Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Zahns - Racine, Wisconsin

Zahns - for those of you that shopped there........a walk down memory lane.












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SER said...

I don't know the year these were taken except you can see by the snow it was winter...

September 20, 2011 at 2:31 AM
Sassa said...

My mom was the switchboard operator there. I worked in gift wrap in the basement with Martha Schaffer. Her husband was Royal Schaffer. I bought all my scouting uniforms there.

September 20, 2011 at 8:57 AM
SER said...

They had an excellent area setup for Scouting.

That is were I bought all my scout stuff for years.

I still have a hatchet with the Boy Emblem on it that I got there.

September 20, 2011 at 9:25 AM
OKIE said...

The thing I remember was the wooden floors upstairs. Reminds me of Nelsons in West Racine. Zahns was such a neat place. In fact now that you guys mention it, I got my scouting uniforms there as well.

September 20, 2011 at 10:26 AM
kkdither said...

Fun to see the pictures. I have very limited memories of that store. I bought a long skirt for my sister's wedding form there when I was a teenager. I think JC Penny's took over the scouting stuff when they closed?

September 20, 2011 at 1:23 PM
Toad said...

SER, WOW, what a trip. It was a neat store, don't ya think?

September 20, 2011 at 1:33 PM
Toad said...

Mary, YOU were a Boy Scout? LOL

September 20, 2011 at 1:34 PM
OKIE said...

Could have been my brothers????

September 20, 2011 at 6:30 PM
OrbsCorbs said...

Beautiful. I bought clothes there in high school because I had a part time job that paid by depositing into a checking account. I was 16 in the 60's and no boy had a checking account. Zahns, though, accepted my checks.

September 20, 2011 at 6:53 PM
sylvia said...

great photos ser! thanks for sharing.
my mom made me take the bus there (when we first moved to racine in '64) to get my first girl scout handbook & it was dark out & terrifying... missed my stop but zahns was a warm & friendly beacon & i was so proud that i made it there & back.

September 20, 2011 at 9:14 PM
MinnesotaChick said...

wow.. very cool pictures! Too bad it ended up vacant.
I think that was the only place to get Scout things ( Boy & Girl) for the longest time?? I am thinking they had the 'contract' or whatever for Scouts.

September 20, 2011 at 11:09 PM

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