On the eve of Mother’s Day, here’s a special, multi-page Mother’s Day
ad from the long-defunct Newburgh
Evening News from Saturday, May 8, 1976. The store is Lloyds, which stood
for years on the current Home Depot site on Union Avenue in the Town of
Newburgh. Lloyd’s was the area’s first superstore – you could grocery shop, buy
clothing, browse hardware and garden supplies and even eat a meal or get a haircut
under one roof. Plus there was a goldfish pond in the lobby! Full of pennies
that people threw in for good luck. Just
for comparison, a 20-gallon metal garbage can was $3.88 in 1976. Freshly baked
sweet buns were six for 59 cents. Yum! A king-size box of Tide detergent was
$1.79. Enjoy and Happy Mother’s Day to mom’s everywhere!
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