Yard Bird Store Mascot - Ginormous Everyday Objects on Waymarking.com

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Yard Birds was originally a surplus store started in 1947 in Centralia, Washington. While originally selling war surplus, Yard Birds became more of a discount store with many departments including hardware, toys, shoes and clothing, automotive, pets, sporting goods, furniture, a full-service grocery, and more. The Yard Birds stores had a 60 foot long mascot that used a black bird with a yellow beak, reminiscent of the cartoon characters Heckle and Jeckle.

In 1947 Two friends, Bill Jones and Rich Gillingham, start Two Yard Birds Surplus in Centralia, Washington. Later that year they move the store to just north of Chehalis, Washington.

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