Postcard History

July 27, 2024

Tag: New York City Department Store

  • Best and Company – the story of an American Department Store

    Best and Company – the story of an American Department Store

    Editor’s Staff

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    Need a new dress for a special occasion? Mail-order one from Best and Company. Yes, it was that easy to shop when you were a customer of Albert Best’s department store. His advertising postcards alerted his clientele to the “Smart new additions to the famous American Golfer line of ladies dresses that fit beautifully into…

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Past Article

Tony Crumbley
September 20, 2020 3 Comments
In The Andy Griffith Show (an American situation comedy television show that aired on CBS from October 3, 1960, to April 1, 1968) the fictional town of Mayberry was based on Mount Airy, North Carolina. Mount Airy was the birthplace of actor Andy Griffith, but as Sheriff Andy Taylor he lived in Mayberry. He worked with his deputy […]

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