The Apple Store in Northbrook Court in Northbrook, Illinois, originally opened in July 2005. Visitors who attended the opening were given this boxed t-shirt. This shirt is unopened in its original cardboard box, sealed with a silver Apple logo sticker.
The original Apple Store Northbrook Court location was closed and a new location was opened on September 9, 2017.
The Apple Store at 679 North Michigan Avenue (at East Huron Street) was the original Apple Store in Chicago’s loop on the “Magnificent Mile.” The store opened on June 26, 2003. This store originally included an Internet cafe, a class Studio that overlooked an eco-friendly greenroof garden, a forty-foot long Genius Bar, “solution centers” for music, photography and movies, an expanded kids section with seven computer stations connected to the Internet, a software section with hundreds of software titles for the Mac, and a 48-seat theater. This was considered Apple’s first “flagship store.”
I attended this store opening where Apple gave t-shirts to the first visitors. The shirt is white with a blue Apple logo and the words North Michigan Avenue in the Myriad Apple font in light gray. The shirt is in its original packaging.
Apple closed this location on October 20, 2017, and replaced it with Apple Michigan Avenue on Chicago’s riverfront.
The student information system PowerSchool was owned by Apple from 2001–2006. PowerSchool began as an independent company in 1997, was purchased by Apple in 2001, was purchased by Pearson in 2006, and again became an independent company in 2015 when it was purchased by a private equity group.
This Apple PowerSchool insulated cup is stainless steel with a white Apple PowerSchool logo with the logotype in the Myriad Apple font used at the time. I was a PowerSchool user from 2000–2014 while I was a Technology Director in four different school districts.
The student information system PowerSchool was owned by Apple from 2001–2006. PowerSchool began as an independent company in 1997, was purchased by Apple in 2001, was purchased by Pearson in 2006, and again became an independent company in 2015 when it was purchased by a private equity group.
This Apple PowerSchool pen is translucent gray with a white Apple logo and the logotype Apple PowerSchool in the Myriad Apple font used at the time. I was a PowerSchool user from 2000–2014 while I was a Technology Director in four different school districts.
This polished silver valet-style keychain features a white Apple logo. It was available at The Company Store at the Infinite Loop Apple Campus. The keychain measures 98 x 58 mm. It is in its original packaging and sold for $9.95.
This t-shirt was issued in 2002, Apple’s twenty-fifth year as a company, and its twenty-fifth year in the classroom. The shirt is light blue with a dark blue, red-orange, and white design. The brand of the shirt is Comfort Colors and its size is XL. My collection also includes a lapel pin with the same design in the same colors.
This lapel pin was issued in 2002, Apple’s twenty-fifth year as a company, and its twenty-fifth year in the classroom. The pin has yellowed with age, but was originally light blue with a dark blue, red-orange, and white design. The pin measures 25 x 18 mm. My collection also includes a t-shirt with the same design in the same colors.
I acquired this Apple logo laptop case with a PowerBook 1400 and all its accessories. Its perfect fit for this device and its accessories indicates that the laptop case may have been released at the same time as PowerBook 1400.
The laptop case is black and features an embroidered six-color logo. The internal adjustable Velcro divider allows space for a laptop and power cord, while inside pockets allow space for 3.5-inch floppy disks, business cards, and other items. Although a perfect fit for a PowerBook 1400 and accessories, the thin canvas of the case does not offer much protection.
One year while visiting a Chicago-area Apple Store coincidentally on Halloween, I noticed that Apple Store employees were giving away Apple-logo items to Trick-or-Treaters. I waited until after designated Trick-or-Treat hours were over, spoke to an employee, let him know I was a collector, and asked for one of the “treats.” The first year I discovered this Apple-logo item giveaway, they were giving plastic Apple-logo flashlights. I have since visited Apple Stores on a few other Halloweens and, for at least two years in a row, they were giving these LIVESTRONG-style wristbands.
These Apple wristbands were from approximately 2015, and I got them at the Northbrook Court Apple Store. They are child-size rubber bracelets in either orange or white with an embossed Apple logo. They measure approximately 60 mm in diameter and are 12 mm wide.