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. This site includes historical sections about regional department stores, discount stores, 5 & 10 stores and supermarkets. 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!
A full view of the Eckerd's mall storefront. As was the case with just about any drug store of this era, it included a Coffee Shop luncheonette. This was before fast food-type restaurants proliferated and put drug store (and 5 & 10) lunch counters out of business.
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The mall's resident book emporium. In September 1969, some of the top selling novels would have been "The Godfather" (Mario Puzo), "The Love Machine" (Jacqueline Suzann) and "Portnoy's Complaint" (Phillip Roth).
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The storefront of Turner's, another ladies' and gentleman's apparel retailer. It is likely that the store would have had at least a few Nehru jackets on sale.
Photo from http://www.floridamemory.com / State Library & Archives of Florida