for vintage shoe fans: shoe store closed in the 1960s unearthed

[Doctor Damage]

Someone has apparently unearthed a shoe store in the U.S. which has been closed since the 1960s.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ar-perfect-condition-albeit-little-dusty.html

http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/12/19/the-forgotten-family-shoe-store-closed-for-40-years/

 

[LuvMyMan]

Not sure but this may be something already come to light a year or so ago....if it is the same one.?????

 

[Stanley Doble]

There must be hundreds of such places in dying rust belt cities. I have seen similar sights in small towns where nothing ever happens. Not in main street shops but in the offices upstairs.

 

[LuvMyMan]

Wow...yes you are correct that this is going on all over. I wish I could find one like this...I'd make a very serious offer even if I had to borrow a hundred grand.....lol!

 

[Papperskatt]

I must say that I'm a bit surprised by the number of oxford boots (or any dress boots for that matter) in a store opened in the 40s (and closed in the 60s); I'd have imagined that they would've gone out of fashion long before that. Then again I guess that's the reason that they are still there, they didn't get sold. A lot of the boots look like they are from the 20s or earlier.

 

[Isshinryu101]

This story is 2 years old. Sadly, most of the inventory (especially the older items) are so dried out as to be unwearable. a tragedy.

 

[LuvMyMan]

This story is 2 years old. Sadly, most of the inventory (especially the older items) are so dried out as to be unwearable. a tragedy.

Ahhh HAH! I thought so...but non the less....would be so nice.....I would have attempted to save shoes...cadillac them to death.....but what can we do? I would hope anyone that comes to finding a store like this would let us all know....really I would take out a major loan to have purchased all of that at one time...you can bet they would have accepted $60,000.00 for everything. And it there is one thing we can do here it is save a shoe...dry or no....lol!

 

[Two Types]

And, if i remember correctly, most of the shoes & boots left in the shop were very small sizes.

 

[Fading Fast]

Since it is a two-year-old story, I'm surprised we haven't heard any follow-up since it first broke. What happened to the shoes?

 

[Isshinryu101]

Since it is a two-year-old story, I'm surprised we haven't heard any follow-up since it first broke. What happened to the shoes?

turned to dust.