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Jilly_in_VA

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33. Montgomery Ward

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Thu Aug 7, 2025, 04:01 PM

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Sears, and a local outfit called Hills. My mom sewed some of my clothes, and when I was in HS I made a lot of mine too.

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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 7 OP

Sears and Montgomery Wards sinkingfeeling Aug 7 #1

Thank you very much, sinkingfeeling. Yes, they were both great places to buy back to school clothing. By to both. debm55 Aug 7 #2

Gosh... when we were kids we called it Monkey Ward. FalloutShelter Aug 7 #29

HAHAHHAHAHAHHA, That is funny. I remember that. debm55 Aug 7 #51

Same. OldBaldy1701E Aug 7 #64

Thank you very much, OldBaldy1701E. debm55 Aug 7 #66

Sears anciano Aug 7 #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 7 #5

Sears and Kmart Americanme Aug 7 #4

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

This message was self-deleted by its author Midnight Writer Aug 7 #6

Thank you Midnight Writer. My cousins-one older and one younger, would pass the clothing down. I made some of my debm55 Aug 7 #10

Sears and Roebuck Dave in VA Aug 7 #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 7 #12

K-Mart or Twin Fair SamKnause Aug 7 #9

Thank you SamKnause. We had K-Mart, but I don't remember Twin Fair. debm55 Aug 7 #39

Sears and the Navy Exchange LogDog75 Aug 7 #11

Thank you very much LogDog75, Sears was good for kids clothing. debm55 Aug 7 #40

Montgomery Ward for anything our mother couldn't sew. Ritabert Aug 7 #13

Thank you very much Ritabert. I have found that boys clothing is especially harder to sew. debm55 Aug 7 #41

The Broadway and Nash's in Pasadena Beatlelvr Aug 7 #14

Me too, Beatlelver. May Company was a mainstay as a child and even after I got married. debm55 Aug 7 #42

Do you remember Bullocks? BuddhaGirl Aug 9 #84

Sears and Penny's, with Brown's Shoe Fit (the only shoe store in town) for shoes.👞 rsdsharp Aug 7 #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 7 #43

When I was in elementary school, there was a local children's clothing store called Small Fry. Aristus Aug 7 #16

Thank you very much. Aristus, It;s amazing you remember that. The sweater sounds very nice. debm55 Aug 7 #28

Robert Hall Bmoboy Aug 7 #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 7 #26

Mervyn's & Montgomery Wards... FirstLight Aug 7 #18

Me too, I hated trying on dresses, Pants for girls were not allowed until 10th grade. debm55 Aug 7 #23

Mervyn's and Gallenkamp's or Kinney's. Nt Fiendish Thingy Aug 7 #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 7 #21

We got my clothes at JC Penny. FuzzyRabbit Aug 7 #20

Thank you FuzzyRabbit,---from a fellow sewer. debm55 Aug 7 #22

Horne's when we lived in Pittsburgh, Sears when we lived in Philly. n/t malthaussen Aug 7 #24

Hi Mal, I remember Hornes downtown, Thank you for the memories. debm55 Aug 7 #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 7 #27

Thank you very much ,Walleye.for sharing with us debm55 Aug 7 #67

Bambergers...(pre Macys) FalloutShelter Aug 7 #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 7 #73

In HS, I sewed alot of my clothes because I was so small. LeftInTX Aug 7 #31

Thank you very much, LeftInTX. My husband did the same as his dad was in the service. debm55 Aug 7 #74

When I was in high school (class of 1969), sears had really stylish and well made... 3catwoman3 Aug 7 #32

Great post, 3catwoman3, Shoes have always been a problem for me too. Thank you for sharing. debm55 Aug 7 #54

Montgomery Ward Jilly_in_VA Aug 7 #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 7 #56

Sears, Howlands or the Stratford Town Fair Store. TommieMommy Aug 7 #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 7 #57

Woodward & Lothrop oberle Aug 7 #35

Thank you very much, oberle. I ,too, liked the stores with lunch rooms. We made a day of it. debm55 Aug 7 #58

Bambergers (bought by Macy's). beaglelover Aug 7 #36

Thank you very much beaglelover. I shopped at Macy's after I got my first job. Liked their clothing. debm55 Aug 7 #60

Kmart JMCKUSICK Aug 7 #37

thank you John for sharing, We wenh to Kmart too debm55 Aug 7 #52

Sears, K Mart, Grant's Mad_Dem_X Aug 7 #38

Thank you very much, Mad_Dem_X, We had a Grant's here in our Western PA , town. debm55 Aug 7 #50

Rich's, downtown Atlanta. Solly Mack Aug 7 #44

Thank you very much , SollyMack. debm55 Aug 7 #49

Just looked up the old shoe store and was surprised they still exist. Eugene Aug 7 #45

Oh wow, that is neat that they are still around, Eugene. Thank you very much for your post. debm55 Aug 7 #48

Sears or we'd drive 180 miles south to Wurzburg's Department Store in Grand Rapids, MI. catbyte Aug 7 #46

Thank you catbyte. That is a long journey. debm55 Aug 7 #47

Greenberg's Men and Boys Shop, pdxflyboy Aug 7 #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 7 #69

Mailman's in York PA Freddie Aug 7 #55

That's a great post Freddie. Thank you for sharing. debm55 Aug 7 #62

G Fox & Company Coolgoober Aug 7 #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 7 #65

My mom worked there, too. I posted below. We would skip school Cloudhopper Aug 8 #77

Montgomery Wards BigMin28 Aug 7 #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 7 #63

pennys . may co. west covina. AllaN01Bear Aug 7 #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 7 #70

i was fawscinated with sking . loved to visitt that section. AllaN01Bear Aug 7 #72

Thank you, Bear debm55 Aug 8 #83

Kmart, Zayres, Bradlees, Thom McAn Cloudhopper Aug 7 #71

Thank you Cloudhopper, My husband is from Boston and when we would visit, we would visit Filene's basement and get debm55 Aug 8 #82

For clothes, probably Wieboldts or Goldblatts. boonecreek Aug 7 #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 8 #81

The State Street Mill bargain center. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 7 #76

Thank you very much, PoindexterOglethorpe. Yes, your mom was amazing. debm55 Aug 8 #78

Meis Brothers department store. Emile Aug 8 #79

Thank you very much, Emile. I always liked getting back to school clothes and especially new shoes. debm55 Aug 8 #80

Local Shoe Store ProfessorGAC Aug 9 #85