Local Color: Random Omaha and Council Bluffs pics

Downtown Omaha






The old Center Mall




The old Richman Gordmans/ Half Price Store in Council Bluffs


Old building ads



W.C. Franks sign at gas station in Council Bluffs
I have to look further into this. W.C. Franks was a local chain of arcades that served hot dogs that I used to go to all the time, from grade school through high school. The last one disappeared years ago (It's now a Nickle A Play arcade). So, I was a bit surprised when I looked up while filling the car and saw a W.C. Franks sign.


The old Florence post office.

Even more vintag ads. Believe it!

Service Merchandise

Bygone Omaha retailer Richman Gordman hosted He-Man and Skeletor

Bygone Omaha video store Applause Video brought the Ecto-1 to town. I remember going to this one. Very cool car; ranks up there with the Batmobile and the Mach 5 for bad-ass rides.

Bygone "mom & pop" Omaha toy store, Yountown.

Toys Plus. My first toy retail love. This was a medium sized regional chain based out of St. Charles, MO. They had 2 locations in Omaha before going under. As far as I can tell, they tried to expand into Texas, went head-to-head with Toys R Us and got clobbered. Fantastic stores with tons of toys. If anyone ha anything related to Toys Plus, drop me a line at geektarded@cox.net


This is the ad for the live Masters of the Universe store apearance at Toys Plus (see the photo from the actual appearance down below a few enteries)