This is a 1960s shopping bag graphic from Majors Department Store in Staten Island,
New York. A contemporary of W.T. Grant, this store was a rather unique predecessor to
KMart and other "big box stores" of its kind. Having grown up in Staten Island in the 1970s
and 80s, I remember this store quite well… Especially for its art and craft supplies and long, deep
wells of records. Each record browser was fitted with carpeting to keep the merchandise from being
damaged by the shuffling of customers' hands (and possibly to keep shoppers from getting splinters).
Below is a Majors 1964 Christmas circular from The Staten Island Advance.
The following item has already been cut, arranged and pasted into a new collage diptych,
but before doing so, I photographed it so it could be seen it in all of its two-tone offset glory.
