Welcome to the largest mall and retail history site on the internet. The MALL HALL OF FAME is a vintage shopping mall scrapbook. Its focus is on shopping complexes built -in the USA- between 1946 and 1979. Don't forget to visit our four Shopping Mall Memory Lanes, which transport you through time to a mall in 1956, 1963, 1970 and 1977!

We now embark on a tour of the John Wanamaker Great Neck store, as it existed in May of 1951. At the West Entrance is the Gifts Department.
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A sweeping view of the John Wanamaker Great Neck main sales floor.
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Here we see the Cotton Dresses racks.
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And the John Wanamaker Great Neck Men's Department.
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The store's perfume counter, also known as the Toiletries Department.
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Here we see the selection of Ladies' Sportswear.
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We now ascend the grand stairway to the Upper Floor...
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