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• Products Then and Now ... From 1960 to 2017 - Consumer Grouch

  I recently found a 1960 wholesale catalog from First Distributors at 4204 W. North Ave, Chicago at a garage sale. I have no idea how long they were in business, but I became fascinated with the pictur...

• A Walk Down Memory Lane with Groovy Bath & Beauty Products from the 1960s-1980s - Consumer Grouch

  Although certain candies bring back really sweet memories of childhood, I’ve been thinking lately about some of the bath and beauty products from my youth. These items are associated with vivid memori...

• Shopping Archives - Consumer Grouch

  Consumer Grouch   During my childhood and many years thereafter, my parents would make an annual trip to NYC in December for a psychiatric meeting. For several decades, they stayed at the Waldorf Asto...

• Remembering Holidays Past and B. Shackman & Co. - Consumer Grouch

  During my childhood and many years thereafter, my parents would make an annual trip to NYC in December for a psychiatric meeting. For several decades, they stayed at the Waldorf Astoria where the meet...

• Art Supply and Camera Stores That Are No More - Consumer Grouch

  I wasn’t born with a silver spoon in my mouth, I was born with a crayon in my hand. By the time I was 5-years-old, I was drawing all sorts of things on cheap yellow paper my dad bought by the ream. Th...

• A Nostalgic Trip Down Canal Street, NYC - Consumer Grouch

    My last blog discussed my love of “old-school” art supply and camera shops and my dismay about their dwindling numbers. After I posted that article, I started scanning black and white negatives I sh...