TV and appliance store, May 12, 1965
 

"Williamson Store Interior" (city unknown), May 12, 1965 from black and white negative purchased on ebay.

Posted in full size (2400 dpi scan) so you can make out as much as possible.

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Williamson Store May 12 1965 from neg001 by old_tv_nut, on Flickr

Nice !


Check out the coolio 'digital' clock in the lower right.....

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They made sure they had every model RCA made that year displayed.
Whirlpool still made wringer washers at that time.

Get a load of the number of ashtrays in the photo! Photo brings back a lot of memories...

Very fun to see, thanks for posting.

Boy that sure brings back memories of how stores used to be.

Reminds me of my favorite old pic:

Wow...Memories of a time, & a WORLD, really, long, long gone...

There's one set on the right side that's playing!

What do you suppose this was?
Looks like they are looking at a Poster of some sort.
Show, Movie, Commercial??

One thing about TV/appliance stores then, they packed tons of inventory in a small space. Like most of them, you could have walked in this place and bought a whole house full of stuff, from a dishwasher to an electric griddle, a vacuum cleaner to a color TV. Pity the poor fella that has to dig out that combo in the back corner!

Wednesday May 12, 1965 - unfortunately, I don't see a readable clock I would trust as the time of day, or that might help identify the type of program.

Totally irrelevant, but did I mention that was my 21st birthday?

my mom has three of those old GE vacuum cleaners in that pic. Can you imagine a store today with a dragon hanging from the ceiling to heat the place.... I think best buy doesn't have that much on display, even with 8 times the floor space... Funny how shopping has changed. So would you call this place a big box store of its day? I'm pretty sure it was just known as what ever its name was, not so much classified into size like today. Also, I bet with only about 10 people in that store it really seemed packed. Nice little marketing gimmick if you think about it. I always laugh when I see people camped out at best buy on Santa's birthday. What do ya think that store owner would say if he could see people camping out overnight to get a tv on sale today? Anyway great pic!

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[QUOTE=Eric H;3046494]There's one set on the right side that's playing!

Looks like most are playing, just hard to see.

TV and appliance store, May 12, 1965
 

These were really classics.Thanx for sharing these antique type things.:boring:

i remember a tv & appliance store like that one in my area named [ buekers appliance ]i think it was spelled that way , that closed in the 80's mainly because the younger family members didnt want the store pass down to them. they where a magnavox dealer, and my dad worked at the olds dealer a block down the street [ mechanic ] on saturdays when most kids where watching cartoons or playing sports he would drop me off there and ken a old school service teck would teach me to work on tv's,i was about 10 or 12 then, and ken then was in his late 50's .when i was done there i walked down and helped my dad work on cars.in those days 6:00 am was go to work time ,i think back now and what a different world we lived in then. that around the early 70's for me