Kmart's a place that doesn't get much love from shoppers thses days, and considering some of their goofiness and unresponsiveness over the years, it's understandable.
Still it's an American icon. It was an aspirational, state of the art store in the '60s, a staple of shopping (and late night talk show jokes) in the '70s and '80s, and an innovator in the '90s, along with being one of the biggest retail turnarounds of the 2000s. Who'd have thought they'd have bought Sears?
Here's a couple of pictures from Kmart's past:
A Kmart label from the '70s, found on a vinyl record at the Goodwill.
A Kmart-anchored shopping center in Lima, Ohio with a rarely photographed Kmart Foods adjacent. Many of the first Kmarts had seperate Kresge-operated supermarkets next door to their discount stores, but the practice was discontinued in the mid-to late '70s. (Ohio Grocery)
Another Kmart with Kmart Foods attached, from the mid-'60s. Fort Saginaw Mall, Saginaw, Michigan (Lost Michigan)
Kmart, Bay City, Michigan (Lost Michigan)
Kmart at Crossroads Mall in Roanoke, Virginia. It's located in a former Woolco store.
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