Shopping at a JCPenney store in 1973
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- čas přidán 13. 10. 2022
- More video of the famous department store chain but this time from NYC and this time from 1973!
Video of people browsing clothes, short shot of checkout, an employee on the intercom several times :)
Fun footage of kids checking out the various back to school fashions of the 'era.
This video of J.C. Penney last almost 8 minutes.
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#backtoschool
You know its the 70's when people are buying plaid pants and the store is decorated in burnt oranges and avocado greens.
🤣🤣🤣
Harvest Gold Carpet too.
So much more vivid and alive than today everything being drab grey.
It’s hard to believe this was over 50 years ago now. I remember the 70s as a kid.
I was born in '73 so watching this is mind blowing 🤯 , I remember the latter part of 70s. It's a distant memory now the older you get though. Its Sad.
Anyone remember your parents dragging you through these places….used to play games with my sister…hiding in the racks….then that moment you look and realize you can’t find your parents so you go tot he courtesy booth and they’d call your parents over the loud speaker….
This video is very nostalgic and a time when JC Penny's was popular for school clothes, shoes, sportswear and just about anything. I grew up on Southern California and mom frequently took me to Penny's in the early to mid-70's. There was a older gentleman who worked there, I believe he was a floor manager that had a striking resemblance to Humphrey Bogart. He was very polite to all customers and made sure they got what they needed; he always wore a white long sleeve shirt and tie. To me, he was the symbol of "old school" values and respect for the customer. It's too bad those days are long gone.
I'm prob the same age as you.
I hope the older man had a happy life.
I make sure to treat my customers well, b/c I may be the only positive interaction they have that day.
I remember JC penny's looking exactly like this in 1973...right down to the "screech" of the plastic hangers on the metal rods when looking through clothes lol...to think the kids in this would be close to 60 now and the 2-year-old in the stroller would be what? 51 or 52 now
And the 30 year old parents would be around 80 years old now
I was born that year, turning 50 next month. Time surely passes by fast the older you geT.
I was born 2 years after this video was made. Turning 48 later this month.
I was born 5 years later
I was born 21 years later lol
what an amazing historic channel....way to go putting all this stuff up!!!!1
Thank you! What a nice comment 😊
I miss all of the stores. Screw online shopping
And bad economy. The loss of disposable income had much to do with Americans spending less and less money.
So tired of going to store and they say no dont have it but you can find it online, i want to see something in person ... sick of online shopping.
$149 for a coat is still a little bit pricey. Back then it was highway robbery!
Factoring in inflation, that coat would be like paying $1,009 today. 😬
@Pumpkin Spice 25 years? Would probably still be good now. Also union made in USA of superior materials. Now it's all foreign crap.
@Pumpkin Spice how do you know? Lol
The quality of that coat was top notch. Inflation was also sky high in the 70's. I was a kid then. Even as a kid I remember thinking how much I disliked the styles, furniture, buildings, cars and colors of the 70's. It definitely didn't "jive" with me. More than once I would complain to my mom about how ugly things were. And the smell of the inside of cars back then...ugh....and my moms cars were always spotless. They just had a bad smell. The feel of the fabrics makes me uncomfortable just remembering the clothes, furniture etc.
That 1973 coat tag said “Made in USA” and 2023 coat tags says “Made in Bangladesh”
I can't believe the kind of high end fashion JCP sold back then and the exuberant prices it fetched. Dropping $180 on a coat today is crazy, in 1973 it was absurd.
One thing for sure ...thec1973 coat is alot better quality than a 2023 coat for sure!!!
A good coat is worth that now. In 73 though…INfuckinSANE !
back when everything was made in the USA!
That was a handmade wool coat with a real fur collar you obviously have no idea what you're talking about. That same coat would cost you $2,000. It just goes to show how young you are because you will not find a coat of that value in any retail setting today. I worked at JCPenney's in the 80s and yes things are much higher quality than. My parents paid $500 for a set of solid brass lamps that they still have. They didn't use cheap alloys and those lamps still look pristine. You won't find anything of that quality nowadays it'll tarnish and turn to garbage in a few years, and you'll still pay $3-400. I went into office design and sold furniture and I can tell you the materials used in the 80s and the 90s compared to what they use now there's no comparison.
@@moemanley2579i think you left your reading comprehension skills back in the 70s too because no one said it WASN’T high quality LOL, it was just stated that it was surprising how JCPenny was considered super high-end luxury boutique to be selling coats at that price in the 70s.
I was born in 73. From what my parents told me, our local JCPenney’s was downtown at that time. It wouldn’t be moved to our local mall until the late 80’s. So fun to see what fashion was like back then. Thank you for sharing!🥰🥰🥰
This footage is so clear for something filmed 50 years ago!
My mom always thought clothes in the 70's had the the ugliest styles and colors ever, but for me it just brings back a lot of nostalgia.
It sounds like she was smart and had better class. Kudos to your mother.
The 8os was the terrible decade.
I agree with your mother. The 1970s was such a low point in fashion. A lot of the style and hairstyles today are just as bad.
@@11dswNo way.
@@Her.Serene.Feline.Cuteness.oh yes, I have photos to prove... it was either snooze fest preppy boring or over the top ugly/weird. I'd rather wear browns flares, avocado green fly collar shirt than.... pastels and shoulder pads with multi pleated pants and a mullet. In other words, I'd rather look like 7os Superfly than some 8os Synthpop band....all IMHO...😀🪩
1973 age 1 😁. Mom is shopping at Penneys but in 1970 she modeled for the JC penney and Sears catalogs.
And it's on film as well! Videotape wouldn't be commonplace until the late 70s-early 80s.
All the Moms dress like Carol Brady. 😊This was the best time to grow up, Reaganomics was right around the corner, and those coat prices would eventually come down without opening the doors to Chinese manufacturing.
Bill Clinton is far more responsible for shipping millions of good paying factory jobs over to Asia because he normalized trade status with a certain Asian country. Reagan didn't do that. On the contrary, he took measures to reduce the millions of imported cars and motorcycles from another asian country, Japan.. in order to protect American jobs. And reaganomics also created many millions of jobs thruout the 1980's. You can also attribute much of the 1990s prosperity and job creation to Reagan, because he unleashed the shackles on the American economy so that the free enterprise system wasn't weighed down by unnecessary regulations and confiscatory taxes that only sapped personal initiative (the motivation to work hard and get ahead in life) and reduced the capital that could be reinvested into the private economy.. which incidentally is how wealth is created and how new jobs are produced.. jobs that are paid for with returns on investment, rather than by redistributing other people's earnings to support more government jobs that often serve no useful purpose. When government takes too large a share of the wealth that the private economy CREATES, you largely end up with more waste, fraud, and abuse of the citizen, along with a reduction in individual freedom and economic freedom.
So with that in mind, reaganomics was one of the best things that ever happened to the U.S. in the post ww2 era. It would have continued to do so with far greater effect if nearly every subsequent president hadn't neglected to take on china with trade restrictions or sky high tariffs or outright bans. Unfortunately that's not about to change as the current prez is literally on the payroll of the see see pe. Unfortunately, we will have to wait for trump ( with his proven track record) to get back into office to fix that. But it's ok.. 625 days will go by fast.
Sorry, I read your comment a little too fast.. usually when someone mentions reaganomics, they are left leaning in their perspective and are shting on his legacy.. as though Reagan's policies were responsible for all that ails America.. so I'm always eager to trigger them with facts. 😂
No that was a real handmade wool coat with a fur collar. The prices on those didn't go down and by the way I worked at Penney's in the mid 80's into the early 90's. Our prices didn't go down but it's cute you think you know more than somebody who actually worked there. We had high-quality goods and they were priced as such. The furniture in the furniture department was made from real wood and a sofa could cost you 4 or 5k. After I left that job I went into furniture design and dealt with a lot of company CEOs and every one of them hated Reagan because of what he did to the economy. It's funny every time the Republicans held office the economy went right in the crapper and then Democrats get in office and there's a surplus of money money lol. Those pesky facts. When Bush was in office I had to be escorted to my car by security because desert Storm broke out and people were protesting outside our store. Yup, great times!! 😂
@@MK-fc2hn...trickle down economics....it was crap. ...still is. Jobs began leaving in the early 7os... look it up.
Wow!
This is great!
Every time I see footage like this, I'm furiously banging all 10 million of my fists on the windows of a time machine and screaming, "LET ME IN!!!"
I WISH THAT I COULD GO BACK IN TIME!!!
THANK YOU FOR UPLOADING THIS!!!
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I would kill to go back in time and buy some outfits and leisure suits and bring back to the future.
Better yet you can still find them at thrift stores and goodwill.
@@darrellpasion8925 😂
You'd have to find some 1970s cash they don't take 2020 dollars they would think it's counterfeit
Not really, but I have found some great stuff on Ebay.
GET READY FOR RETROVERSION EARTH COMING SOON TO YOUR LOCAL UNIVERSE
to think those kids are in their 50s and 60s!!!
To think all or most of the adults are deceased 😔
I wasn't born for another 4 years! Both of my parents are gone now, but I remember shopping in the early 80's. I miss the old malls and my parents. Most of these people in the video, except the kids, are most likely gone. Crazy how none of these people would have even imagined that someone not even born yet would be watching this day in their life on a hand held phone with a "TV 📺" built in, 50 years later! I wonder if anyone will find videos of me in 50 years from now when I'm gone? Hmmmmmmm 🤔
Also, I wonder if they ever did get ahold of Dorothy Hamilton? lol
The store is playing a Bert Kaempfert song over the sound system in the store in the beginning of the video. Great memories from Penny's.
I had to wait 9 years to be born.
Nice, to see how people shop in 1970’s.
These old videos are the shit this is what we need to go back to
Nice footage. Very clear!
Back when the department store ruled the world. I even miss the elevator music.
Ah, the fashion show walk for mom ❤
50 years of JC, Penny!
Some More Splendid Memories...
Your videos are awesome, thank you . ❤️
I've worked at JCP for the last 3 years. It's much more "boutique " looking and the prices are more than fair, especially if you catch the sales. It's been my favorite job and I've had a LOT. I'm 60.
Love the look of the fluffy fur luxury coats from back then here! I now call fur coats like this "fuzzy porcupine" coats because to me they look like a porcupine the way the fur sticks up while nice and soft and fluffy at the same time.
I didn't know Penny's sold real leather and fur coats back then. I thought only the higher end department stores (Meier & Frank, Lipmann Wolfe, Liberty House and Frederick & Nelson) sold merchandise like that.
I too was surprised JC Penney sold fur trimmed coats. I thought they were only sold in Macy's, Lord & Taylor and A&S. Coats for adults were expensive back then, but very well made and you'd only buy a new one every 5 years or so.
Now these are what i miss so much.
Thank you for posting this. I've worked at JC Penney (3 different locations) for over 10 years, and have heard a few times that Jcpenney peaked in the 70s. So I've been curious on how it was back then vs now. It's completely unrecognizable. It definitely doesn't look anything like Jcpenney now. And definitely surprised at the higher prices back then vs now. Costumers want everything dirt cheap now of days (I don't blame them, I do too, but just surprised at the higher prices in this video)
It's because those high paying factory jobs that made those high quality goods went poof a few decades ago.. we are now addicted to low prices, and we accept far lower quality in return.. because the purchasing power of tens of millions of Americans went poof along with those jobs. Sad but true.. 😢
That was a real fur and wool handmade in the USA coat for $179 that would cost you over $2000 now easy. I worked at JCPenney's in the 80s so only about 12 years after this was made and we had a furniture department with high-end $4- $5,000 sofas, it took up the entire half of the bottom part of the store. Sales associates head to wear dresses and suits and we had to know all the merchandise. Does furniture department displayed high-end home decor with figurines and statues made by actual artists of the day. We got 33% off our clothes that we were required to wear to work. We also got a discount on anything else in the store. High priced goods like furniture and jewelry we got a certain percentage above cost. Even for the 80s I had a $1000 wardrobe being middle class. Boy things went downhill
This one is worth looking at. Days that only lasted a while, looked cool when it was still fresh and clean. And we were still young. If only...
Ahhh, If only...I miss these days
Thanks for posting this video. I worked for JC Penney from 1975-78 while in High School and I wish I had taken some pictures of the store and all the colors of the 1970's. This video took me on a time trip back to my youth and my first job experience.
How great to see the glory days of America and that today's youth can see how people behaved back then
Nobody swarming the stores for 100% off?? How can that be?? 😂
Almost like the country was less diverse or something and filled with less awful people subsequently.
I was 10 and remember my mom dressed like the ladies shopping at Penny's. 😁
50 years ago people had that STYLE omg i need a time machine baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I just want to know if Dorothy Hamilton ever got to call the operator
I definitely remember how stores werevin the 70s,the old Hudsons department store in downtown Detroit was amazing to go to,especially during the Christmas season
I wish I had graduated in 1973. Would have been so much fun.
I’m convinced that Vampire Robot actually owns a time machine and goes way back as a hobby. Love these vids! And if it’s time travel… take some of us with you 😃
Forsure it's the 70s when you see those side burns that men had going on hahaha but I do love the style
I was a sophomore in high school then and I’m 67 now!
You would see me buying a $100s worth of the whole store if I could time travel back
It sorta reminds me of when I worked at TSS Department stores in Elmont, NY, back in 1984 for the summer...
That JC Pennys red coat at 3:13 minute mark would be over $1000.00 in 2023 money! A THOUSAND DOLLAR coat at JCPENNYS!?!?!
This would have been the year I started first grade. Lol!!! I remember my parents shopping for my school clothes at the JC Penney store in Roebuck at the same shopping center Pizitz was located. The layout looks very familiar. Funny how I remember this stuff 50 years later but cannot remember whether I took my morning BP medicine. Lol!!!
3:06 I would've loved that #44 jersey in 1973. All 10-year old boys wore these back then. Nowadays you have to spend $200+ and get your fully licensed NFL grade Mahomes jersey at Dick's in order to fit in. I don't envy the kids today. I'll take this 1973 era a hundred times over.
Wow look at all the orange and yellow! Absolutely how the 70s looked! I even remeber those type of pointed edge clothes racks. Omg I hated shopping for clothes as a child then.... still hate it. I see all the children are well behaved though...they arent running around, grabbing stuff and screaming like i see a lot do these days.
Here's what i wish....i wish i had some of those nice thick 100% cotton socks i saw the people pass. Socks back then were SO much better.
This is what department stores looked like when people actually shopped in them.
The work you're putting up should seriously be preserved by the Library of Congress at some point. This whole channel gives unparalleled glimpses into average daily lives of each decade. Even period movies and TV shows skim over things for entertainment value, but this is pure time travel. Does anyone know by chance why the store lighting was so dim? Was it different lights they used at that time or just the camera?
A friend in high school bought a Holly high performance four barrel carburetor at JC Pennys late ‘70’s, funny thing was it was in stock…not even special ordered.
Just hearing the announcer’s accent when she’s on the PA system made me know right away this was filmed in NYC😊
Those pants were loud, $149 for a woman’s coat isn’t bad.
Not bad now. In 1973 it was more than my mom made it a week.
50 years later, you will find these types of clothing at a thrift store for practically the same price it was in 1973. The 70's was an interesting decade with fashion.
I was 6 and yes I remember having a pair of white and blue plaid long pants. My older sister regards the early 70s as the "Period of the Uglies" when it comes to fashion and everyone's general appearance.
I loved those years I want to go back so much that I wished I got my flux capacitor working to take me back in time. lol
Crazy to think the black kid is probably 60 now and enjoying retirement hopefully
why does it feel like the person recording is from the future lol
@Vampire Robot why are there so many NYC vids in your channel especially for department stores.
New York media, I presume.
@@vampirerobot but still I would love to have shopped at this store I love how colorful it looks and well stocked unlike todays department stores.
@@Pringles147 So true...it would be fun!
good lord that coat was expensive for 1973!!
If you tried filming people like that nowadays, they would get up in your face and question why you are filming them LOL
Where is the camera? Video cameras in 1973 were huge ....is this sort of pre edit news or local interest stories? Doesn't look like film( no grain) unless it's been cleaned up. Yeah, that looks like 1973... Halloween colors year round. There was a JC Penny's in the mall closest to us....JC Penny's was a couple notches up from K-Mart, and sold mostly women's clothing, as I recall..
People might complain about the prices, but if you looked at the rage and materials; you would understand why. That's cheap considering the material is leather. Notice, not once piece of clothing was using synthetic material.
I REMEMBER MY MALLS OF LIFE
to think of all the things that have not happened in the world yet
Do you own this footage? I'm working on a documentary that briefly discusses the glory days of department stores and I would love to be able to use this kind of footage.
THE GRANNY HAS MORE STYLE THAN MELANIA FRUMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Where’s the big Sesame Street display in the children’s department.
I would go back and do it all over again in a heartbeat if I could. I HATE this horrible sinful world we are living in …
This video shows black people shopping and not looting
Were the clothes made overseas back then too?
They most certainly weren't!
@@MK-fc2hn Most likely clothes made overseas started in the 80s.
No. Back then they were all made here and all the textiles where mostly weaved here as well.
Born in1970 in Queens
Crazy to think that probably 95% of every adult you see in this film has passed away.
I was born in 73. Cool looking back 50 years later going on 51 this year. Proud to be a part of the Watergate Generation as I call us, too young to be Boomers and too old to be Gen X. If your parents were from the Silent Generation instead of Boomers then your a Watergate baby born during the time of Watergate. My parents were from the Silent Generation 41 same year as Pearl Harbor. So don't Gen X me thankyou very much, my parents weren't boomers. Born to the youngest members of the silent generation.
I wana get really high and watch this shit
Most of the folks are dead, except the children.
tHEY'RE addicts and homeless
I dunno...
Those kids are in their late 50's and early 60's now...😕
I was three then. My brothers were six and seven. My parents are still alive and well. My mom is 76 and my dad is almost 81. They still plant a garden and can their food. Mind you it's not as big as when I was a child, but they still do it. As well as mow and weedeat their yard, and other things around the house. Slower, but still doing it.
@@sstephens2175 God Bless 'em.
So nice to see black people,actually buying,and not walking out without paying
Because black youth wasn't brainwashed back then
Sorry, but I buy my pants at Sears.
Sears Supertough jeans in green or red
I Was Poor and 4 at that time
I can see why coats were put on layaway. They were expensive
Goodwill had the real clothes.
Is that Merle
Wow. JCPenney looked disheveled back then too. 😐
I loved the 70's, but it was an era of abundant ugly fashion.
🤣🤣🤣 I agree with you on this one.
and people
That was expensive for a ladies coat back then...purse cheap price
I was -6
Omg the amount of plaid and stripes 😮 It’s over stimulation
“Natural Blue Fox” and PETA is still flipping their s*** 😂
I actually don't notice much of a difference
Those coats arent worth $150.
Ugly selection of clothes back then
Back then men wore slacks. The 70s slacks were um unattractive.
Such an incredibly ugly decade.
damn