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1980-1989

1980-1989 Advertising Vancouver Furniture 

Vancouver Furniture Kids Day — 1989

August 23, 2022August 22, 2022 Peter Paltridge

From late June 1989. It was folksy events like this that kept Vancouver Furniture around. This is also the origin

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1980-1989 Advertising KPDX 

Small Wonder / Out Of This World — KPDX 1989

March 29, 2022March 27, 2022 Peter Paltridge

Here are some typical shows you might find on KPDX in the late 80s. Unarguably the golden age of television,

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1980-1989 KPDX 

KPDX Non-Fox-Related Kids Club — 1988

March 28, 2022March 27, 2022 Peter Paltridge

What’s interesting is that one year before the Fox Kids Club, KPDX called their own block “Kid Club” in an

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1980-1989 KATU News 

KATU Nightcast — February 14, 1984

February 18, 2022December 31, 2024 Peter Paltridge

That evening’s top story: an urgent government recall on Muffins of Death. Appeared after the Sarajevo Olympics on February 14,

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1980-1989 Advertising 

Pietros Pizza Ad — February 1983

February 16, 2022February 15, 2022 Peter Paltridge

A surviving Pietros location is still open in downtown Milwaukie, and the pizza is just as good as it ever

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1980-1989 KATU 

Billboard Valentine — February 1983

February 14, 2022February 15, 2022 Peter Paltridge

Check out the sweet shot of 33rd and Powell circa 1983 in this one: Also, useless thing I remember #5957:

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1980-1989 KATU KGW 

Bud Clark Inaugural Interviews — 1985

February 2, 2022February 2, 2022 Peter Paltridge

Yes, we lost former Mayor Bud Clark on the day I posted this one. Maybe if I was better at

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1980-1989 KPTV Weirdities 

KPTV 3D Movie Intro And Bumpers — June 12, 1982

September 21, 2021September 21, 2021 Peter Paltridge

In the early 80s, the western Comin’ At Ya introduced a revival of the 1950s anaglyph 3D movie trend…in some

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1980-1989 KGW Teletext 

Earliest Known Portland Cable Teletext Footage — 1980

August 28, 2021August 28, 2021 Peter Paltridge

Cable TV used to have a channel about its channels — a teletext schedule that scrolled endlessly. It was scored

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1980-1989 Advertising Smiths 

Smiths Opens Second Location — 1981

July 24, 2021August 9, 2021 Peter Paltridge

It’s about time we got some Smiths ads up here. You got at least one Smiths Home Furnishings commercial during

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