Dime Store Odyssey

Vintage 1960s public domain footage of woman browsing in an old dime store. I set it to music for my mall blog.

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Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• shopping
• vintage
• retail
• retro
• store
• malls
• mall
• groovy
• kitsch
• suburbia
• suburbs
• culture
• society
• public
• domain

[zekeland]

really wonderful. thanks for sharing this.

[vlaovik]

This is truly magnificent. the music is magical beyond belief and she's an inspection major!

[kid66625]

$ 1.00 stores are bull there not a $ 1.00 more like $ 1.50

[inkey2]

Is this genuine footage or a re-creation? I grew up in that era and even for then....her hair & clothing is way over the top and I never remember people wearing Judy Jetson dresses to that extreme. I have seen places like this now....a combination junk / thrift store

[Sheri451]

WHAT A HAIRDO! 

[getchasumm]

You have confirmed my assumption you are on crack ! Nice rebuttal. Plywood houses ? You think houses are BETTER built today ? I live near Seattle, and I'll tell you, todays workmanship SUCKS ! Charlie Manson ?? There will ALWAYS be wacko's. I was speaking of times in general...schools today for whites OR black are no safer today. Metal detectors on school doors ? Please. Vietnam was no worse than present day Iraq or Afghanistan. All in all, it WAS much better in "them days". Sorry, but its tru

[58Crash]

youre right. Houses build of plywood, Charles Manson, affordable petrol to cars running one mile pr gallon, safer schools for blacks, safer schools for whites, great career opportunities in Vietnam. Indeed a long list.

Yes, you could take it further from your time capsule, by reporting back to the future about the haut de couture, or what ever objects she's hiding in her hair, or maybe add in some comments on her obvious distress by selecting among 120 identical pieces of kitschy garment.

[getchasumm]

"We dont want those times back"?? Speak for yourself, idiot. Affordable house prices, WAY less crime, more intact families, affordable gas for your car, car made in AMERICA, safer schools, better job prospects, a very short time to the best era in music (1960's), no AIDS....shit, must I go on ??????? Dont even start with me buddy. Today sucks wide-open ASS compared to the era pictured in this vid !!!

[BurgerChefGuy]

I sure miss those days. I grew up going to a lunch counter and shopping at a Bladensburg, Maryland SS Kresge Co, which was later converted to their subsidiary Jupiter Discount Stores. I wish I had a picture of that old place.

[mothball50]

it's Esquivel