Throwback Thursday: hot item department
<p>From the archives and the year 1976, this item was rolling off the shelves.</p>
The July 26, 1976 issue of National Home Center News, the forerunner of HBSDealer, identified a niche business in whiskey barrels.
Whiskey barrels were described in a caption as "one of the hottest promotional items on the home center market today." The photo was taken at Payless Cashway's Garland, Texas, location.
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