In my perusing to find information on Liberty House, I stumbled across this brilliant ad for calculators in 1972.
Offered at the lowest price they've ever had, a bulking monster of a calculator is priced at an unbelievable low $68.99!
The Summit K-116 "pocket calculator" (lower right corner) is offered at $89.99. It includes a fancy leather case. This calculator was LED... and I know because we owned this model. It broke, but I had no idea my parents used an entire paycheck to buy it.
Partially-related, an ad in the upper right corner announced the joining of forces of Liberty House and Rhodes Stores. Both stores were owned by Amfac and it seemed a logical combination. However, disparities existed between the Liberty House and Rhodes Stores locations, typically in store size. Liberty House was typically much larger and preferred mall locations. Rhodes had off-mall locations and typically smaller footprints, such as Concord and Dublin. Nevertheless, the union lasted until Liberty House left the mainland altogether.
Enjoy!
Scott
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Here are the 16 store locations of the Liberty House/Rhodes chain -
LIBERTY HOUSE
1. EASTRIDGE
2. SOUTHLAND
3. SUNRISE
4. UNION SQUARE (City of Paris)
5. STONESTOWN (C of P'S branch)
RHODES
6. OAKLAND (Downtown)
7. CONCORD (Park n Shop)
8. DUBLIN (Golden Hills SC)
9. MOUNTAIN VIEW (San Antonio Center)
10. FRESNO (Manchester Center)
11 & 12. SACRAMENTO (Southgate Center & Country Club Centre)
13. DOWNTOWN PORTLAND
14. GATEWAY CENTER (Portland)
15. VILLA PLAZA (Lakewood, WA)
16. DOWNTOWN TACOMA (first Rhodes store)
Thanks Randy!
In addition, there was also the Rhodes Southwest chain which remained separate from Liberty House/Rhodes until 1977. Their stores were located in Phoenix (Camelview and Metrocenter), Albuquerque (Coronado Center), El Paso (Cielo Vista Mall), and San Antonio (Wonderland and North Star Mall*). *Via acquisition of the Wolff & Marx branch.
I met my wife at Liberty House, she worked Juniors, this was about 1980. The store was in the League of Macy’s . My family lived in Parkway Estates, and her family lived in the Olive Orchards. Olive Orchards homes were a little bigger than Parkway homes, and had bigger lots. Both neighborhoods were awesome. She worked at Liberty House right up until they closed.
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