Kmart Grand Opening in 1975

[Chetlaham]

I came across this post on Reddit at a random chance while searching for pictures of vintage washing machines. I feel like I won the lottery. The pictures absolutely get me. In particular the appliance department, the cabinets in the home improvement department, the lighting fixtures in the lighting department and the televisions in the entertainment department.

I like that the store appears smaller than a Big Kmart while having a cozy feeling to it. I wish I could just smell the interior and of course if I could I would go on a million dollar spending spree literally buying half the store LOL.

The feelings of nostlogia and anemoia are very potent.





For the archive-

First photo set:

 

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Second photo set:

 

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Third photo set:

 

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Fourth photo set:

 

[KyletheApplianceGuy]

This is so cool to see! I grew up with them but... By then, their Glory days were over (This was the late-90s - 2000s). There is a Kmart group on Facebook doing really well and a lot of collectors.

 

[vacerator]

very familiar looking, but I don't recall a local K Mart here with a kitchen cabinet display.

 

[phillymatt53]

And now, a little bit of Kmart humor.....

 

[philcobendixduo]

Those cobras - ashtrays or....?
WILD!!

 

[phillymatt53]

Those cobras - ashtrays or....?
WILD!!

Not in MY house, that's for sure!
I don't want my place to look like some tacky Brady Bunch palace!

 

[Chetlaham]

Those cobras - ashtrays or....?
WILD!!

I honestly do not know for sure, but I would buy one just for the novelty.

Here are more pictures if anyone is interested:

https://postimg.cc/gallery/JH4dq1V

https://archive.org/details/kmart-opening-day-1975/FB-IMG-16611069600081130.jpg

I do know one thing, if I stumbled across the light bulb aisle I would break down crying. I miss those GE incandescents so much.

 

[circlew]

I don't remember cabinets and countertops in any K-Mart I was ever in. The appliances in the ones around here were GE if I remember correctly - don't think I ever saw Frigidaire there. My parents bought a Kodak slide projector at one of the first of their stores in the Cincinnati area sometime in the late 1970s.

 

[circlew]

I don't remember cabinets and countertops in any K-Mart I was ever in. The appliances in the ones around here were GE if I remember correctly - don't think I ever saw Frigidaire there. My parents bought a Kodak slide projector at one of the first of their stores in the Cincinnati area sometime in the late 1970s.

I meant late 1960s.

 

[phillymatt53]

I don't remember cabinets and countertops in any K-Mart I was ever in. The appliances in the ones around here were GE if I remember correctly - don't think I ever saw Frigidaire there. My parents bought a Kodak slide projector at one of the first of their stores in the Cincinnati area sometime in the late 1970s.

Don't laugh....
I still have my Kodak Carousel slide projector, and an old 1950s Argus too.