"We had a customer [there] from 1933 to 1998, when he died," Humphreys says. "I still have his first check--three dollars, for a record."
As for the man on the way to Venezuela, "I'll probably never see him again," Humphreys says.
Even after the relocation to Porter Square, a few dozen customers remained loyal to Briggs & Briggs.
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Robert L. Loud '56 is one of them.
He has memories of the store dating to 1950.
"My buying spree began when I was a freshman at Wigglesworth Hall," Loud remembers.
"I was a record collector, and I almost immediately went into debt. I just loved Briggs & Briggs," he says.
Loud is pensive when he learns that Briggs & Briggs is up for sale.
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