Where Was This Taken? [[1940s)

**kathy2trips** · January-16-12, 02:47 PM

I'm trying to get some information from my 86 year-old mom on various photos and this one has us both stumped. Can you guys help? My mom worked at the tobacco company in the 1940s and would spend her lunch hour at the record store next door. The tobacco store was owned by a nice Lebanese family named Thomas, who we are still friendly with, but the kids can't remember where it was, either. Ma thinks it was somewhere on Mack but we're not 100% sure of the address or cross streets. Can you pinpoint the location? Thanks. You guys are the best!

**Detroitnerd** · January-16-12, 02:53 PM

http://books.google.com/books?id=pBw...etroit&f=false

**Detroitnerd** · January-16-12, 02:54 PM

http://books.google.com/books?id=UiA...etroit&f=false

**jcole** · January-16-12, 03:03 PM

The address is 7912 Mack Ave Name: jaycee music.JPG
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**kathy2trips** · January-16-12, 03:04 PM

Well, apparently the music store has gained some notoriety, and I know the tobacco store ran afoul of the ATF when they forgot to pay federal taxes.....

Thank you,
jcole
you've answered some questions for me in the past and I appreciate your awesome research skills.

FYI: Both buildings are gone now, but 7900 Mack [[a charming corner building, now for sale) still stands. RIP my ma's old 'hood!

**Detroitnerd** · January-16-12, 03:07 PM

Just west of Van Dyke, I'd say. Street view shows nothing original left on the north side of the street.

**jcole** · January-16-12, 03:08 PM

You're very welcome Kathy. I enjoy doing it

**sycloneman** · January-16-12, 03:18 PM

Wow...those were the days... "Candy, cigars, cigarettes, papers, school supplies" Now adays we don't even like Ronald peddling cheeseburgers to the kids!

**kathy2trips** · January-16-12, 03:25 PM

You bet! "The Greatest Generation" grew up to become great, despite the non-PC environment. Sure makes you think..........

**trstar** · January-20-12, 08:46 PM

Originally Posted by kathy2trips

You bet! "The Greatest Generation" grew up to become great, despite the non-PC environment. Sure makes you think..........

I don't know what this means......

**kathy2trips** · March-01-12, 09:36 PM

"The Greatest Generation" was a book by Tom Brokaw about the people born in the 1910-1930 generation. Sorry I didn't explain the reference.

**Richard** · January-16-12, 03:39 PM

Originally Posted by sycloneman

Wow...those were the days... "Candy, cigars, cigarettes, papers, school supplies" Now adays we don't even like Ronald peddling cheeseburgers to the kids!

I agree ,also nowadays people go to evil Wal Mart to get their sundries which is probably why those stores went by the wayside.

**kathy2trips** · January-16-12, 03:59 PM

I'm going to the hospital now to see Ma, so I'll bring the laptop to show her this thread [[and ask if I can post more pix from the old neighborhood). She'll really get a kick out of this! LOL

**jerrytimes** · January-20-12, 09:28 PM

Originally Posted by sycloneman

Wow...those were the days... "Candy, cigars, cigarettes, papers, school supplies" Now adays we don't even like Ronald peddling cheeseburgers to the kids!

Wish things were like this again.

**Wheels** · March-01-12, 09:56 PM

Originally Posted by sycloneman

Wow...those were the days... "Candy, cigars, cigarettes, papers, school supplies" Now adays we don't even like Ronald peddling cheeseburgers to the kids!

http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news...nt-20120229-ms

How about candy crack pipes?

**EZZ** · January-16-12, 03:35 PM

Great find. That's why I love this forum.
WOW look at those prices for being the 40's?
Stereo wasn't even invented yet.

**Gannon** · January-16-12, 04:00 PM

Originally Posted by EZZ

Great find. That's why I love this forum.
WOW look at those prices for being the 40's?
Stereo wasn't even invented yet.

Is that how far back that listing is from, Jcole?! I'd love to put those prices into a dollar inflation calculator to see what they'd be worth today.

Cheers!

**jcole** · January-16-12, 04:07 PM

Originally Posted by Gannon

Is that how far back that listing is from, Jcole?! I'd love to put those prices into a dollar inflation calculator to see what they'd be worth today.

Cheers!

It was in the Oct. 5, 1946 edition of "The Billboard"

**Eric_c** · January-16-12, 04:22 PM

Originally Posted by EZZ

Great find. That's why I love this forum.
WOW look at those prices for being the 40's?
Stereo wasn't even invented yet.

Stereo? No, no ma'am...the camera shop is across the street...what we're talking about here is the finest in electrically produced sound! But, fear not - there's a Radiola for every purse!

These superhetrodynes require no external antennae and NO BATTERIES!

And I assure you, with these fine cabinets - in your choice of wood - your investment will outlast even the two of us!

Please...with your permission, let the machine do the talking...relax...and listen to crisp, clear sound...as if the announcer were standing right here!

**downtown_racine** · January-16-12, 05:06 PM

Great pics, thanks for sharing. I am also amazed at how expensive a phonograph was. Jeez.

**kathy2trips** · January-16-12, 10:00 PM

Originally Posted by downtown_racine

Great pics, thanks for sharing. I am also amazed at how expensive a phonograph was. Jeez.

Look at the brand names...I think these are jukeboxes, not record players.

**Hermod** · January-17-12, 05:12 AM

Originally Posted by EZZ

Great find. That's why I love this forum.
WOW look at those prices for being the 40's?
Stereo wasn't even invented yet.

Those were jukeboxes, not your table-top Victrola.

**Baselinepunk** · January-17-12, 08:24 AM

"Wow...those were the days... "Candy, cigars, cigarettes, papers, school supplies""

Yeah, today we just call those places "CVS".

You can get booze and drugs there, too. lol.

**jerrytimes** · January-20-12, 09:36 PM

Originally Posted by Baselinepunk

"Wow...those were the days... "Candy, cigars, cigarettes, papers, school supplies""

Yeah, today we just call those places "CVS".

You can get booze and drugs there, too. lol.

Yeah, but back then you weren't looked down upon for by school supplies and a pack of Winstons.

**Whitehouse** · January-16-12, 05:25 PM

So this would roughly be the same vantage point.

The brickwork on the left seems to be the same as in that vintage photo. So that semi storage lot would be the place where these stores used to be.