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Remember then?πŸ₯ΏπŸ‘ πŸ‘‘πŸ‘’πŸ‘žπŸ‘ŸπŸ₯ΎπŸ§¦πŸ‘›πŸ‘πŸ‘œπŸ©΄ (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Apr 4 OP
Is this a memory True Dough Apr 4 #1
😬 Floyd R. Turbo Apr 4 #2
I remember their commercials, but my family had a local go-to store for shoes instead. Eugene Apr 4 #3
πŸ€— Floyd R. Turbo Apr 5 #9
I am so old I can remember the cars in the parking lot rurallib Apr 4 #4
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I feel such a heel UpInArms Apr 4 #5
😁 Floyd R. Turbo Apr 5 #11
Purchased many a pair of Easter Sunday shoes Dave in VA Apr 4 #6
☺️ Floyd R. Turbo Apr 5 #12
yes. AllaN01Bear Apr 4 #7
πŸ€— Floyd R. Turbo Apr 5 #13
That's where you went to buy your Buster Browns! JoseBalow Apr 4 #8
☺️ Floyd R. Turbo Apr 5 #14
Back in the days when the shoe salesperson Emile Apr 5 #15
That would be me! πŸ€— Floyd R. Turbo Apr 5 #16
it's missing onethatcares Apr 5 #17
πŸ€” Floyd R. Turbo Apr 5 #18
Was it was Kinney Shoes who had LogDog75 Apr 5 #19
Kinney among others! Floyd R. Turbo Sunday #20

rurallib

(63,586 posts)
4. I am so old I can remember the cars in the parking lot
Fri Apr 4, 2025, 01:00 PM
Apr 4

A Dodge, a Chevy, a Plymouth, think that really old one is a Buick(?) And across the aisle a Ford.
I may be wrong but gawd I was young - and yes we would take the occasional hike to Kinney shoes.

Emile

(33,968 posts)
15. Back in the days when the shoe salesperson
Sat Apr 5, 2025, 08:11 AM
Apr 5

measured your foot and went to a back room. Then came back from the back room with the correct size of shoe for you to try on.

LogDog75

(383 posts)
19. Was it was Kinney Shoes who had
Sat Apr 5, 2025, 04:23 PM
Apr 5

the foot x-ray machine in their stores. I remember being a kid and my parents taking me to buy shoes and the shoe salesman had me put my foot in the machine so he and my father could look at it and decide which shoe would be best for me. It was a gimmick, but it worked.

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