Monday, August 11, 2008

Moonlite Madness at SouthPark | August 11, 1976


From the extensive collection of frequent LiveMalls contributor Pat Richardson comes this gem: an entire newspaper supplement advertising the annual Moonlite Madness Sale at SouthPark from August 11, 1976.

This ad set was published in the long defunct Charlotte News and gave a pretty good picture of what the mall was like in the mid 1970s.

Thanks to Pat for his continued donations to this site.

Page 2 (Belk)

Page 3 (Belk)

Page 4 (Ivey's)

Page 5 (Ivey's)

Page 6 (Florsheim, The Cheese Shop, J.O. Jones)

Page 7 (Garibaldi & Bruns, SouthPark Hallmark, Coplon's)

Page 8 (Sears)

Page 9 (Sears)

Page 10 (Pet Bazaar, Morrison's Cafeteria, Bakers, John Simmons)

Page 11 (5-7-9, Kinney Shoes, Wilson's Menswear)

Page 12 (Montaldo's, Hahn Shoes, Sharon Luggage, Jack & Jill)

Page 13 (Richmans, Zales, Junction)

Page 14 (Bush Stationers, Pat Arnolde's Talls, Julie's)

Page 15 (Woolworth)

Previously on LiveMalls
SouthPark, The Early Years
The Easter Ads, 1970
SouthPark, 1975

4 comments:

  1. Great collection of ads! Do malls even have moonlight sales anymore?

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  2. Hardly ever. Extended hours are pretty much around the holidays these days.

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  3. Wow, I'm kinda surprised at the prices back then, the washer at Sears was over $300 30+ years ago. Neat to see these ads, thanks for posting them.

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  4. You're welcome. Yeah, appliances used to be very expensive back in the day. The price hasn't moved a lot for the most basic goods in over a generation.

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