Key_Dust7595 t1_itf2xzo wrote on October 23, 2022 at 4:03 AM

I grew up with Century III Mall in the 80s when it was amazing, and it had Gimble’s, Horne’s, Montgomery Ward’s, JC Penney, and Sears, and gained a Kaufmann’s after Horne’s left. And I have wonderful memories of the Kaufmann’s downtown, especially at Christmas; visiting their window display and their Christmas department were the highlights of my family’s Light Up Night celebration.

Daywalkingvampire OP t1_itfbnuu wrote on October 23, 2022 at 5:40 AM

Growing up I grew to resent sears's photo department. Everytime they put out coupons for a sale for a photo special, (they would air it on tv mentioning to watch the Sunday paper for coupons) my mom would clip them and rush me down to sears to have my picture taken. As a 6year old I did not fancy this as fun/did not want my picture taken. I would try everything from running out of the waiting room of the portrait studio to moving at the last second when the photographer was ready to snap the picture.