The Department Store Museum

Welcome to the Museum

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Please note that The Department Store Museum is undergoing renovation at present - "Pardon us while we improve to serve you better!"

The Department Store Museum is an on-line homage to America's great, late-lamented department stores. There is an extraordinary amount of information about many of these stores - logos, floor directories, ads, etc., and it is hoped that, by displaying them in a museum format, visitors may reminisce about their experiences with them. Since the traditional department store exists only in the memories of those fortunate enough to have experienced them in their heydey, it seems appropriate to share the information with anyone who enters. The goal is to spread history, fond memories, and a sense of what it was like to shop in these stores, which were individual, and unique to their time and respective places.

On an editorial note, the museum asks the question: why are we not good enough for such a gamut of retail options today? Take a look inside and formulate your own opinion.

The postings, in the form of exhibits about each store, will begin with Chicago's Marshall Field & Company, and continue as time allows.

See a lecture about Jacobson's,
as presented at the Baldwin
Public Library on 24 Jan. 2012
(click the photo)
photo by Carroll DeWeese

Jacobson's-I Miss It So!
has just been honored by
the State of Michigan as a
"Michigan Notable Book."

Read a review

Hear an interview with the author!

Return to the elegance of Jacobson’s, a beloved Michigan institution

for well over one hundred years. Reenter the marvelous stores

and meet the personalities who transformed Jacobson’s

from its humble Reed City origins to a staple of sophistication

throughout the region and in Florida.

The brainchild of a retail genius, this deluxe specialty store

gave customers a peerless social, shopping and dining destination.

Experience anew the refined beauty of its Williamsburg-style
Grosse Pointe store, the chic designer world of its
Birmingham ensemble or the charm and allure of its original
Florida branch in Sarasota revealing, along the way,
secrets that made Jake’s the dazzling store it was

and why it remains so profoundly missed by anyone
who entered through its solid wooden doors.

(Over 100 illustrations, most never published

before - a true scholarly study of this

beloved, lost specialty department store)

Jacobson's: I miss it so! is available from The Department Store Museum. I have a limited number of autographed copies for sale for the list price of $19.99 (plus $4 shipping). Please email bakgraphics@comcast.net if you are interested in an autographed copy.

Alternately, order from Amazon.com

Jacobson's: I Miss It So!

A FINE NEW BOOK

Christopher Sawyer's

treatment of the story

of Denholms is re-

markable because of the

author's passion for the

history of this long-lost

Worcester retail landmark.

A RECOMMENDATION

OF THE HIGHEST ORDER

Easily one of the most beautiful and informative

books ever written about department stores.

A brilliant revelation, emphatically endorsed!

Another outstanding book
by Michael Lisicky -
comprehensive, entertaining.
well-illustrated and very much
up to the standard set by this
premier author

The Department Store Museum has developed an exhibit of vintage

department store credit cards, thanks to the generosity of a specialist.

Click the photo to go to the exhibit. It will be augmented as time goes on.

Click on a store name to go to that store's exhibit. If the name is not linked to an exhibit, it is in preparation, and not available for viewing at the moment. Please check back again.

Alabama

Birmingham

Loveman’s Pizitz

Mobile

Gayfer’s

Montgomery

Gayfer’s Montgomery Fair

Arizona

Phoenix

The Broadway Diamond’s Goldwaters

Tucson

Levy’s Steinfeld’s

California

Long Beach

Buffums

Los Angeles

The Broadway Bullock’s Bullock’s Wilshire I. Magnin
May Co Robinson’s

Oakland

Capwell’s I. Magnin Rhodes

Sacramento

Weinstock’s Hale Bros.

San Diego

Walker-Scott Marston's

San Francisco

City of Paris The Emporium Liberty House
I. Magnin Macy’s Hale Bros. The White House

Colorado

Denver

The Denver Dry Goods Co. Joslins May-D&F Neusteter’s

Connecticut

Bridgeport
D. M. Read Co.
Hartford

G. Fox & Co. Sage-Allen Steiger's

New Haven

The Edw. Malley Co.

District of Columbia

Washington

Garfinckel’s The Hecht Co. Kann’s Lansburgh’s
Woodward & Lothrop

Florida

Jacksonville

Furchgott's Ivey’s May-Cohens

Miami

Burdine’s Jordan Marsh Richards

Orlando

Ivey’s

St. Petersburg

Maas Brothers

Tampa

Maas Brothers

Georgia

Atlanta

Davison’s Rich’s

Augusta

Davison’s White’s

Ilinois

Chicago

Bonwit Teller Carson Pirie Scott & Co. Lord & Taylor I. Magnin

Marshall Field & Company Saks Fifth Avenue Wieboldt’s

Peoria

Carson Pirie Scott & Co. (Block & Kuhl)
Rockford
Weise's Carson Pirie Scott & Co.

Springfield

Myers Bros. Bressmer's

Indiana

Indianapolis

Wm. H. Block Co. L. S. Ayres & Co.

Fort Wayne

Wolf & Dessauer
Terre Haute
Meis
The Root Store Co.

Iowa

Cedar Rapids
Black's
Davenport
Petersen's
Des Moines

Younker’s

Waterloo

Roshek's

Kentucky

Louisville

Kaufman-Straus Bacon’s Stewart Dry Goods

Louisiana

New Orleans

Godchaux’s D. H. Holmes Maison Blanche

Massachusetts

Boston

Filene’s Jordan Marsh R. H. Stearns

Springfield

Forbes & Wallace Steiger's

Worcester
Denholm & McKay

Maryland

Baltimore

The Hecht Co. Hochschild, Kohn Hutzler's Stewart & Co.

Michigan

Detroit

Crowley’s Hudson's

Grand Rapids

Herpolsheimer’s Steketee’s Wurzburg's

Jackson
Jacobson's L. H. Field
Kalamazoo
Gilmore Brothers

Traverse City
Milliken's
Minnesota

Minneapolis

Donaldson’s Dayton’s Powers Young-Quinlan
St. Cloud
Herberger's

St. Paul

Dayton’s Donaldson’s Emporium Young-Quinlan

Missouri

Kansas City

Halls Harzfeld’s The Jones Store Co.

Macy’s

St. Louis

Famous-Barr Vandervoort’s Stix, Baer & Fuller

Montana
Butte
Hennessy's
Nebraska

Lincoln

Brandeis (Gold’s) Hovland-Swanson Miller and Paine

Omaha

Brandeis Kilpatrick's

New Jersey

Newark

Bamberger’s Hahne & Co.

New York

Buffalo

AM & A’s L. L. Berger Wm. Hengerer Co. Hens & Kelly

New York City

Abraham & Straus B. Altman & Co. Bergdorf Goodman

Bloomingdale’s Bonwit Teller Gertz

Gimbels Lord & Taylor Macy’s

Martin’s Saks Fifth Avenue Stern Brothers John Wanamaker

Rochester

B. Forman & Co. McCurdy & Co. Sibley’s

Syracuse

The Addis Co. Dey Brothers E. W. Edwards & Son Sibley’s

Oklahoma

Oklahoma City

John. A. Brown

Ohio

Akron

O’Neil’s Polsky’s

Cincinnatti

McAlpin’s Mabley & Carew Pogue’s Shillito’s

Cleveland

Halle’s Higbee’s May Co.

Columbus

Lazarus

The Union
Dayton
Elder-Beerman Rike's
Toledo

Lamson’s Lasalle’s Lion Store
Youngstown

Higbee's Strouss-Hirshberg Co.

Oregon

Portland

Lipman’s I. Magnin Meier & Frank Rhodes

Pennsylvania

Allentown

Hess’s Leh & Co.

Erie

Boston Store Halle’s

Lancaster

Watt & Shand Hager & Bro.

Philadelphia

Gimbels Lit Brothers Strawbridge & Clothier John Wanamaker

Pittsburgh

Gimbels Joseph Horne Co. Kaufmann’s

Reading

Pomeroy’s

Scranton
The Globe

Tennessee

Chattanooga

Loveman’s Miller’s

Knoxville

Miller’s Rich’s

Memphis

Goldsmith’s Lowenstein’s

Nashville

Cain-Sloan Castner-Knott Co.

Texas

Amarillo
White & Kirk
Dallas

Neiman-Marcus Sanger-Harris Titche-Goettinger

Houston

Foley’s Joske’s Sakowitz
Lubbock
Hemphill-Wells

San Antonio

Frost Brothers Joske’s

Utah

Salt Lake City

Auerbach’s ZCMI

Virginia

Richmond

Miller & Rhoads Thalhimer’s

Washington

Seattle

The Bon Marche Frederick & Nelson I. Magnin

Nordstrom Best Rhodes of Seattle

Spokane

The Bon Marche The Crescent

Nordstrom Best

Tacoma

People’s Rhodes

Wisconsin

Madison

Manchester’s

Milwaukee

Boston Store

Chapman’s Gimbels

Sheboygan

Prange's

CANADA

Calgary

The Bay Eaton’s

Edmonton

The Bay Eaton’s Woodward's

Hamilton

Eaton’s The Right House Robinson’s

London

Eaton’s Simpson’s

Montreal

Dupuis Freres Eaton Holt-Renfrew Morgan’s

Ogilvy’s Simpsons

Ottawa

The Bay Charles Ogilvy Ltd. Morgan’s Simpson’s

Quebec City

La Compagnie Paquet Simons Holt Renfrew Syndicat de Québec

Regina

The Bay Eaton’s Simpson’s

Toronto

The Bay Eaton’s Holt Renfrew Simpson’s

Vancouver

The Bay Eaton’s Woodward’s

Victoria

The Bay Eaton’s Woodward’s

Winnipeg

The Bay Eaton’s

New Exhibits

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Click on the logo to view the exhibit

Renovated Exhibit

Renovated exhibit

Newly illustrated with photos from the mid-70s remodeling of the first floor

The Museum Bookshop

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Interested in reading more about the great department stores, shopping centers, architecture?

Browse the bookstore. No need to search all over the place . . . The Department Store Museum has hand selected items for their quality and value. Check back soon; items are being added all the time.

BOOKS ABOUT INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT STORES

Wanamaker's Meet Me at the Eagle

Michael Lisicky's latest book - a spellbinding history of Wanamaker's in New York and Philadelphia, a fine follow-up to his work on Hutzler's.

Wanamaker's: Meet Me at the Eagle (PA)

Hutzler's Where Baltimore Shops

A feature selection of The Department Store Museum. Highly recommended, probably the best book about any single store. Beautifully compiled and written, profusely illustrated. Read it and you'll shout "Bravo!" for Michael Lisicky's achievement.

Hutzler's (MD): Where Baltimore Shops (Landmarks)

Harzfeld's A Brief History

A splendid history of a beloved Kansas City store. Engaging text and illustrations.

Harzfeld's (MO): A Brief History

Hudson's Detroit's Legendary Department Store

One of the most informative of the Arcadia series, this book documents Detroit's Great J.L. Hudson Co. with illustrations and interesting facts.

Hudson's: Detroit's Legendary Department Store (MI) (Images of America)

A Chicago Tradition: Marshall Field's Food and Fashion

A hardcover color volume which explores the history and culture of Chicago's Marshall Field & Company

A Chicago Tradition: Marshall Field's Food And Fashion (Chicago Cultural Center Foundation)

Give the Lady What She Wants!

A reprint of a 1950s history of Marshall Field & Company. Highly recommended, full of anecdotes.

Give the Lady What She Wants: The Story of Marshall Field & Company. Reprint of 1952 Ed (383p)

Frederick & Nelson

This Arcadia book gives a very endearing overall perspective about Seattle's most legendary store.

Frederick & Nelson (Images of America: Washington)

Dayton's Department Store

The Arcadia series' offering on Dayton's of Minneapolis. Contains a history, pictures inside and out, advertisements.

Dayton's Department Store (Images of America: Minnesota)

Hess's Department Store

Another of the Arcadia series - this one chronicles the iconoclastic retailer from Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Hess's Department Store (Images of America: Pennsylvania)

The Higbee Company and the Silver Grille

Paperback volume covering the beloved Cleveland store and its famous tenth-floor eatery. Includes recipes. Well-illustrated. The Higbee Company and The Silver Grille: More Memories, More Recipes

Marshall Field's A Building Book

A small but beautiful examination of the architecture of Marshall Field & Company.

Marshall Field's (A Building Book)

Carson Pirie Scott

A definitive work on the architecture of Chicago's Carson Pirrie Scott & Co. store, designed by Louis Sullivan.

Carson Pirie Scott: Louis Sullivan and the Chicago Department Store (Chicago Architecture and Urbanism)

BOOKS ABOUT DEPARTMENT STORES

Service and Style: How the American Department Store Fashined the Middle Class by Jan Whittaker

A highly entertaining and readable study of American department stores from a cultural history viewpoint. Again, highly rewarding and a great accomplishment.

Service and Style: How the American Department Store Fashioned the Middle Class

The Grand Emporiums by Robert Hendrickson.

Long out-of-print and somewhat quirky. In spite of errors, questionable grammar, and a general lack of organization, this book remains a "must-read" for anyone interested in the American department store. Grand Emporiums: The Illustrated History of America's Great Department Stores

The American Department Store Transformed 1920-1960

Absolutely new; a magnificent history of American department stores and how they expanded in the 20th century. Many unique illustrations and very readable, engaging text. By all means, read this book if you have any interest in the American department store.

The American Department Store Transformed, 1920-1960

BOOKS ABOUT SHOPPING CENTERS

One Nation Under Goods

A discussion of what makes shopping malls so compelling in American culture.

One Nation under Goods: Malls and the Seductions of American Shopping

Shopping Environments: Evolution, Planning and Design

A 472-page volume examining the history and practice of shopping centers and stores from an architectural design standpoint.

Shopping Environments: Evolution, Planning and Design

SOUVENIRS

Macy's Christmas Ornament by Holiday Lane

Holiday Lane Glass Macy's Herald Square Stamp Ornament

2010 Calendar Featuring The J. L. Hudson Co.

Hudson's:: Detroit's Legendary Department Store 2010 Calendar (Calendars of America : Historic Images)

Magic!
Hear The Wanamaker organ

Magic!

Midnight in the Grand Court
The latest recording of the Wanamaker Organ

Midnight in the Grand Court

Grand Celebration
The Wanamaker Organ with the Philadelphia Orchestra

Grand Celebration (Dig)

Shopping Bags

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The paper bags used by department stores usually carried the store's logo and were designed using the signature color associated with a particular store. Large, handled shopping bags, which could be bought for, say, 15 cents from a dispenser near escalators, might be bigger versions of the standard bag, or, as in the case of Bloomingdale's, specially designed bags which were works of art in their own right.

Store shopping bags definitely held their own cachet. To walk about town carrying a bag from a certain store was at one time a real status symbol. One commentator on the internet stated that, before going home, they always went to the bargain basement, and purchased a small piece of jewelry for $.50, just to have a prestigious store's bag to carry home on the bus!

ADD TO THE MUSEUM!

The bags illustrated below are graphic reproductions made from memory. If you can supply scans or photos of the bags of the stores included in the museum, from the period of 1960s through the mid-1970s, they will be considered for inclusion in the colorful bag exhibit.

Marshall Field & Company

The J. L. Hudson Co.

Crowley, Milner & Co.

Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co.

B. Altman & Co.

(The design and color of the B. Altman bag was glimpsed from the 1967 United Arttists Film "Fitzwilly.")

Charge Cards

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DEPARTMENT STORE CHARGE CARDS

The owner of one of the country's largest collections of vintage department store charge cards has generously shared images of them with the Department Store Museum. The cards are arranged by state, and more will be added in time.

If you were a customer of one of these stores, this is the item that you personally carried in your wallet or purse, identifying you as their customer. Possessing a certain credit card was also a status symbol of the time as well.

Most of these cards did not have a magnetic strip across the back, mechanical embossers of several different types were used to imprint the raised information on the plastic card onto a duplicate sales slip.

The Department Store Museum is indebted to Scott Nimmo for making this colorful, beautiful, and important exhibit possible!

ARIZONA

Diamond's
Phoenix, Arizona

Goldwater's
Phoeniz, Arizona

CALIFORNIA

Buffums
Long Beach, California

The Broadway
Los Angeles, California

Bullock's
Los Angeles, California

Capwell's
Oakland, California

The Emporium
San Francisco, California

COLORADO

The Denver
Denver, Colorado

CONNECTICUT

Read's
Bridgeport, Connecticut

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Garfinckel's
Washington, DC

FLORIDA

Furchgott's
Jacksonville, Florida

Jordan Marsh
Miami, Florida

Maas Brothers
Tampa, Florida

MASSACHUSETTS

Jordan Marsh
Boston, Massachusetts

MICHIGAN

Hudson's
Detroit, Michigan

Jacobson's
Jackson, Michigan

MINNESOTA

Dayton's
Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota

Donaldsons
Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota

MISSOURI

The Jones Store Co.
Kansas City, Missouri

NEBRASKA

Brandeis
Omaha, Nebraska

Kilpatick's
Omaha, Nebraska

NEW JERSEY

Bamberger's
Newark, New Jersey

NEW YORK

AM&A's
Buffalo, New York

Bonwit Teller
New York City, New York

Lord & Taylor
New York City, New York

Dey Brothers
Syracuse, New York

OHIO

Polsky's
Akron, Ohio

Lazarus
Columbus, Ohio

OKLAHOMA

John A. Brown
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

PENNSYLVANIA

Lit Brothers
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Gimbel Brothers
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Joseph Horne Co.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pomeroy's
Reading/Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

TENNESSEE

Lowenstein's
Memphis, Tennessee

Cain-Sloan
Nashville, Tennessee

Castner-Knott Co.
Nashville, Tennessee

TEXAS

Titche-Goettinger
Dallas, Texas

Hemphill-Wells
Lubbock, Texas

WASHINGTON

The Bon Marche
Seattle/Spokane, Washington

Frederick & Nelson
Seattle, Washington

The Crescent
Spokane, Washington

WEST VIRGINIA

The Diamond
Charleston, West Virginia

WISCONSIN

Gimbels
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The Marston Co., San Diego, California

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Founded in 1878, Marston's outgrew
earlier locations and advertised a new
building to be opened in 1912.

Marston's familiar Neo-Renaissance building
was a landmark in downtown San Diego for
many years and a popular and elegant
shopping venue.

Marston's occupied space in adja-
cent buildings along 5th street,
but demolished these in order to
build a new addition as indicated
by the faint white dotted line.

In 1954, Marston's expanded into a new,
6-story addition on 5th street.

Marston's expanded its home-furnishings
selection in 1960 by occupying space
in the former Parmelee-Dohrmann building
at 7th and C streets.

The Marston Co.
5th, 6th, and C Streets
San Diego, California

Belmont 3-8061

Lower Street Floor
Boys' Shop • Student's Shop • Luggage • Cameras • Books • Sporting Goods • Toys • Picnic Shop • Barbecue Shop • Trim-A-Home Shop
Street Floor
Fine Jewelry • Costume Jewelry • Handbags • Personal Leather Goods • Gloves • Hosiery • Cosmetics • Accessories • Neckwear • Hat Bar • Blouses • Sweaters • Cosmetics • Notions • Stationery • Candy • Delicacy Shop
Store for Men Men's Furnishings • Men;s Shoes • Boys' Shoes • Men's Sportswear • Men's Clothing • University Shop
Second Floor
Fabrics • Art Needlework • Bedding and Towels • Curtains and Draperies • Gift Shop • Credit Office • Cashier • Place Pigalle Coffee Shop • Beauty Salon • Infants' Shop • Nursery Furniture • Toddlers' Shop • Girls' Shop • 7-14 Girls' World • Sub-Teens Shop • Children's Shoes
Third Floor
Sportswear • Junior Sportswear • Smart Shop Dresses • Smart Shop Millinery • Smart Shop Coats and Suits • Smart Shop Custom Sizes • Women's Sport Shop • Casual Dresses • Discovery Shop • Career Corner • Lingerie • Robes • Foundations • Maternity Shop • Uniforms • Swim Shop
Fourth Floor
Moderately Priced Dresses • Knit Center • Coats • Suits • Millinery • Young San Diegan Shop • Modernaire Shop • Fur Salon • Bridal Salon
Fashion Circle Dresses • Coats and Suits • Oval Room
Fifth Floor
Major Appliances • Fifth Floor Lounge • Personnel Office
Sixth Floor
Tea Room • Galleria

Carpet Store, 6th Street
First Floor
Floor Coverings • Rugs

Marston's 7th and C
Lower Main Floor
Housewares • Sleep Shop • Furniture
Main Floor
China • Glassware • Silver • Linens • Clocks
Second Floor
Lamps • Pictures • Mirrors

Grossmont
La Mesa
November, 1961
151,000 s.f.
The Orange Tree Dining Room
Coffee Shop

Chula Vista
1962
150,000 s.f.
The Orange Tree Dining Room
Coffee shop

Walker Scott Company, San Diego, California

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Walker's opened in downtown San Diego
in 1935, but wasn't renamed Walker-Scott
until the 1950s.

The 8-story building was a combination
of Spanish and Art-Deco influences.

The store eventually took over a few floors
of the adjacent Owl Drug building next door.

Walker Scott Company
1014 Fifth Avenue at Broadway
San Diego, California

Belmont 3-8221

Lower Level
Charl-Mont Restaurant and Soda Fountain • Music Center • Records • Piano and Organ Salon • Toys • Televisions
Men' Shop Men's Furnishings • Men's Sportswear • Natural Shoulder Shop • Men's Clothing • Varsity Shop • Cambridge Shop

Street Floor
Fine Jewelry • Fine Silver • Watches • Clocks • Costume Jewelry • Hamndbags • Small Leather Goods • Gloves • Fashion Accessories Boutique • Hosiery • Hat Bar • Blouse Bar • Neckwear • Handkerchiefs • Umbrellas • Street Floor Sportswear • Street Floor Lingerie • Cosmetics • Toiletries • Stationery • Cameras • Fine Candies • Epicurean Foods

Second Floor
Closet Shop • Notions • Luggage • Shoe Salon • Boulevard Shop • Complete Optometric Service

Third Floor
Hat Bar • Dresses • Blouses • Sportswear • Coats • Suits • Better Dresses • Town and Country Sportswear • Andrea E Shop • Fifth Avenue Shops • Del Pacifico Shop • Millinery • Bridal Salon • Junior Whirl Shop

Fourth Floor
Lingerie • Robes • Foundations • Bra Bar • Patio Shop • Maternity Shop • Portrait Studio • Beauty Salon
Young World Shops Infants' Shop • Nursery Furniture • 3-6x Shop • Boys' Shop • Girls' Shop • Children's Shoes

Fifth Floor
Gift Shop • Lamps • Pictures • Draperies • Bedspreads • Pillow Corner • Upholstery Fabrics • Rugs • Patio Furniture

Sixth Floor
Linens • Bedding • Bathroom Accessories • Hoover Cleaners • Fashion Fabrics • Needlework • White Sewing Machines • Sleep Shop • Hide-A-Bed Center • Furniture

Seventh Floor
Homewares • China • Glassware

Eighth Floor
Top o' the Town Gift Shop • Major Appliances • Books • General Offices • Personnel • Credit Sales Office • Cashier

(110,000 s.f.)

La Jolla
Girard at Wall
1959

College Grove
Highway 94 at College
July, 1961
160,000 s.f.
Helix House

Kearney Mesa

2335 Linda Vista Plaza

August, 1963

41,000 s.f.

Escondido Village
Valley Blvd. and Ash St. East
March, 1964
60,000 s.f.

Clairemont
North Clairemont Square
March, 1967
35,000 s.f.

El Cajon

El Cajon Plaza

March, 1967

50,000 s.f.

Palm Springs

Palm Springs Mall

March, 1970

63,000 s.f.

San Carlos

1973

Mission Valley

1973

Mira Mesa

1975

Weinstock, Lubin & Co., Sacramento, California

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Weinstock's occupied an imposing building on K
Street, which, while only 3 stories in height, featured
an imposing arched entryway.

Weinstock's building superseded an earlier store,
which had, in 1908, replaced the original store
that was destroyed by fire in 1903.

Weinstock's was modernized over the years, and
became a landmark in downtown Sacramento.

Weinstock, Lubin & Co.
1120 K Street
Sacramento, California

First Floor
Jewelry, 20 • Fine Jewelry, 306 • Silverware, 59 • Handbags, 37 • Small Leather Goods, 86 • Gloves, 6 • Accessories, 41 • Hosiery, 3 • Hats, 30 • Cosmetics, 17 • Accessory Tops, 88 • Street Floor Blouses, 66 • Career Sportswear, 65 • Career Sweaters and Knit Tops, 113 • Career Lingerie, 54 • Career Shoes, 101 • Shoe Salon, 8, 75 • Luggage, 33 • Notions, 4 • Stationery, 15 • Calculators, 172 • Adult Games, 174 • Camera Shop, 13 • Shaver Shop, 13 • Candy Shop • Books and Records • Gourmet Shop • Sporting Goods, 28 • Portrait Studio, 306 • Fountain Luncheonette
Store for Men Men's Accessories, 170 • Men's Furnishings, 7 • Men's Pajamas and Hosiery, 91 • Men's Sportswear, 50 • Men's Clothing, 48 • Men's Formal Wear, 428 • Men's Shoes, 57

Mezzanine
Toys, 28

Second Floor
Career Dresses, 27 • Town and Country Shop, 34 • Knit Shop, 12 • Career Women's Dresses, 127 • Sportswear, 89, 73, 97 • Women's Sportswear • Sweaters, Knitwear, 40 • Active Sportswear, 78 • Coats, 25 • Suits, 21 • In Tempo Shop, 84 • Fashion Center, 84 • Designer Shop, 22 • Bridal Shop, 93 • Fur Salon, 60 • Millinery, 301 • Wig Boutique, 302 • Maternity Shop, 68 • Lingerie, 24 • Sleepwear, 124 • Loungewear, 51 • Robe Shop, 51 • Foundations, 19 • Beauty Salon
Junior Shop Sportswear, 32, 85 • Dresses, 64 • Coats and Suits, 76 • Young Junior Shop, 52
Infants' Shop, 42 • Infants' Furniture, 42 • Little Boys' Shop, 74 • Little Girls' Shop, 44 • Girls' Shop, 47 • Girls' Sleepwear, 56 • Children's Accessories, 102 • Preteens' Shop, 46 • Children's Shoes, 58

Third Floor
Bedding, 2, 55 • Linens, 23 • Bath Shop, 23 • Fashion Fabrics, 1, 67 • Art Needlework, 29 • China, 11 • Glassware, 36 • Table Linens, 82 • Gift Shop, 70 • Lamps and Pictures, 171 • Draperies, 10 • Carpets, 32 • Furniture, 38, 39, 92 • Major Appliances, 3, 80 • Housewares, 39 • TV, Stereo, 72

(Note that this directory was put together using speculative information; if you can embellish with information about the main Weinstock's store at 12th & K streets, please comment below, and I will incorporate your material)

Country Club Plaza
1961
163,000 s.f.

Stockton
Weberstown Mall
1966
131,000 s.f.

Florin Mall
1967
150,000 s.f.

Reno, NV
Park Lane Center
1967
150,000 s.f.

Fresno
Fashion Fair
August, 1970
163,000 s.f.

Citrus Heights
Sunrise Mall
1972
163,000 s.f.

Murray, UT
Fashion Place
1978
197,000 s.f.

Modesto
Vintage Faire
1977
162,000 s.f.

Sacramento
Downtown Plaza
1979
164,000 s.f.

Ogden, UT
Ogden City Center
1980
100,000 s.f.

Crossroads
Salt Lake City, UT
October, 1980
100,000 s.f.
Windows on the Square

Coming in Due Course.
Note that Weinstock's, known at the time as Weinstock-Lubin, merged with its competitor Hale Brothers. For a while, the stores were known as Weinstock-Hale, and Weinstock's acquired Hale's only branch, at Arden Fair.

Hess Brothers, Allentown, Pennsylvania

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Behind Hess's 1930s Art-Moderne facade were multiple
buildings and the original hotel in which the store began in 1897

Although Hess's was well-suited to the Lehigh Valley
city of Allentown, it drove its buiness by making customers
feel as if they were shopping in a more sophisticated,
big-city store.

Hess's was famous for its Christmas displays, (including Pip
the Mouse), haute-couture fashion, and its overwhelming
flower shows that drew people from afar.

Hess Brothers (1897)
9th and Hamilton Streets
Allentown, Pennsylvania

Basement
Hess's Bargain Basement • Fashion Fabrics • Art Needlework • Sewing Machines • Books • Hess's Patio Restaurant

Main Floor
Fine Jewelry • Fashion Jewelry • Fashion Watches • Handbags • Small Leather Goods • Gloves • Belts • Neckwear • Accessories • Hosiery • Cosmetics • Fashion Shoes • Blouses • Sweaters • Misses' Budget Sportswear • Candies • Stationery • Office Equipment • Oasis Snack Bar
Store for Men Men's Furnishings • Men's Sportswear • Men's Slacks • Men's Shoes • Young Men's Sportswear • Men's Clothing • Men's Outerwear • University Shop

Second Floor
Misses' Budget Dresses • Misses' Sportswear • Misses' Dresses • Women's World • Fashion Coats • Better Sportswear • Designer Jeans • Better Dresses • Social Occasion Dresses • French Room • Bridal Salon • Fur Salon

Second Floor Annex
Hess's Marketplace • Lamps • Pictures and Mirrors • Fine Art Gallery • Portrait Studio • Beauty Salon • Trimmers

Third Floor
Bodyfashions • Sleepfashions • Loungewear
Junior World Junior Sportswear • Junior Dresses • Junior Coats
Infants' Clothing • Infants' Accessories • Infants' Furniture • Toddlers' Clothing • Girls' Accessories • Big Girls' Clothing • Little Girls' Clothing • Boys' Accessories • Boy's Clothing

Fourth Floor
Sheets • Blankets • Bedspreads • Pillows • Towels • Bath Shop • China • Glassware • Silver • Gift Gallery • Hostess Shop • Hoffritz Shop • Cookware • Bakeware • Small Appliances • Floor Care • Personal Care Appliances • Notions

Fifth Floor
Living Room Furniture • Occasional Furniture • Dining Room Furniture • Bedroom Furniture • Bedding • Easy Living Furniture • Appliances • TV Sets • Stereos • Radios • Records • Sporting Goods • Luggage • Toys

Fifth Floor Annex
Community Room • Special Events • Toyland (Christmas) • Festival of Trees & Pip the Mouse

(410,000 s.f.)

Nittanny Mall

2901 E. College Ave.

State College

1968

70,000 s.f.

Lancaster
101 North Queen St.
1971
180,000 s.f.

Palmer Park Mall
136 Palmer Park Mall
Easton
1971
122,000 s.f.

Westgate
2524 Schoenersville Rd.
Bethlehem
1973
107,000 s.f.

Hess's South
3300 Lehigh Street
1974
102,000 s.f.

Hess's North

MacArthur Rd, Whitehall

1975

102,000 s.f.

Quakertown
Richland Plaza
751 S. West End Blvd.
88,000 s.f.

Trexler Mall

Trexlertown

1976

54,000 s.f.

Doylestown

Doylestown Shopping Center

1976

56,000 s.f.

Lycoming Mall

Williamsport

1978

120,000 s.f.

Stroud Mall
Stroudsburg
1978
70,000 s.f.

Logan Valley Mall

Altoona

1978

105,000 s.f.

Frackville

Schuylkill Mall

1980

85,000 s.f.

Hess's was acquired by Crown American Realty Trust in 1979, and began to

swallow up many smaller department stores in the East and Middle south. The

store grew from 19 to 79 branches, but by 1990 was unprofitable. This

exhibit focuses on the original, independent, Allentown-based Hess's, so well-

loved and remembered by its former customers.

Coming in due course.

J.W. Knapp Company, Lansing, Michigan

2010-11-26T00:26:00.000-05:00

Looking like a yellow-and-blue ocean liner docked in the
middle of Michigan's capitol city, Knapps was housed
in one of the state's finest examples of art-deco design.

The store's striking exterior design was
often portrayed in advertising.

Knapp's interior as seen from the store's
extensive mezzanine.

In 1961, Knapps extended to Capitol Avenue by taking
over an exiting Pontiac dealership; the one-story
addition housed appliance, toy, and sporting
goods departments.

"Central Michigan's Store of Stores!"

J.W. Knapp Company
300 South Washington Avenue
Lansing, Michigan

IVanhoe 9-6551

Basement

Knapp's Luncheonette

Knapp's Downtairs Budget Store

Street Floor

Fine Jewelry • Costume Jewelry • Handbags • Small Leather Goods • Gloves • Neckwear • Hosiery • Accessories • Street Floor Lingerie • Street Floor Sportswear • Cosmetics • Toiletries • Notions • Stationery • Candle Shop • Candy • Service Desk

Store for Men Men's Furnishings • Men's Sportwear • Men's Clothing • Men's Shoes

Capitol Avenue

Cameras • Luggage • Home Appliance Center • Television and Audio Center • Housewares • Paint and Art Supplies • Santa Claus Toyland

Mezzanine

The Book Corner • Radio and Records • China • Glasware • Gifts • Sterling • Gifts • Home Accesories • Gift Wrapping Center

Second Floor - The Fashion Floor

Smart Money Shop • Daytime DressesvHalf-Size Dresses • Dresses • Coats • Sportswear • Young Modern Shop • Better Dress Shop • Better Sportswear • Formal Dress Shop • Bridal Salon • Fur Salon • Millinery Salon • Wigs • Beauty Shop • Lingerie • Foundations • Sleepwear • Robes

Young America Shop Junior Dresses • Junior SportswearvJunior Coats

Third Floor - The Family Floor

Infants' Wear • Children's Wear • Boys' Wear • Girls' Wear • Teen's Wear • Children's Shoes • Toy Center • Fashion Fabrics • Art Needlework • Sewing Machines

Fourth Floor - The Home Furnishings Floor

Draperies • Slipcovers • Lamps • Pictures and Mirrors • Linens • Domestics • Home Planning Center

Fifth Floor

Furniture • Sleep Shop • Carpeting • Rugs • Administrative Offices • Cash Office • Credit Office • Personnel Office

(208,000 s.f.)

East Lansing

M.A.C. Avenue and Albert St.

April, 1961

45,000 s.f.

Meridian Mall
Okemos
1969

Coming in due course.

Rhodes of Seattle, Seattle, Washington

2010-11-26T00:25:00.000-05:00

Rhodes of Seattle was located in an imposing,
6-story building in downtown Seattle.

Though related, Rhodes of Seattle was a
completely different organization from its
neighbor in Tacoma, Rhodes Brothers.

Rhodes interior was lofty and airy, with a restaurant
on the mezzanine, complete with an Aeolian organ for
entertainment.

Rhodes of Seattle (1907/1927)
2nd and Union
Seattle, Washington

MAin 2-8000

Basement
Jiffy Bird Cafeteria • Jiffy Bar • Rhodes Basement Store

Main Floor
Fine Jewelry • Jewelry • Watches • Handbags • Small Leather Goods • Gloves • Belts • Hosiery • Fashion Accessories • Hosiery • Slipper Bar • Hat Box • Main Floor Sportswear • Casual Shop • Shoe Salon • Children's Shoes • Cosmetics • Toiletries • Notions • Stationery • Book Bazaar • Candy
Men's Shops Men's Furnishings • Men's Sportswear • Men's Clothing • Men's Shoes • Teen Man • Boys' Shop

Mezzanine
Mezzanine Tea Room

Second Floor
Draperies • Floor Coverings • Lamps • Pictures • Mirrors • Furniture • Slumber Shop • Home Furnishings • Appliances • Sewing Machines • Trim-a-Home Shop

Third Floor
House and Town Shop • Dresses • Sportswear • Coats and Suits • Young View Shop • Better Dresses • Better Coats • Better Suits • Blauner Shop • Bridal Salon • Fur Salon • Millinery • Wig Boutique • Lingerie • Robes • Sleepwear • Shape Shop • Junior Shop

Fourth Floor
Infants' Shop • Children's Shop • Girls' Shop • Preteens • Toys • Fabrics • Art Needlework • Linens • Bedding • BedspreadsvPhotograph Studio

Fifth Floor
China • Silverware • Gifts • Figurines • Housewares • Garden Shop • Books • Credit Office • Cash Office • Personnel

University Village
25th Ave. N.E. & E. 4th St.
1956
105,000 s.f.

Crossroads
Bellevue
156th Ave. N.E. & N.E. 8th St.
July, 1964
45,000 s.f.

Forest Park
Bothell Way at Ballinger
October, 1964
50,000 s.f.

Coming in due coure.

Thomas Kilpatrick Co., Omaha, Nebraska

2010-11-26T00:24:00.000-05:00

Kilpatrick's occupied a complex

of connected buildings in Omaha.

Thomas Kilpatrick Co.
1509 Douglas, Fifteenth to Farnam
Omaha, Nebraska

341-7333

Basement
Kilpatrick's Budget Store • Charl-Mont Restaurant

Main Floor
Jewelry • Handbags • Gloves • Hosiery • Accessories • Neckwear • Handkerchiefs • Hat Bar • Shoe Box • Main Floor Lingerie • Cosmetics • Toiletries • Drugs • Health House • Luggage • Stationery • Cameras • Candy • Men's Furnishings • Men's Sportswear • Men's Shoes
Farnam Street
Sports Shop • Rainbow Room • Casual Dresses • Books • Records
15th Street
Hostess Pantry

Second Floor
Men's Clothing • Young Men's Shop • French Room • Daylight Fur Shop • Bridal Salon • Millinery • Better Dresses • Better Coats • Suits • Junior Sportswear • Junior Dresses • Junior Coats
Second Floor South
Shoe Salon • Lingerie • Foundations • Robes • Kildaire Shop • Kildaire Coats • Dresses

Third Floor
Domestics • Linens • Sleep Shop • Draperies • Lamps • Daytime Dresses • Uniforms • Maternity Shop • Infants' Wear • Childrens' Wear • Boys' Wear • Girls' Wear • Teens' Wear • Children's Shoes • Beauty Salon • Photoreflex Studio
Third Floor South
Fabrics • Art and Needlework • Personnel Office • Credit Office • Cash Office

Fourth Floor
China • Glassware • Gifts • Silver • Pictures

Fifth Floor
Housewares • Radio-Television • Toys

The Center
42nd and Center
September, 1955

Westroads
102nd and Dodge
November, 1967
200,000 s.f.

Coming in due course.

Holt Renfrew & Co. Ltd., Quebec, P.Q.

2010-11-26T00:23:00.000-05:00

Holt Renfrew was founded in Québec City, and

grew to become Canada's most exclusive and

luxurious specialty department store.

Holt Renfrew & Co. Ltd.
35, rue Buade
Québec, P.Q., Canada

CITY HALL SQUARE STORE DIRECTORY

Street Floor
Gloves • Hosiery • Handbags • Fine Jewellery • Costume Jewellery • Small Leathers • Millinery • Accessories • Cosmetics • Perfumes • Intimate Apparel • Corsetry Salon • Shoe Salon • Gift Collections • Gourmet Shop
The Men’s Shops Men’s Accessories • Men’s Furnishings • Men’s Sportswear • Men’s Clothing • Men’s ShoesGourmet Shop

Second Floor
Miss Renfrew Miss Renfrew Prêt-à-Porter • Miss Renfrew Sportswear
Fashion Salon Dresses • Coats • Suits
Cachet • Bridal Salon • Fur Salon • Sportswear • Blouses • Sweaters • Millinery Salon • Wig Salon • HR's Boutique • Christian Dior Boutique • The 1300 Collection • Ports International

Third Floor
Little Girls • Big Girls • Little Boys • Big Boys • Children • Children's Shoes • Toys • Salon de Beauté

BRANCH STORES

Place Ste-Foy (1965)

Holt Renfrew & Co. Ltd., Montreal, P.Q., Canada

2010-11-26T00:22:00.000-05:00

Though it came to Montreal in 1910, Holt Renfrew

has operated since 1937 in a distinctive early-modern

edifice that wouldn't look out of place in Miami Beach

Holt Renfrew & Co., Ltd. (1910/1937)
1300 Sherbroke St. West (at Mountain)
Montreal, P.Q., Canada

MONTREAL STORE DIRECTORY

Street Floor
Gloves • Hosiery • Handbags • Fine Jewellery • Costume Jewellery • Small Leathers • Millinery • Accessories • Cosmetics • Perfumes • Gift Collections
The Men’s Shops Men’s Accessories • Men’s Furnishings • Men’s Sportswear • Men’s Clothing • Men’s Shoes
Rue Montaigne Gourmet Shop

Second Floor
Sportswear • Blouses • Sweaters • Millinery Salon • Wig Salon • HR's Boutique • Christian Dior Boutique

Third Floor
Fashion Salon Dresses • Coats • Suits
Shoe Salon • Cachet • Bridal Salon • Fur Salon

Fourth Floor
The 1300 Collection • Ports International
Miss Renfrew Miss Renfrew Prêt-à-Porter • Miss Renfrew Sportswear

Fifth Floor
Little Girls • Big Girls • Little Boys • Big Boys • Children • Children's Shoes • Toys

Sixth Floor
Intimate Apparel • Corsetry Salon • Salon de Beauté

BRANCH STORES

Ottawa (1942)
182 Queen Street/
Chateau Laurier hotel

Dorval Gardens (1954)

Centre Rockland (1959)
Mount Royal

Place Ville Marie (1962)

Fairview Pointe-Claire (1965)

Les Galleries d'Anjou (1968)

La Compagnie Paquet, Québec, P.Q.

2010-11-26T00:21:00.000-05:00

Les bâtiments anciens de Paquet, situé sur la rue St-Joseph
dans le quartier Saint-Roch de Québec.

The ancient quarters of Paquet, locate on St. Joseph Street

in the Saint-Roch quarter of Québec.

Rue St-Joseph a été transformé en zone piétonne, qui s'est appelé Mail Saint-Roch

St. Joseph Street was turned into a pesestrian mall named Mail Saint-Roch

En 1950, les plans ont été établis pour une expansion

de six étages en face du boulevard Charest.

In 1950, plans were drawn up for a six-story expansion

facing Boulevard Charest.

La Compagnie Paquet élargie est devenue le plus grand

magasin à rayons au Québec.

The expanded Paquet became Québec's largest department Store.

La Compagnie Paquet Ltée.
545, rue Saint-Joseph est
Québec, P.Q.
Canada

LAurier 4-5121

AMÉNAGEMENT DU MAGASIN SAINT-ROCH
QUÉBEC STORE DIRECTORY

Sous-sol
Le Restaurant • Articles de Cuisine, Rayon 40 • Quincaillerie, Rayon 69 • Peintures, Rayon 29

Rez-de-Chausée
Bijoux, Rayon 14 • Sacs à Main, Rayon 51 • Bas, Rayon 11 • Gants, Rayon 10 • Ceintures, Rayon 13 • Ècharpes, Rayon 13 • Cosmetiques, Rayon 16 • Bar à Chapeaux, Rayon 35B • Bar à Blouses, Rayon 45 • Rubans at Dentelles, Rayon 80 • Laine, Rayon 52 • Divers Articles, Rayon 67 • Articles en Plastique, Rayon 73 • Photographies, Rayon 66 • Tabac, Rayon 29 • Papeterie • Librarie, Rayon 68 • Sacs à Voyage, Rayon 26 • Merceries, Rayon 18 • Souliers pour Hommes, Rayon 25 • Chapeaux pour Hommes, Rayon 17 • Vêtements Sport pour Hommes, Rayon 56 • Vêtements pour Hommes, Rayon 23 • Vêtements Fabriqués-sur-Mesure, Rayon 19 • Vêtements Garçons, Raoyon 50 • Merceries Garçons, Rayon 35
Au coin boulévard Charest et rued de l'eglise
La Bouthèque, Rayon 251

Au Deuxième Etage
Robes, Rayon 46 • Manteaux, Rayon 4 • Costumes, Rayon 4 • Vêtements de Sport, Rayon 45 • Glace et Neige, Rayon 45 • Soulieres, Rayon 63 • Chapeaux, Rayon 35 • Boutique Escale • Le Grand Salon, Rayon 74 • Salon Mariage • Salon de Fourrure, Rayon 32 • Lingerie pour Dames, Rayon 6 • Ceintures pour Dames, Rayon 2 • Jeune Québecoise, Rayon 34 • Salon Jeunesse, Rayon 54 • Salon Bambino, Rayon 12 • A.B.C., Rayon 12 • Chausseurs pour Enfants, Rayon 57

Au Troisième Etage
Tissus, Rayons 1, 3, 53 • Machines à Coudre • Verrerie, Rayon 27 • Porcelaine, Rayon 27 • Cadeaux, Rayon 27 • Argenterie, Rayon 27 • Lampes, Raton 64 • Nappes, Rayon 8 • Decorations, Rayon 31 • Rayon des objets de piété, Rayon 31 • Jouets, Rayon 28 • Articles Sport, Rayon 48

Au Quatrième Etage
Oreillers, Rayon 8 • Linge pour la Maison, Rayon 8 • Couvre-Lits, Rayon 8 • Serviettes de Toilette, Rayon 8 • Couvertures, Rayon 8 • Rideaux, Rayon 20 • Tapis, Rayon 21 • Mirroirs et Peintures, Rayon 26

Au Cinquième Etage
Èlectroménagers, Rayon 65 • Petits Èlectroménagers, Rayon 40 • Hoover, Rayon 371 • Electroniquws, Rayon 65 • Mobiliers, Rayon 30

Au Sixième Etage
Bureau de Crédit • Bureau de service à la clientèle • Comptoir • Salon de Coiffure "Marie Antoinete"

MAGASINS FILLIALS
BRANCH STORES

Chibougamou (1957)

Baie-Comeau (1957)

Sept-îles (1957)

Place Laurier (1964/70)