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15. OMG - Filene's Boston....I remember the old elevator with gate and attendant...to go to Filene's

Reply to bobbieinok (Original post)

Sat Feb 2, 2019, 01:48 PM

Feb 2019

basement was an exciting outing with Mom...back in the fifties..I still remember the mountains of lingerie and unmentionables on several tables where people were "like" (PU from my grandchildren) buying everything..I worked at Jordan Marsh Framingham in early seventies during holidays..linens...loved it..I hear they tore it down...

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Remember how department stores, other buildings had elevator operators? [View all] bobbieinok Feb 2019 OP

I remember mostly older men, some black... TreasonousBastard Feb 2019 #1

And they wore a uniform cyclonefence Feb 2019 #2

I remember the old joke about the elevator operator annnouncing CTyankee Feb 2019 #16

Oh, you were a lot more sophisticated as a fourth-grader cyclonefence Feb 2019 #17

Ground floor: Perfumery, stationary, and leather goods, wigs and haberdashery, kitchenware and food. NurseJackie Feb 2019 #23

You'd better not say that in an elevator jberryhill Feb 2019 #29

Yep, and MyOwnPeace Feb 2019 #3

Weren't there TV commercials showing how much faster their workers were?? bobbieinok Feb 2019 #4

One of my high school classmates Lindsay Feb 2019 #5

And the joke was that they had to fire an operator ... Basic LA Feb 2019 #6

The job has its ups and downs. n/t Harker Feb 2019 #26

LOL Basic LA Feb 2019 #34

Damn right. Harker Feb 2019 #35

My grandfather was the GP6971 Feb 2019 #7

My great aunt was an elevator operator at the Tulsa Club when I was a little girl. Runningdawg Feb 2019 #8

In 40s Gramma and I would walk downtown to Woolworths and eat at the lunch counter on Saturday bobbieinok Feb 2019 #19

Across the street from the station now is the Greek Orthodox Church of the big Greek fall festival bobbieinok Feb 2019 #20

I didn't grow up in Tulsa, I lived in Osage County Runningdawg Feb 2019 #25

Alas, another one of those jobs that went by the wayside mitch96 Feb 2019 #9

Yes, I remember. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2019 #10

I remember having to use the stairs ar a hotel because Sneederbunk Feb 2019 #11

The Museum, Die Neue Gallerie, still has an elevator operator. I asked... LAS14 Feb 2019 #12

Maybe she wasn't an elevator operator Codeine Feb 2019 #22

At my local Sears. JohnnyRingo Feb 2019 #13

Ha! MyOwnPeace Feb 2019 #14

OMG - Filene's Boston....I remember the old elevator with gate and attendant...to go to Filene's asiliveandbreathe Feb 2019 #15

Jordan's furniture Blues Heron Feb 2019 #32

When I was little, I actually wanted to be an elevator operator when I grew up. red dog 1 Feb 2019 #18

The developing world still has a lot of elevator operators IronLionZion Feb 2019 #21

I *was* an elevator operator! needledriver Feb 2019 #24

You probably took me up at one time or another frazzled Feb 2019 #30

I was at NYU from 1972 - 76 needledriver Feb 2019 #31

That was before the executive management and investors democratisphere Feb 2019 #27

I had a very short, like 4 ft. something friend, nocoincidences Feb 2019 #28

Reminds me of Nanci Griffith's classic "Love At The 5 And Dime." Paladin Feb 2019 #33

Last time I was in the Senate Office Building SCantiGOP Feb 2019 #36

We used to have Hudson's Department Store back in the here in Detroit MrScorpio Feb 2019 #37