth (last 2001) and Pontiac (last 2010). Maybe one shouldn't name their car brand with a name starting with "P"?

 

[wire chief]

Hoffmans.
I remember the jingle but dont know if I ever had the soda,

Dr. Browns Black Cherry I always had.

I was a Hoffman cocoa cream sort of guy.

 

[Waquoit]

What about ZaRex? Clearly better than Kool-Aid. My mother hated it so I had to go to a friend's house to get a fix. I checked the web and it looks like someone's trying to bring it back.

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

Ponderosa Steak House is still around, just limited. So is Dr. Brown's soda, although I don't think the poster that mentioned it was saying it wasn't.

 

[huskyrob1]

I know Dairy Queen is still around. I've seen them. Also a friend of mine's family still owns one out in IL (maybe 2).

I still see Carvel ice cream cakes. Not sure about stores/restaurants, but they still make the cakes.

Never said Dairy Queen wasn't around today, as a matter of fact they are bigger now than they were when they competed with Carvel. It's Carvel that has really hit the skids, maybe after Tom Carvel died? The only one I know of now is the the one on RT 7 in near the Danbury/Ridgefield line, years ago there was one in every town. There were two in Fairfield years ago now there are none, the one near the traffic circle is a donut shop now, I think.

 

[Zorro]

Nash, Hudson, Studebaker, Packard, Kaiser, Frazer, Wyllis. SuperSuds. Rexall.

 

[Icebear]

Buster Brown shoes. Thom McAn shoes.

 

[DaddyChoc]

The Ford Falcon and the AMC Rambler (some versions had a small 2 stroke engine IIRC). For banks, City Trust and Mechanics & Farmers. Hermans Sporting Goods. Boppers (Stamford and New Haven). First National, Grand Union, and A&P. Last but not least Carvel, not many left. Back in the 60's & 70's.....MaryAnne or Genie?.Carvel or Dairy Queen?

Herman's... whoa forgot about that one

 

[DaddyChoc]

King Vitaman cereal

 

[Fiftyish]

Howard Johnson's... Ponderosa Steak House

I worked the counter at a HoJo's for a couple of years while in high school. Sampled all the 28 flavors. Use to wear a "Dr. Ben Casey" smock while working. Restaurant was always busy and the tips were great.

 

[Fiftyish]

Howard Johnson's... Ponderosa Steak House

I also stayed in a Howard Johnson hotel in Shanghai as recently as 2005. Beautiful high rise with great restaurant. Didn't have an orange roof.

 

[DaddyChoc]

Converse canvas All-Stars... the white ones (not all the colorful ones they make today)

 

[DaddyChoc]

I also stayed in a Howard Johnson hotel in Shanghai as recently as 2005. Beautiful high rise with great restaurant. Didn't have an orange roof.

I recall eating there (not in Shanghai) as a teen but cant remember where it was in the Greater Hartford area. Im sure it changed names a few times (the building)

 

[CAHUSKY]

The Ford Falcon

Oh the memories. My best friend had a sweet 1964 in high school. (1985)

 

[DaddyChoc]

Susse Chalet... Im sure some of you guys have stories about this place

 

[DaddyChoc]

Service Merchandise... Sound Playground, Lechmere's

 

[ochoopsfan]

Converse canvas All-Stars... the white ones (not all the colorful ones they make today)

If your sneakers slip and slide, get the ones with the Star on the side, Converse!

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

Service Merchandise... Sound Playground, Lechmere's

Service Merchandise was like Arthurs, I think, and I'm not sure what was special about them - except I bought my wife's engagement ring in an Arthurs.

If you don't mind enlightening me, what was a Lechmere's, besides a name on the Boston Transit System.