2016 marks our 90^th year in business. We’re extremely proud to have been in business for so long and have the opportunity to be a part of so many memorable moments in our customers’ lives. Our store has lived through the roaring twenties, the Great Depression, World War II, the Golden Age, the Vietnam and Cold War, and the Great Recession. To truly appreciate the length of time we have been in business, we thought we’d highlight some things that occurred or were created after Kloiber Jewelers first opened our doors.

1. PEZ candy – 1927
2. Quartz crystal watches -1927
3. Automatic commercial bread slicers – 1927
4. Kool-Aid – 1927
5. Spray cans – 1927
6. Penicillin – 1928
7. Bubble gum – 1928
8. Electric refrigerators – 1928
9. Car radios – 1929
10. The Academy Awards – 1929
11. Chocolate chips – 1930
12. The Star Spangled Banner – 1931
13. Polaroid photography -1932
14. Amelia Earhart’s solo Atlantic flight – 1932
15. FM radio – 1933
16. Drive-in movie theaters – 1933
17. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) – 1934
18. Monopoly – 1935
19. The Social Security Act – 1935
20. Canned beer -1935
21. Nylon – 1935
22. Gone with the Wind – 1936
23. Photocopiers – 1937
24. The Golden Gate Bridge – 1937
25. Antihistamines – 1937
26. Snowmobiles – 1937
27. Ballpoint pens – 1938
28. Parking meters – 1938
29. “The War of the Worlds” radio broadcast – 1938
30. Walt Disney Studios – 1939
31. Batman – 1939
32. Helicopters – 1939
33. The Wizard of Oz film – 1939
34. Pinocchio – 1940
35. McDonald’s – 1940
36. Modern color TVs – 1940
37. Bugs Bunny – 1941
38. Slinkys – 1943
39. Silly putty – 1943
40. The Pentagon – 1943
41. The United Nations – 1945
42. The Cannes Film Festival – 1946
43. Microwave ovens – 1947
44. Tupperware – 1947
45. Frisbees – 1948
46. Jukeboxes – 1948
47. Scrabble – 1948
48. The World Health Organization (WHO) – 1948
49. Barcodes – 1949
50. Zamboni ice resurfacing machines – 1949
51. Credit cards – 1950
52. Saturday morning children’s programming – 1950
53. The Peanuts comic strip – 1950
54. Super glue – 1951
55. Mr. Potato Head – 1952
56. Diet soft drinks – 1952
57. Solar batteries – 1954
58. The Polio vaccine – 1954
59. Disneyland – 1955
60. Velcro – 1955
61. Carbon dating – 1955
62. Sputnik – 1957
63. Leave It to Beaver – 1957
64. NASA – 1958
65. Hula hoops – 1958
66. Barbie dolls – 1959
67. Pacemakers – 1959
68. Alaska and Hawaii becoming states – 1959
69. The Grammy Awards – 1959
70. Weather satellites – 1960
71. The U.S. State lottery – 1964
72. Canadian maple leaf flag – 1965
73. The Sound of Music – 1965
74. Best Buy – 1966
75. Doritos – 1966
76. Twister (the game) – 1966
77. Wite-Out – 1966
78. Kevlar – 1966
79. Medicare – 1966
80. Smoke detectors – 1968
81. The motion picture rating system – 1968
82. ATMs – 1969
83. Astronauts walking on the moon – 1969
84. The 26th U.S. Constitutional Amendment – 1971
85. Pong – 1972
86. People Magazine – 1974
87. Post-it notes – 1974
88. The chicken pox vaccine – 1974
89. Roller blades – 1979
90. The Space Shuttle – 1981