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!

Jet City-based The Bon Marche anchored the original CAPITAL MALL. The store opened, in July 1978, as the shopping hub's first operational tenant. 
Photo from http://www.angelfire.com / "BonOlympia"


J.C. Penney held its CAPITAL MALL grand opening in November 1978.
Photo from www.showcase.com