November 12, 1990 - Caldor

[Charmedone9805]

ahh i remember that cash register sound we had a caldor by me in bedford hills ny it too was an old store but they redid everything and gave it a new logo before it went out

[Speechrights]

This is a classic.

[shiranui]

What a piece of history! Great footage!!

[gregnugget]

Another great piece of Americana. Thanks, YouTube. Caldor was a good store for basic needs. And that you brought the camera inside the store is priceless!

[chris31989]

As you are driving in, I can see Waldbaums Foodmart at roughly 1:03!!! Another great store now gone.

[C0LL1N]

haha its funny because things really havent changed in america all that much in 20 years :p people still drive like morons in the parking lots and grandparents complain about prices

[rcenzo]

Wow, Thanks for a nice look back. I loved Caldors as a kid. Me and my sisters always loved ging there.... Fun days

[edwincruz96]

what camera did you use when you went into that caldor store in 1990?

[rjisinspired]

Come to think of it: It might had been a full size VHS, RCA brand. I did have a JVC VHS-C but it had major focusing issues. -- Back in the day when not a lot of people cared about a teen bringing a camera into a public place.

[RUSSSELLLLL]

Great video.. I used to live up the road from that Caldors. And used to work at a Caldor in Avon CT. funny video thanks

[conductor332]

love the sound of the old ncr cash registers @ check out! timeless

[victimsofthefuture]

Wow Caldor is expensive, even is 1990. $12.99 for a dress shirt? They're $10 or under at Walmart in 2009.

[Charmedone9805]

that cause it was made to last unlike the stuff they sell at wal mart you may pay more but you get your moneys worth

[JohnSposato2]

What's here now?

Good to see an old Caldor again. At that time, I only saw it in Albany, NY.

[rjisinspired]

Walmart took it's space in 2001.

[JohnSposato2]

Big surprise! That happened across town from me, then they moved down the road, and a new Target was built. Long live Caldor!

[mst3kanita]

I Love this video.

[vogtste]

The Caldor in Northampton, MA. I was in there once in 1993 when I was hoping to get my first cd boombox for Christmas. I turned on one of the cd players in the electronics dept only to find the volume had been turned up full blast. Talk about embarassing.

[rjisinspired]

Myself and a few friends would set off the alarm clocks in that department to all go off, lol. Those were the days.

[TRJ22487]

Wow I can't believe you actually did this

I've actually dreamed of WHAT IF i took a videocamera to these stores back in the day

i cant believe you actually DID

[rjisinspired]

I use to bring my camera into banks even. I'll post a sample of that soon. Banks were really the only 50/50 thing where someone may say "don't do that" otherwise elsewhere there was more leniency.

[jcjh20]

I could only imagine how big that thing was back then.. Must have been a sight to see lol

[crisper87]

I worked for Caldor from 1993 till they closed in ,I think 97...I was like 45 minutes late every day. LOL Im not a morning person. I was very young but I do have very fond memories of that store. Cool video~

[LaddyDongdegs]

They closed in 1999.

[corrupt200]

March, 1999....my mom used to work there from 1986 til the closing day...

[godzilla1234567890]

lol i miss caldor i remember that old logo before they added the new one in the mid 1990's

[rjisinspired]

I also missed Paysaver which was located at the left-end of the drive-in. Then Fashion bug moved in at some point. I liked walking around in Paysaver and seeing the tech toys in there.  Use to get their thick buyers guide occasionally through the mail.

[godzilla1234567890]

Yeah Caldor was a great store. Bradlees was too. Just when you think they were on top and doing well in business they both entered bankruptcy thought Caldor tried to avoid it but couldn't.

[penske13]

i have never been to a caldor but i swear to god i almost crapped when you were walking up to the store front. that struck a vein man.

[futbolt]

cool vid. caldor lol i miss that place.

[Charmedone9805]

that caldor is soooooo 70's looking the one were i lived was old to but they redid the entire inside and gave it a new logo before it closed

[jpmnewyork]

This is great! I worked for Caldor 78-85; brings back memories. This has still got the 80's design inside. What store is it? Is it Northhampton, MA? I think I heard that on the radio. You are lucky -- most stores then and now wouldn't allow video to be taken inside. This is a real time capsule. Thanks for posting it. (And it's a great family psycho-sociological portrait, besides!)

[rjisinspired]

Back then being younger helped a little. Many were opened to me bringing in a camera, a few were not. I use to bring my camera into banks even! Yep - this store was in Northampton. Walmart is in it's place. Food Mart is now BigLots.

[Charmedone9805]

im gald u keeped this seeing this video brings back memeorys well they did redie the caldor were i lived before it closed but it had the same style on the outside and in untill they redid it

[augustnegative]

@rjisinspired i grew up near the Caldor in Chicopee,MA!

[JMR112787]

The greatest department store! Although, I remember it looking more like Target and having a Red Arrow logo, not a Brown Rainbow. Then again, I was probably 10 when they closed and the store I lived near was probably a bit newer. Great store though! I wish I had recorded the inside as well. Luckily, I was able to grab the outside before they tore it down =)