Pictures from the 80s/90s

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Inspired by the Island thread, the Sightings thread, and the Brick crap thread:

[fancollector12]

NICE. Where were all these pictures taken?

[Andrew G.]

Holy hell, the K-Mart shots bring back memories.

I despised those stupid cantilever shelf mounts. First seen at Target, later seen at Caldor, eventually seen at Sears towards the very end... ugh.

[Rick M.]

Really neat shots. I love the old display pictures.

[Colin]

This is awesome, it really brings back memories. The banana fan in the kitchen is a really cool pic.

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Me too, Andrew.

First pic was at a McDonalds in Green Bay.
Second two pics where at Dan's Fan City in St Paul.
Fourth pic was a bookstore in Indiana.
Fifth-eighth pics are Kmart in Madison, WI
Ninth pic is my uncle's old house in St Paul, MN
Tenth pic is Target. Dont remember what city.

[Jean Lemieux]

Lovely and nostalgic pictures. (Not just the fans but the clothing style and the General Electric light bulb boxes too) Thanks for posting. Were they all took by you or some members of your family? If not where did you found them?

It looks like you on the 3rd pictures trying to turn on that fan.

I remember the fourth picture that was posted here before around June 2006 in the Dayton Lasko thread you made. It's a cool install. The pull chains seems in reach. Theses track and spot lights with the thick heads are so 70s, 80s, 90s ish. That was before everything GU -10 became popular.

I have never seen a hugger like that white Avion fan.

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Yes that's my cousin, my dad, and I at Dan's Fan City. Also my cousins in the bananafan picture.

All of the pictures were taken by me or a family member. I have TONS more but these were my favorites.

[John "Rockin" Reed]

Great pics, Dan!

I particularly like the K-Mart display as it is reminiscent of the one my K-Mart had when it moved to its current location in spring of 1991.

I remember that obscure rosewood fan.

[Adam D.]

Oh no.. It's little Dan Neuman, Run I tells ya..

There was a day when McDonalds had very interesting fans.. Those days are to be looong gone..

[mndoss06]

Great pics Dan! Those bring back a lot of memories with me too. Could you post the other pics that you have too?

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Eventually.

[Andrew G.]

Nov 9, 2012 23:45:49 GMT -5 Adam D. said:

There was a day when McDonalds had very interesting fans.. Those days are to be looong gone..

Oh.. you mean any fans at all?

(Surprisingly enough, some McDonalds around me actually do still have fans for some reason. Nothing overly special, but fans nonetheless.)

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All McDonalds here had Delta II's when I was a kid. The last one with Delta II's remaining was JUST renovated this summer. I thought about asking for the fans, but they were in ROUGH shape.

There are a couple new ones with Hunters, and one with Fantasy Flyers.

[Adam D.]

Nov 10, 2012 0:42:23 GMT -5 Andrew G. said:

Nov 9, 2012 23:45:49 GMT -5 Adam D. said:

There was a day when McDonalds had very interesting fans.. Those days are to be looong gone..

Oh.. you mean any fans at all?

(Surprisingly enough, some McDonalds around me actually do still have fans for some reason. Nothing overly special, but fans nonetheless.)

Pretty much.. I traveled out of the area and there was a fancy updated McDonalds that had some kind of big Palm tree leaf ceiling fan running at a slow speed.. Back when each Mcdonalds had ceiling fans around here, each had different fans in them.. One had Moss Caribbean Breeze Industrials, one had a few 42" Panasonics up till around 2005 when it closed and now it's boarded up.. Another Had chunky early 80s five blade GE vents which were removed by the late 80s, and a few with Hunter Originals.. By the mid 1990s most Mcdonalds around here had the ceiling fans removed.. Now Zero Mcdonalds have them..