Last week I spent a few hours looking at the artifacts that the Rich Foundation has generously allowed us to use. It was a walk back in time and with a focus to the beautiful items available to purchase. I don’t have room to post an image of everything so I captured a few pictures of newspaper ads, one more mid-century and one from the early 70’s. Perimeter Mall is still around and still has vendors offering more upscale and luxury goods. Lots of good restaurants are there too-bonus!
I’m so very excited to do a “store front window” display at the museum! I’ve sketched out my idea and will present it to the manager this upcoming week. After that I’ll share with you!
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I’m very excited to be in planning for an amazing exhibit at a museum near me, the Hapeville Depot Museum. More on the exhibit in a minute but first let me share a bit about this very interesting place. In addition to being a repository of local history, and also artifacts, of the railroad and Delta Airlines, they also dig deep into local history to include the Ford plant, counted as one of the most consistently productive, and also art that plays out history.
There was an amazing store in downtown Atlanta called Rich’s, founded in 1867 by Morris Rich. Rich’s was where you could get lost in a store full of beautiful displays, eat lunch, purchase luscious fabrics and sewing patterns, and bring your children to ride the pink pig during the holidays. It really was a local mainstay.
We’re getting artifacts from the downtown Rich’s store next week and I’ll share more in a few weeks. The first planning session included a meeting with the director, digging through magazines from the 50’s and 60’s, and an initial space planning for the exhibit. I love doing this, there are so many of my favorite activities wrapped up into one.
For now, I’ve got a link for you to dig into with a lot of details on the Rich’s Department Store. I’m leaving you with the iconic Rich’s holiday tree in this post and my intro image of the Rich’s clock. If you saw the clock image you knew it was about Rich’s-maybe the first branding ever?
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