A bargain at any price!...Gimbels, Philadelphia 1970

At one time, Gimbels was the largest department store chain in the

world. In downtown Philadelphia, its store occupied an entire city

block. The company's slogan was "Nobody but Nobody Undersells

Gimbels." But the competition from stores like Macy's eventually

overtook Gimbels and the chain went out of business in 1986. Comments

and critiques are always welcomed..Thanks...Bill

This is  great. I can't help but think of David Sedaris & his Santaland Diaries. Looks like more than one surprise package here.

I love these old shots. It doesn't seem so long ago to me, 1970, but when you add up the intervening years, there are 46 of them.. If you were to go back 46 years from 1970, that's 1924 which almost seems comically ancient though it's the same distance from the time of the picture as the picture is to the present day. I wonder if young people look at this picture as "the old days". For me it's slightly nostalgic, a record of more innocent and less complicated times before CNN blasted us with news 24/7 and virtual reality was the stuff of sci/fi movies.

WoW!  Great shot!