The Peoples Store
1101-7 Pacific Avenue
Tacoma, Washington
Full exhibit coming in due course
The on-line museum of North America's independent department stores. The museum holds all sorts of information about classic department stores which either no longer exist, or are changed beyond recognition. A few of them are still with us, and provide an interesting connection to North America's retail past. The others are presented so that they may be properly remembered as a tangible part of the lives of their customers, shopping destinations where memories were often made.
The Peoples Store, Tacoma, Washington
The Peoples Store
1101-7 Pacific Avenue
Tacoma, Washington
Full exhibit coming in due course
Rhodes Brothers, Tacoma, Washington
Rhodes Brothers (1892)
950 Broadway
Tacoma, Washington
Market Street
Budget Store
First Floor
Jewelry • Fine Jewelry • Handbags • Small Leather Goods • Gloves • Umbrellas • Hosiery • Fashion Accessories • Neckwear • Blouses • First Floor Sportswear • Cosmetics • Toiletries • Cameras • Stationery • Candy • Notions
Men's Shop Men's Furnishings • Men’s Sportswear • Men’s Shoes • Men’s Hats • Men’s Corner • The Place
First Floor Balcony
Luggage • Sewing Machines
Second Floor
Intimate Apparel • Sleepwear • Lingerie • Robes • Foundation Shop • Uniforms • Jr. Lingerie • Shoe Salon
Young World Infants' Wear • Tots' Shop • Little Girls' Shop • Girls' Shop • Subteens • Hi Shop • Little Boys' Shop • Boys' Shop • Children's Shoes
Third Floor
Fashion Sportswear • Fashion Dresses • Little Money Dresses • Casual Dresses • Terrace Shop • Knit Shop • Better Sportswear • Better Dresses • Young Sophisticate • Young Tempo • Ms. Shop • Boulevard Shop • Formal Shop • The Gold Room • Bridal Shop • Career Coats • Salon Coats • Dress Circle • Salon Suits • Fur Salon • Millinery • Maternity Shop
Miss Tacoma Shop Junior Dresses • Junior Sportswear • Junior Coats • Juniorette Shop • The Place
Fourth Floor
Linens • Bedding • China • Glassware • Silver • Gifts • Accessories for the Home • Pictures and Mirrors • Housewares • Electricals • Major Appliances • Art Needlework • Books • Toy World • Sporting Goods
Fifth Floor
Curtains • Draperies • Yardage • Rugs • Lamps • Furniture • Mattresses • Televisions • Radios • Stereos • Credit Office • Cash Office • Personnel Office
Sixth Floor
Tea Room • Photo Studio • Beauty Salon
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| November 12, 1954 |
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| March 15, 1957 |
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| October 27, 1960 |
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| May 3, 1963 |
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| February 14, 1964 |
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| October 1, 1965 |
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| 1974 |
The Diamond, Charleston, West Virginia
The Diamond, on Capitol Street in West Virginia's capital city.
The Diamond
Capitol and Washington Streets
Charleston, West Virginia
DOWNTOWN STORE DIRECTORY (226,000 sq. ft.)
Basement
Hickory Farms Shop • Budget Store
Street Floor
Fine Jewelry • Costume Jewelry • Fashion Accessories • Handbags • Gloves • Hosiery • Fashion Accessories • Hat Bar • Wig Salon • Naturalizer Shop • Street Floor Lingerie • Blouses • Sweaters • Street Floor Sportswear • Toiletries • Cosmetics • Notions • Stationery • Candy • Bake Shop • Luncheonette
Men's Store Men's Furnishings • Men's Shoes • Men's Sportswear • Men's Wear • Readgate Shop • Tennis Shop
Mezzanine
Beauty Salon
Fashion Floor
Shoe Salon • Sportswear • Misses' Dresses • Pin Money Shop • Daytime Dresses • Coats • Suits • Fur Salon • Concept Shop • The Place • The Colony Room • Boutique • Bridal Salon • Lingerie • Foundations • Robes • Maternity Shop
Young W. Va. Shop Junior Dresses • Junior Sportswear • Junior Coats
Third Floor
Lamps • Pictures and Mirrors • Draperies • Furniture • Sleep Shop • Carpet Center
Fourth Floor
Infants' Wear • Toddlers' Wear • Girls' Wear 3-6x • Girls' Wear 7-14 • Girls' Accessories • Jr. High Shop • Little Brother Shop • Boys' Wear • Boys' Furnishings • Children's & Teen Shoes • Toys • Linens • Domestics • Fashion Fabrics • Art Needlework • Trin the Tree Shop
Fifth Floor
Housewares • China • Silver • Gifts • Electronics • Major Appliances • Book Shop • Paints • Cafeteria
Grand Central Mall (1972)
Parkersburg
100,000 sq. ft.
Harry S. Manchester, Inc. Madison, Wisconsin
Manchester's On The Square in Madison.
View of Manchester's on Mifflin Street; The Madison Room on the second floor is visible on the right.
Manchester's First Floor
Harry S. Manchester, Inc. (Manchester’s)
2 East Mifflin St.
Madison, Wisconsin
ALpine 7-4321
ON THE SQUARE STORE DIRECTORY
Parking Level
Junior Collection • Miss M Jr. • Blissity • Blissity’s Wild Honey Park • Instep Shoes • Pre-Teens • Teen Colony • Canned Ego Hair Salon • Luggage
First Floor
Cosmetics • Fashion Accessories • Neckwear • Fashion Handbags • Jewelry • Hosiery • Gloves • Umbrellas • Notions • Stationery • Books • Candies • Blouses • On 1 Sportswear • On 1 Dresses • The Man’s Shop • The Prep Shop • T.M.A.
Second Floor
Fashion Dresses • Sportswear Fashions • Fashion Coats • Ms. Madisonian Shop • Custom Station • Esprit • The Designer Shop • Bridal Salon • Fur Salon • Fashion Shoes • The Madison Room Restaurant
Third Floor
Boyswear • Girlswear • Children’s Wear • Baby Shop • Children’s Shoes • Lingerie • Sleepwear • Corsets
Fourth Floor
Ilse’s Living Room • Panorama Salon • Toys
Store for Homes
Lower Level
Housewares
First Floor
Cameras • Bath Shop • Gifts • Silver • China • Glassware • Bedding and Linens
Second Floor
Home Accessories • Lamps • Sleep Shop • Dual Sleep • Rugs • Carpets • Draperies • Homne Entertainment Center
Third Floor
Art Needlework • Fashion Fabrics • Tea Room
BRANCH STORES
East Washington Avenue
The Terrace Room
Campus Corners (1962)
State and Frances
West Towne (1970)
58,000 sq. ft.
Northridge (1975)
Milwaukee
The Robert Simpson Montreal Limited
Simpson's austerely handsome edifice on Ste. Catherine Street was built in stages from 1928 to 1930, and expanded in 1954.
Bedford limestone faced the store, with bronze deatils at the windows and entrances.
Detail of Simpson's street floor entrances.
Sketch of the store's street floor.
The Robert Simpson Montreal Limited
977 Rue Ste.-Catherine
Montreal, Quebec
VI 2-7221
DOWNTOWN STORE DIRECTORY
Street Floor
Power Tools (774) • Hardware (774) • Garden Shop (774) • Lawn Mowers (774) • Paints (772) • Home Comfort (771) • Automotive Accessories (713) • Honey Tree Restaurant
Simpsons Basement Store
Street FloorJewellery (703) • Watches (706) • Cosmetics (701) • Drugs and Vitamins • Scarves (709) • Gloves (708) • Street Floor Blouses (709) • Accessories (709) • Handbags (702) • Small Leather Goods (702) • Boutique Vendome (711) • Hosiery (707) • Wig Bar (711) • Candy (705) • Stationery (768) • The Book Shelf (768) • Gift Shop (767) • Canadiana Shop (767) • Notions (710) • Cameras (704) • Office Equipment (704) • Luggage (760) • Dubois Pastry • Men’s Furnishings (713) • Men's Razors (706) • Boutique Seigneur Shop (713) • Tobacco (706) • Men’s Sportswear (712) • Dunhill Humidor (717)
Second Floor
Children’s Wear (744) • Infants' and Childrens's (744) • Girls' Wear (745) • Children’s Shoes (722) • Women’s Shoes (721) • Boys' Clothing (714) • Men’s Shoes (723) • Shop for Young Men (715) • Men’s Clothing (712) • Men’s Tailored-To-Measure Shop (712)
Fashion Floor - The Third
Women's Sportswear (736) • Action Sports Shop (736) • The Beach Shop (736) • Dresses (734) • Coats and Suits (731) • Millinery (730) • Salon Perruques (730) • Salon Vendome (733) • Millinery Vendome (733) • Bride's Counsel (733) • Miss Simpson Shop (735) • Fur Salon (740)
Fourth Floor
Lingerie (742) • Intimate Apparel (741) • Corsets and Brassieres (741) • Fabric Centre (727) • Wool & Art Needlework (782) • White Sewing Machines (728) • Linens and Beddings (751) •
Vacuums (748) • Floor Coverings (750) • Rugs (750) • Lamps (754) • Curtains and Draperies (753 • Toytown 470 • Sporting Goods 469 • Credit Office • Customer Service
Fifth Floor
Silverware (746) • China and Glassware (757) • Rosenthal Studio • Wedgwood Room • Bride’s Gift Registry • Housewares (755) • "Bon Appetit" Shop (757) • Home Appliances (756) • Small Appliances (747) • Television Radio (770) • Records (770) • Elizabeth Arden Salon • Gift Wrapping • Toytown (759) • Sporting Goods (758) • Luggage (760)
Sixth Floor
Treasure House (743) • Personalized Stationery Shop (743) • Furniture (769) • Garden Furniture (769) • Mattresses (769) • Simpsons Picture Gallery (743) • Interior Decorating Service (769) • Pictures and Mirrors (769)
Seventh Floor
Credit Office • Customer Service • Portrait Studio • Simpsons Travel Service • Post Office • Optical and Hearing Aid Centre
Trans Canada Hwy. and St. Johns Road
153,000 sq. ft.
Café Vendome
Metropolitan Blvd. at Montée St.-Leonard
180,000 sq. ft.
Café Carrousel
120,000 sq. ft.
Boston Store, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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| Boston Store's collection of 5- and 7-story buildings were featured in its advertising from a very early date |
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| Anchoring the west end of the shopping district along West Wisconsin Avenue, the store was subtly changed and embellished over the years. |
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| Post-war optimism was expressed in this rendition of the store from the 1940s. |
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| Boston Store - "The Heart of Milwaukee" |
Boston Store (1900)
331 West Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
BRoadway 1-5020
Lower Level
Records & Tapes 712 • Cameras 290 • Patio and Garden Shop 675 • Casual Furniture
First Floor
Avenue Sportswear 385 • Avenue Blouses 230 • Dress Accessories 251 • Fashion Jewelry 145 • Fine Jewelry 142 • Fine Contemporary Jewelry 144 • Handbags 170 • Hosiery 251 • Millinery 410 • Jewel Boxes 170 • Leather Goods 170 • Gloves 260 • Hat Bar • Cosmetics • Hearing Aids 125 • Razor Shop 126 • Notions 100 • Avenue Shoes 428 • Shoe Loft 428 • Candy 210 • Stationery 200 • Le Garbage 200 • Books 190 • Calculators 201 • Wines and Liquors 744 • Gourmet Shop • Notions • Beauty Aids
Men’s Shops Men’s Clothing 500 • Men’s Outerwear • Men’s Shoes 540 • Gallery Sportswear 515 • Men’s Tailored Sportswear 505 • Men’s Accessories 511 • Men’s Furnishings 510 • Men’s Sportswear 576 • Men’s Coordinates 575 • Men’s Sport Furnishings 576 • Men’s Casual Sportswear 577 • Gear Shop 502 • Levis 503 • Varsity Shop 502
Balcony
Service Balcony • Optical Department • Surgical Department
Fashion Second
Coat Shop 320 • Ski Shop 572 • Avenue Coats 328 • Suits 322 • Fur Salon • Misses’ Avenue Dresses 368 • Contemporary Budget Dresses 369 • Women’s World 387 • Women’s Avenue Dresses 348 • Women’s Dresses 334 • Town & Country Casuals 383 • Club Sport 389 • Better Sportswear 390 • Sport Shop 359 • 80 Sportswear 582 • 80 Dresses 355 • Pacesetter Dresses 355 • Pacesetter Sportswear 380 • Colony Room 357 • Crystal Room 358 • Cosmopolitan Room 355 • Milwaukee Room 354 • Shoe Salon 421, 423 • Millinery
Third Floor
Junior Center Junior Sportswear 372, 375 • Junior Dresses 374 • Junior Coats 373 • Young Juniors 377 • Junior Shoes
Sleepwear 430 • Robes 480 • Body Shapers 451 • Lingerie 440 •Maternity Shop 352
Youth Center Girls’ & Teens Accessories 466 • Girls’ 7 Teens Lingerie • Children’s Shoes 479 • Infants 460 • Infants’ Furniture 463 Girls’ 4-6x 464 • Girls’ 7-14 471 • Teens 473 • Toddlers • Boys 4-7 465 • Boys 8-20 550, 552
Fourth Floor
Lamps 640 • Paintings 700 • Pictures and Mirrors 700 • Occasional Furniture 606 • Upholstered Furniture 601 • Bedroom and Dining Room Furniture 602 • Sleep Shop 603 • Dual Sleep 603 • Floor Coverings 610 • Carpeting 610
Fifth Floor
Silverware 160 • Glassware 652 • China 650 • Gifts 280 • Wooden Spoon 673 • Housewares 671 • Magicolor Paints 671 • Modern Living 674 • Small Electrical Appliances 672 • Table Linens 61 • Major Appliances 690 • Home Entertainment Center 716, 717 • Luggage 560 • Trim the Home Shop 285 • Hardware • Spic ‘n’ Span Shop
Sixth Floor
Domestics 70 • Bath Shop 62 • Bed Coverings 80 • Draperies 630 • Fashion Fabrics • Art Needlework • Photograph Studio 765 • Green Tree Dining Room
Seventh Floor
Sporting Goods 571 • Golf Shop • Ski Shop 572 • Dairy State • Harry’s Café • Town Hall Auditorium
(516,000 s.f.)
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| Bay Shore Glendale March, 1958 141,000 s.f. Bay Shore Buffet |
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| Boston Village 53rd and Fond du Lac August, 1962 89,000 s.f. |
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| Brookfield Square Brookfield March, 1967 221,000 s.f. Garden Terrace Dining Room |
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| Southridge Greendale October, 1969 221,000 s.f. Garden Court Dining Room |
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| Northridge N. 76th St. at Brown Deer Road 155,000 s.f. The Purple Skillet Restaurant |
Coming in due course.
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