speaking of gone, but not forgotten: anyone remember these?
Posted on 08/19/2011 8:16:03 AM PDT by US Navy Vet
Old brands never die — they just fade away until someone figures a way to capitalize on the nostalgia for them.
From candy to retailers, even the biggest names can fall out of favor. Some disappear forever while others just become harder to find.
Eventually — if enough folks start playing "remember when?" — someone will take notice and try to cash in.
Remember Narragansett Beer? Rhode Island-based Narragansett Brewing opened for business in 1890. In 1981, the original Cranston brewery was closed and due to poor management by Falstaff (which had bought the brand in 1965) andproduction came to a near stand-still. In 2005, Mark Hellendrung, former president of Nantucket Nectars, along with a group of investors, bought the brand back from Falstaff
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I forgot about Nasty Bo. I hope Grain Belt and Schlitz are dead and gone.
Equipment still has “Case IH” name.
Falstaff, the Thirst Slacker, as Ol’ Diz used to say (Pee Wee too).
Back in the 60s I was killing time in a bar one afternoon with some buddies. A beer distributor walked in and offered free Falstaffs (as much as you could drink while he was there) to the patrons. As a poor college student, I didn’t turn him down, but one fellow refused to drink the free beer—for good reason. Yecchhh!
Wow, what a great post, it brings back so many memories!
I’m surprised they didn’t mention the Pan Am building, a smaller skyscraper that rises up north of Grand Central Station. In its final demise the great logo was taken down and now Met Life has it, but it is not the same. And besides, Met Life already had and has a great old (smaller still) building in the 20s, with a handy clock! That’s the one you see in their commercials.
And chiclets! I remember these for sale in little two packs, from little penny vending machines in the subway.
Depending on who exactly inhabits it next...the office of President of the US...........
My first real job as an engineer out of college in the mid-90s was with a company called “Zycad.” Their main product was a “hardware accelerator”—filing-cabinet-sized computer hardware that semiconductor companies would use to test chip designs before sending them off for fabrication. I was laid off in 1996, and the company went away in 1997.
A few weeks ago, someone suggested that I check out the old web site. The new “Zycad” is a company that makes toilet accessories.
I guess the only thing the new and old companies have in common is the concept of “garbage in, garbage out.”
speaking of gone, but not forgotten: anyone remember these?
All the grand old beers are dying out but Blatz is the gift that keeps on giving!
Ah, FW Woolworth’s. Their lunch counter was my treat to myself as a working teenager. Downtown Houston on my day off. Lunch and a movie at Loew’s.
Case IH is slowly becoming Case New Holland. all parts come in a yellow and grey package with CNH printed on them. And they are owned by parent company Fiat. I am all John Deere now.
And the great Packard Clipper car!
C&O Railroad
Baldwin Locomotives
Duz (detergent)
Bonomo's Turkish Taffy (your Dentist's best friend)
Lucky Strike
Raleigh (cigarettes)
Handi-wrap
How about old political parties that once contributed to the country’s greatness but now have fallen into decrepitude? The Federalists. The Whigs. The Bull Moose. The Wobblies. The Democrats...
How?
American Motor Company. If it stuck around for 20 years longer, it would be the most popular car company right now.
My family drank Rheingold:
A lot of brand names get bought by some company just to use the name for very inexpensive goods.
I still see Bell & Howell cameras but they are no where near the quality of the old products. Same for Argus.
I noticed Schrade knives went out of business a few years ago but I still see them for sale. Not sure if it is old stock or someone has bought the name.
Some others such as Vivitar are still selling decent products but not as good as they once were.
I’ll bet you never had a delightful Hulls Export. The joke was that the government made them export it
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