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Vintage tee for the late great Route 1 Miniature Golf and Batting Cage spot made famous by the orange dinosaur that overlooked the highway.

The only version of this I've seen where the great Boston CITGO sign is depicted as it looks at NIGHT. Light neon against a dark background. (Depending on the state of the ever-flickering Kenmore Square landmark.) Often seen behind Fenway when baseball is broadcast- and thereby known even to many non New Englanders. Great gift for sox fans, great gift for Bostonians past and present.

A deliciously obscure piece of PSA History: Massachusetts Electric's energy-saver mascot Lester Lightbulb. As seen on New England TV in the 1970s and 1980s. Great gift for New England people, great gift for Bostonians.

Vintage distressed Logo Tee for the late great General Cinemas movie theatre chain headquartered in Chestnut Hill, MA. Retro Boston / Retro movie theater chain history at its finest. Great gift for New England movie buffs.

Logo Tee for the late great Spinoff Roller Rink of Boston. GreatBirthday Gift for Bostonian children of the 1980s, many of whom saw a Spinoff birthday party skating event as a rite of passage.

The Movie Loft - Boston's own weekend movie show from UHF channel 38. Hosted throughout the 80s by Dana Hersey. Great gift for Boston Cinemaphiles.

Tee or Mug from the late great Gerry's Cancellation Shoes of Newtonville. A classic piece of Newton History. Great gift for Newtonville residents past and present.

Logo tee for the long Defunct Boston Bank Shawmut. Retro vintage gift for anyone alive in the lat 70s in New England. Great throwback to the un-pc era of logo choices.

Wang Computer tee- a throwback to the pre-WYSIWYG computer companies of yesteryear, their green CRTs and phallic names. Great gift for Bostonians of a certain era, or anyone with a fond love for those Halt And Catch Fire era defunct tech companies that used to fill the Route 128 corridor.

You better pack some extra neon scrunchies and friendship bracelets in your trapper keeper- I hear it's school spirit day and people are gonna get radical.

A painted design that used to be on a bomber/windbreaker jacket. A limited edition piece of art from the late great Man Ray club of Boston.

Tee for the late great Arvie's Candies of Beverly, Massachusetts. Great throwback tee to the Boston of Yesteryear and the classic New England candymaker. Candy Shoppes. Chocolate lovers heaven.

Fun play on the Shamrock. It IS made of three hearts, huh? Irish pride = three times the heart. Great St. Patrick's Day / Saint Patrick's Day / St Paddy's / St Patty's gift. The perfect new green Saint Patrick's shirt! (Boy they get you with the permutations of St-Patrick don't they?)

Star Market- New England's own home grown grocer since 1915- as expressed with our beloved Boston Accent. Great funny gift for Boston / Newton / Watertown residents past and present.

Waldenbooks was an American shopping mall-based bookstore chain and a subsidiary of Borders Group. In 2011, the chain was liquidated in bankruptcy. Great gift for book lovers, great gift for readers, great gift for book store fans.

The Tasty Sandwich Shop, often called "The Tasty", was a restaurant that operated from 1916 to 1997 near the intersection of JFK Street and Brattle Street, at the center of Harvard Square, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A favorite for Harvard Students, MIT Students and Boston club hoppers for decades. Once dubbed 'the post profitable restaurant per square foot' owing to packed standing room only in its 210 square feet. The Tasty closed in 1997, after 81 years in business. God bless you, The Tasty- and your slightly too low quotation marks. Great gift for Harvard Alums, great gift for MIT alums, great gift for Harvard Square and Cambridge residents past and present.

V66: The Beat Goes On! The late great home-grown Boston version of MTv, which aired music videos from 1985-1986 before becoming a home shopping channel. Great gift for music lovers from Boston / New England.

Logo tee for the sadly closed New England gay bar Randolph Country Club. Great gift for former regulars!

Logo tee for the sadly closed New England gay sports bar Fritz. Great gift for former regulars of this beloved night spot.

Logo from the late great Boston gay bar Buddies on Boylston Street. A beloved chapter in New England gay history, and much missed by its regulars.

The late great Lansdowne Street night club The AVALON. Famed for Techno DJs, glowsticks and long running Sunday Gay Night. Great retro gift for Boston night clubbers.

Logo tee for the sadly closed New England gay bar LUXOR. Luxor billed itself as Boston's Video Bar. Cool 80's vibe logo with video scan lines on the X. Great gift for former regulars!

Logo tee for the late great Bobby's, a gay bar near Boston Garden on Canal Street. The dance floor was small, and during the weekend mornings it was a place to have brunch. A sorely missed chapter in Boston's LGBT scene. Cool 80s / neon vibe logo.

Logo from the late great Boston gay bar Chaps, which existed at a couple different locations (Back Bay / South End /Theatre District.) A beloved chapter in New England gay history, and much missed by its regulars.

Manray was a nightclub in Central Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was named for Dada artist and photographer, Man Ray. Manray embraced several alternative subcultures and catered to a variety of clientele. Its longest-running night was Campus, a night "for gay men and their friends". Also popular was New Wave Night, held every Saturday, and the club hosted an early Nirvana tour. Great gift for Bostonians past and present. Great gift for New England night club lovers.

Logo from the late great Cambridge gay nightclub Paradise, which existed through 2018 at 180 Massachusetts Ave. A beloved chapter in New England gay history, and much missed by its regulars. Great gift for Bostonians / Cambridge friends.

Purity Supreme: Your Basic Value Store. A great throwback memory for Bostonians and new Englanders. Who can forget those 'where did those basic values go?' commercials? The chain was subsumed by Stop & Shop. Great gift for people from Boston, Newton, Weymouth, Waltham, Watertown, Billerica.

Purity Supreme: Your Basic Value Store. A great throwback memory for Bostonians and new Englanders. Who can forget those 'where did those basic values go?' commercials? The chain was subsumed by Stop & Shop. Great gift for people from Boston, Newton, Weymouth, Watertown, Billerica.

The Hilltop Steakhouse was a chain of restaurants in Eastern Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Hampshire that existed from 1961 to 2013. The original location opened in Saugus, Massachusetts in 1961, and operated until 2013. In a hilltop location with a giant saguaro cactus sign, the restaurant was a landmark on Route 1 north of Boston. The last restaurant existed only as a butcher shop in Weymouth. The other locations with Hilltop restaurants were Hartford, Nashua, Braintree, and Springfield. Who can forget the 60 foot neon cactus sign? Great gift for Bostonians, New Englanders and Steak lovers.

"i'm Robolod and I'm from Mars. i eat all kinds of candy bars." If you didn't grow up in the late 70s / 80s in New England / Boston you probably have no flippin' idea what this is. Youtube it! It's so weird. I wonder if he was actually named Robilliard and his Boston accent just made it seem like Robolard. Or Lod. But hey! Earth Fruit!

Tee shirt for the late great parlours where Newtonians used to get Raspbery Lime Rickeys and Mocha Frappes! A great slice of Newton and Boston history. Someone call Evening Magazine! Great gift for fans of the Newton of yesteryear.

Sunny 70s logo tee for the late great defunct discount clothing retailer Caldor. A great piece of New York / Boston / New England retro nostalgia. Great gift for fans of the swanky 70s vibe that this store logo exhibits.

Throwback Thursday at its finest- celebrate the late great Building 19 with this vintage tee commemorating the great New England discount store chain which lived until 2013. Who can forget those commercials running at 1 in the morning on Channel 56? Great gift for anyone with nostalgiac memories of the Boston area of yesteryear.

Black text / light tee variant of the tee shirt for the late great Building 19 empire, the Boston area discount chain. Retro nostalgia for any New Englander of a certain age!

Tee for the late Boston area toy store Child World. Route 9 was never the same without it. Before radical upstart Toys R Us showed up, Child World was THE place to be!

Logo for the defunct Medi Mart pharmacy chain for the Boston area from the 1950s through the 1970s. Great retro gift for New Englanders.