Portland, Oregon - circa 1960s
The sparkling, swinging '60s interior of the Stevens & Son jewelry store in Lloyd Center Mall, dubbed in those days: "The world's largest shopping center jewelry store". Bet there's a lot of great vintage bling in there.
Mall history: 1960 - present
Current website: here
Info from Wikipedia
Current aerial view
Previous entries: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
I would love to have one of those sunburst clocks.
ReplyDeleteVintage bling! LOL!
ReplyDeleteI thought it was pretty cool and seeing those old dresses were cool too, it's like how the average woman shopped! Lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThat is one massive jewelry store, but back in the day they used to sell a whole lot more than jewelry. :-)
ReplyDeleteMy mother worked there when I was in high school. That was in the days of big ratted hairdos, jeweled shoes, big jewelry, and over-the-top glitz. Stevens and Sons was "the" place for jewelry and expensive gifts. They carried Wedgwood and Waterford, but they also had the corner on tacky "nouveau riche" doo-dads and trinkets. The owner kept a large cage full of parakeets back in the customer service area and they were always talking and squawking in the background. I remember it well!
ReplyDeleteThis is almost like a museum to me. I'd be afraid to raise my voice!
ReplyDeleteI worked there for years. It was a shame to see the company die. So many good people
ReplyDeleteCora, it DID have parakeets.. I worked there in the 70's, and Mr. Steven's had his birds.. :)
ReplyDeleteI worked there for years in the 70's. How did it die?
ReplyDeleteI worked at the Jantzen Beach location as a teen... loved my job and was fired by lorene grrrr.... I was sometimes late because I was a kid with no car... in fact I lied and said I was 16 ... I was only 15.... hehe
ReplyDeleteLoved shopping there with my parents.
ReplyDeleteI worked there in the 80's as a giftware buyer. I was hired away by a bigger company just before Larry Stevens made a poor judgement call to leave the Mall. The business folded not long after. It's too bad. The mall actually gave him money to help remodel the space. He took the money they gave him and left the mall.
ReplyDelete