Vintage Postcard - Downtown San Jose - near First and Santa Clara Streets

            YAY!  I finally found one of these... and only 25 cents!

For over a century, Downtown San Jose was the South SF Bay’s premier destination for shopping, dining, and entertainment. The area was home to a variety of department stores, five and dimes, and specialty shops. As in cities across the nation, post World War II suburban expansion spelled trouble for the once bustling downtown. In some instances, businesses followed the consumers. In other cases, the doors would close for good.
Here’s a postcard I had been looking for, for a while. It’s near the corner of First and Santa Clara Streets in the 1960s, with THRIFTY Drugs, J.C. Penney, and ROOS ATKINS. By the early 1970s, both Penney’s and Roos Atkins were gone. I just love that clock on the side of the Roos Atkins building, don’t you?

Taken on: October 26, 2024

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