When I was a kid, I thought a local store called Super Card Gallery was one of the coolest places to shop. It is long gone now, and I can't really remember when it opened, or when it went out of business. It apparently was a chain, but I'm not sure if it was national or regional (I'm betting on the latter). I remember it being quite large inside, like department-store size, although my memories may have distorted some of those details.
As the name suggests, it was a Hallmark-esque shop with greeting cards and whatnot, but it carried so much more. It had tons of party supplies, tons of stickers for the sticker-collection enthusiast (this was the 80s, after all), fun novelty stuff like fake dog poop, disappearing ink, and whoopie cushions, a newsstand with a great selection, gift stuff, and more.
One of THEE best things about it was their Halloween season. They always seemed to have more stuff than anyone else - it was glorious! Recently, I found a couple of newspaper ads featuring Super Card Gallery. Check out this amazingness!
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| Hartford Courant, Oct 25, 1987 |
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| Hartford Courant, Oct 28, 1988 |
I've been searching for more information about this place, but so far I can't find much -- just some old newspaper ads like these ones, no photos or anything can be found just using Google. Are/were you from the CT area, and do you remember Super Card Gallery? Let me know in the comments!
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