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Nov

FOR CYBER MONDAY SHOPPING!

Actor Bill Bixby

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Nov

IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN!

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Sep

THE FALL AND WINTER CATALOG

1957-1958

1963

People in rural areas especially benefited from catalog shopping

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Feb

A HOBBY SHOP IN THE 1950s

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Mar

SAM WALTON ~ BORN ON THIS DATE IN 1918

Samuel Moore "Sam" Walton (March 29, 1918 – April 5, 1992) was a
businessman and entrepreneur born in Kingfisher, Oklahoma best known
for founding the retailers Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club. Walton’s career began
when he joined JP Penney as a management trainee in Des Moines, Iowa
three days after graduating from college in 1940. In 1945, after a stint in
the U.S. Army, Walton took over management of his first variety store.

The first true Wal-Mart opened on July 2, 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas.