1976: Before Black Friday Was "Black Friday"
WTVJ-4 reporters Ben Stone and Joan Hall report on Black Friday in these two 1976 stories. Stone focuses on the season's hot toys ( shrunken heads? detectives? Mr. Spock?); Hall takes a more general view.
Forty-five years ago Black Friday was still known as "the day after Thanksgiving," but the tradition of holiday shopping was already well established.
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This clip is derived from news video in the WTVJ Collection. Accession numbers 052-23 & 052-25; airdates November 26 & 27, 1976.