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The Golden Age of Video Stores Owning '70s Shopping

No '80s or '90s childhood was complete without the video store experience.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Published 8 months ago in Wow

Picture this:


It's the early '90s, you just got done with high school for the week, and you're looking for something fun to do with your friends. It's too cold to be outside, but you don't want to go home just yet. Where do you go? The video store of course!


No '80s or '90s childhood was complete without the video store experience, and there is something uniquely nostalgic about the essential, but short-lived business model. 


Here are 25 photos to remind you of the golden age of video stores. 

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    Tower Video store, New York City, 1986.

    The Golden Age of Video Stores Owning '70s Shopping

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    Renting movies at "MovieQuik," a short-lived video rental venture of 7-Eleven, circa 1985.

    The Golden Age of Video Stores Owning '70s Shopping

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    Video rental ads at ShopRight, 1991.

    The Golden Age of Video Stores Owning '70s Shopping

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    Blockbuster video store in Lexington, 1999.

    The Golden Age of Video Stores Owning '70s Shopping

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    The Golden Age of Video Stores Owning '70s Shopping

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    VideoConcepts was eventually sold to Radio Shack, before they all went under.

    The Golden Age of Video Stores Owning '70s Shopping

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    Store in 1988.

    The Golden Age of Video Stores Owning '70s Shopping

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    Quentin Tarantino working at a video rental store in California during the 80's.

    The Golden Age of Video Stores Owning '70s Shopping

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    Hollywood video store in 1999 with Sega Dreamcast console.

    The Golden Age of Video Stores Owning '70s Shopping

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    A selection of Atari video games at a Gold Circle discount department store, 1983.

    The Golden Age of Video Stores Owning '70s Shopping

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    Ad for an early 80s store.

    The Golden Age of Video Stores Owning '70s Shopping

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    Video store in Cincinnati, OH, 1988.

    The Golden Age of Video Stores Owning '70s Shopping

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    The Golden Age of Video Stores Owning '70s Shopping

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    A Chicago Blockbuster in 1991.

    The Golden Age of Video Stores Owning '70s Shopping

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    The Golden Age of Video Stores Owning '70s Shopping

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    “My Aunt running her own video store in the late 80s.”

    The Golden Age of Video Stores Owning '70s Shopping

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    Wegmans "Video Rental Store" in the 90's. This was a store within a store at Wegmans supermarkets.

    The Golden Age of Video Stores Owning '70s Shopping

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    The Golden Age of Video Stores Owning '70s Shopping

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    The Golden Age of Video Stores Owning '70s Shopping

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    The Golden Age of Video Stores Owning '70s Shopping

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    A video rental store in Spain, mid to late 80s.

    The Golden Age of Video Stores Owning '70s Shopping

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