Christmas of Lakewood Past

[Rhonda loje]

Bailey's Christmas dispay with fashion mannequins
"Miss Jackie Haupt, 1647 Grace Ave., Lakewood
Date: 1964
From Cleveland Memories

[Rhonda loje]

Customers browsing christmas card displays at Bailey's Department store in 1964. From Cleveland Memories.

[Bryan Schwegler]

Great pictures. I always love seeing pictures of old department stores, there's something so interesting about them, especially since they were such a central part of life back then.

[Rhonda loje]

Yea!!!!
Bryan we agree!!
I was in this business for many years!!

[Bryan Schwegler]

Interestingly enough, there I ran across a show last night on PBS called "The Way We Shopped" which was a cool documentary on all the department stores in Cleveland and Akron. It was a great show, and I'll have to admit, I had no idea who Mr. Jingeling was until I saw it.

[Rhonda loje]

Bailey's in Lakewood 1931.

[Rhonda loje]

Here is a great article about Bailey's from Lakewood Lore:

http://www.lkwdpl.org/lore/lore56.htm

[Justine Cooper]

Those pictures are so cool! Thanks for sharing Rhonda! I just miss shopping at Higbees while working downtown in the 80s but had no idea we had this here in Lakewood that many years ago. So much history here! I wish we could go back in time to that time of the picture for just one day! No graffiti, respect for all adults, affordable items!