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85. Local Shoe Store

Sat Aug 9, 2025, 07:22 PM

Aug 2025

And a fine fashion store a called Baskin's. Got a new suit or sportcoat, and they were the store for our school uniform stuff. (Black pants, white shirt, red tie, black or red sweater.)
Baskin's had a second floor for women, but no girls' stuff. The girls went to Fehrenbacher's. They had the market cornered on girls' uniforms for all the catholic schools, including the high schools.
My wife got new outfits there every year. Plus, her best friend's mom was a seamstress. Made wonderful clothes for both girls.

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It's back to school time, What store did you get your clothing and shoes at, that are no longer around. Mine were [View all] debm55 Aug 2025 OP

Sears and Montgomery Wards sinkingfeeling Aug 2025 #1

Thank you very much, sinkingfeeling. Yes, they were both great places to buy back to school clothing. By to both. debm55 Aug 2025 #2

Gosh... when we were kids we called it Monkey Ward. FalloutShelter Aug 2025 #29

HAHAHHAHAHAHHA, That is funny. I remember that. debm55 Aug 2025 #51

Same. OldBaldy1701E Aug 2025 #64

Thank you very much, OldBaldy1701E. debm55 Aug 2025 #66

Sears anciano Aug 2025 #3

Thank you very much, anciano. At one time Sears was the go to store for everyone. It's a shame what happened to it. debm55 Aug 2025 #5

Sears and Kmart Americanme Aug 2025 #4

Thank you Americanme---we always went to K-Mart for school supples. Sears was for holiday dresses. Shame they are are debm55 Aug 2025 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author Midnight Writer Aug 2025 #6

Thank you Midnight Writer. My cousins-one older and one younger, would pass the clothing down. I made some of my debm55 Aug 2025 #10

Sears and Roebuck Dave in VA Aug 2025 #8

Thank you Dave in VA. We had three kids in our house also. Just a couple of dresses and the shoes at Kenney;s. Our play debm55 Aug 2025 #12

K-Mart or Twin Fair SamKnause Aug 2025 #9

Thank you SamKnause. We had K-Mart, but I don't remember Twin Fair. debm55 Aug 2025 #39

Sears and the Navy Exchange LogDog75 Aug 2025 #11

Thank you very much LogDog75, Sears was good for kids clothing. debm55 Aug 2025 #40

Montgomery Ward for anything our mother couldn't sew. Ritabert Aug 2025 #13

Thank you very much Ritabert. I have found that boys clothing is especially harder to sew. debm55 Aug 2025 #41

The Broadway and Nash's in Pasadena Beatlelvr Aug 2025 #14

Me too, Beatlelver. May Company was a mainstay as a child and even after I got married. debm55 Aug 2025 #42

Do you remember Bullocks? BuddhaGirl Aug 2025 #84

Sears and Penny's, with Brown's Shoe Fit (the only shoe store in town) for shoes.👞 rsdsharp Aug 2025 #15

Thank you very much rsdsharp. As I teen I did my school shopping at K-Mart. For some special occassions , I switched debm55 Aug 2025 #43

When I was in elementary school, there was a local children's clothing store called Small Fry. Aristus Aug 2025 #16

Thank you very much. Aristus, It;s amazing you remember that. The sweater sounds very nice. debm55 Aug 2025 #28

Robert Hall Bmoboy Aug 2025 #17

We did shopping at Robert Hall in our town.. It was the first clothing clothing store in McKeesport to close, I remember debm55 Aug 2025 #26

Mervyn's & Montgomery Wards... FirstLight Aug 2025 #18

Me too, I hated trying on dresses, Pants for girls were not allowed until 10th grade. debm55 Aug 2025 #23

Mervyn's and Gallenkamp's or Kinney's. Nt Fiendish Thingy Aug 2025 #19

Thank you very much, Fiendish Thingy. I think Kinney's shoes was very popular back then, I am still very concerned with debm55 Aug 2025 #21

We got my clothes at JC Penny. FuzzyRabbit Aug 2025 #20

Thank you FuzzyRabbit,---from a fellow sewer. debm55 Aug 2025 #22

Horne's when we lived in Pittsburgh, Sears when we lived in Philly. n/t malthaussen Aug 2025 #24

Hi Mal, I remember Hornes downtown, Thank you for the memories. debm55 Aug 2025 #25

We had a store in Dover named Emmanuel's. They had the quality stuff in town my grandmother used to work there Walleye Aug 2025 #27

Thank you very much ,Walleye.for sharing with us debm55 Aug 2025 #67

Bambergers...(pre Macys) FalloutShelter Aug 2025 #30

Oh wow, that sounds great. Thank you for sharing. I love those big multi floor stores . In Pittsburgh we had Kaufmann;s. debm55 Aug 2025 #73

In HS, I sewed alot of my clothes because I was so small. LeftInTX Aug 2025 #31

Thank you very much, LeftInTX. My husband did the same as his dad was in the service. debm55 Aug 2025 #74

When I was in high school (class of 1969), sears had really stylish and well made... 3catwoman3 Aug 2025 #32

Great post, 3catwoman3, Shoes have always been a problem for me too. Thank you for sharing. debm55 Aug 2025 #54

Montgomery Ward Jilly_in_VA Aug 2025 #33

Thank you, Jilly_in _VA, We had a Hills stores here in Western PA. too. I remember when my girlfriends and I went to debm55 Aug 2025 #56

Sears, Howlands or the Stratford Town Fair Store. TommieMommy Aug 2025 #34

Thank you very much TommieMommy. Sears seems like a favorite of a lot of families. It is a shame they went downhill. debm55 Aug 2025 #57

Woodward & Lothrop oberle Aug 2025 #35

Thank you very much, oberle. I ,too, liked the stores with lunch rooms. We made a day of it. debm55 Aug 2025 #58

Bambergers (bought by Macy's). beaglelover Aug 2025 #36

Thank you very much beaglelover. I shopped at Macy's after I got my first job. Liked their clothing. debm55 Aug 2025 #60

Kmart JMCKUSICK Aug 2025 #37

thank you John for sharing, We wenh to Kmart too debm55 Aug 2025 #52

Sears, K Mart, Grant's Mad_Dem_X Aug 2025 #38

Thank you very much, Mad_Dem_X, We had a Grant's here in our Western PA , town. debm55 Aug 2025 #50

Rich's, downtown Atlanta. Solly Mack Aug 2025 #44

Thank you very much , SollyMack. debm55 Aug 2025 #49

Just looked up the old shoe store and was surprised they still exist. Eugene Aug 2025 #45

Oh wow, that is neat that they are still around, Eugene. Thank you very much for your post. debm55 Aug 2025 #48

Sears or we'd drive 180 miles south to Wurzburg's Department Store in Grand Rapids, MI. catbyte Aug 2025 #46

Thank you catbyte. That is a long journey. debm55 Aug 2025 #47

Greenberg's Men and Boys Shop, pdxflyboy Aug 2025 #53

Thank you pdxflyboy. Yes, I remember the stores that sold just men's and boy's clothing. All gone. But many memories. debm55 Aug 2025 #69

Mailman's in York PA Freddie Aug 2025 #55

That's a great post Freddie. Thank you for sharing. debm55 Aug 2025 #62

G Fox & Company Coolgoober Aug 2025 #59

Yes, I loved those multilevel old stores. Each floor had its own theme---children;s, men's women;s etc. The escalators debm55 Aug 2025 #65

My mom worked there, too. I posted below. We would skip school Cloudhopper Aug 2025 #77

Montgomery Wards BigMin28 Aug 2025 #61

Thank you for sharing with us, BigMin28. I bought some of my fabric at Hancocks Fabric. There were three to pick from. debm55 Aug 2025 #63

pennys . may co. west covina. AllaN01Bear Aug 2025 #68

Thank you very much AllaN01Bear, We had the May Co and Pennys here too. It was always a delight to visit at Christmas debm55 Aug 2025 #70

i was fawscinated with sking . loved to visitt that section. AllaN01Bear Aug 2025 #72

Thank you, Bear debm55 Aug 2025 #83

Kmart, Zayres, Bradlees, Thom McAn Cloudhopper Aug 2025 #71

Thank you Cloudhopper, My husband is from Boston and when we would visit, we would visit Filene's basement and get debm55 Aug 2025 #82

For clothes, probably Wieboldts or Goldblatts. boonecreek Aug 2025 #75

Thank you very much, boonecreek. We went to a different shoe store one year that had the xray machine to measure your debm55 Aug 2025 #81

The State Street Mill bargain center. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2025 #76

Thank you very much, PoindexterOglethorpe. Yes, your mom was amazing. debm55 Aug 2025 #78

Meis Brothers department store. Emile Aug 2025 #79

Thank you very much, Emile. I always liked getting back to school clothes and especially new shoes. debm55 Aug 2025 #80

Local Shoe Store ProfessorGAC Aug 2025 #85