Monday, December 24, 2012

Merry Christmas from Kline's

Here's three Christmas-themed vintage ads for Kline's, the well-remembered Downtown Lorain department store.

The first ad (below), a playful one promoting Berkshire stockings, ran in the Lorain Journal on December 20, 1955.

The second ad (below) dates from December 24, 1956 and features a very Disneyesque Santa Claus.
And lastly, here's one from late December 1961 (below).
Look for my special series about the history of Kline's shortly after the holidays!

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5 comments:

  1. PaulaDecember 24, 2012 at 12:26 PM

    Kline's was one of my favorite places to shop. It had 2 entrances - one on Broadway and one on 6th Street...

    Happy Holidays, Dan...

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  2. Dan BradyDecember 24, 2012 at 1:39 PM

    Thanks, Paula! You have a great holiday too!

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  3. Bob KovachDecember 25, 2012 at 10:17 PM

    Was the entrance off of 6th Street the one with steps heading to the lower level? I have a vague memory of a store entrance like that but not sure what store it was.

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  4. AnonymousDecember 26, 2012 at 1:30 PM

    No that entrance was off Broadway. Went down to childrens clothes. It was where I got my Brownie uniform. Ted Jacobs had stairs in the center of the store and Smith and G's had an elevator

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  5. -Alan D HopewellJanuary 2, 2013 at 1:51 PM

    I got outfitted for school at Kline's once, actually having someone go ver me with a tape measure and such, just like the Grone Folx.

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