Author: Anne Evers Hitz
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439669198
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
In the late nineteenth century, San Francisco's merchant princes built grand stores for a booming city, each with its own niche. For the eager clientele, a trip downtown meant dressing up--hats, gloves and stockings required--and going to Blum's for Coffee Crunch cake or Townsend's for creamed spinach. The I. Magnin empire catered to a selective upper-class clientele, while middle-class shoppers loved the Emporium department store with its Bargain Basement and Santa for the kids. Gump's defined good taste, the City of Paris satisfied desires for anything French and edgy, youth-oriented Joseph Magnin ensnared the younger shoppers with the latest trends. Join author Anne Evers Hitz as she looks back at the colorful personalities that created six major stores and defined shopping in San Francisco.
Lost Department Stores of San Francisco
Author: Anne Evers Hitz
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439669198
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
In the late nineteenth century, San Francisco's merchant princes built grand stores for a booming city, each with its own niche. For the eager clientele, a trip downtown meant dressing up--hats, gloves and stockings required--and going to Blum's for Coffee Crunch cake or Townsend's for creamed spinach. The I. Magnin empire catered to a selective upper-class clientele, while middle-class shoppers loved the Emporium department store with its Bargain Basement and Santa for the kids. Gump's defined good taste, the City of Paris satisfied desires for anything French and edgy, youth-oriented Joseph Magnin ensnared the younger shoppers with the latest trends. Join author Anne Evers Hitz as she looks back at the colorful personalities that created six major stores and defined shopping in San Francisco.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439669198
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
In the late nineteenth century, San Francisco's merchant princes built grand stores for a booming city, each with its own niche. For the eager clientele, a trip downtown meant dressing up--hats, gloves and stockings required--and going to Blum's for Coffee Crunch cake or Townsend's for creamed spinach. The I. Magnin empire catered to a selective upper-class clientele, while middle-class shoppers loved the Emporium department store with its Bargain Basement and Santa for the kids. Gump's defined good taste, the City of Paris satisfied desires for anything French and edgy, youth-oriented Joseph Magnin ensnared the younger shoppers with the latest trends. Join author Anne Evers Hitz as she looks back at the colorful personalities that created six major stores and defined shopping in San Francisco.
Printers' Ink; the ... Magazine of Advertising, Management and Sales
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Category : Advertising
Languages : en
Pages : 1384
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Category : Advertising
Languages : en
Pages : 1384
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Printers' Ink
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Category : Advertising
Languages : en
Pages : 1384
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Category : Advertising
Languages : en
Pages : 1384
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The Bookseller, Newsdealer and Stationer
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Languages : en
Pages : 560
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Languages : en
Pages : 560
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Emporium Department Store
Author: Anne Evers
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439648131
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
The EmporiumCalifornias Largest, Americas Grandest Storewas a major shopping destination on San Franciscos Market Street for a century, from 1896 to 1996. Shoppers flocked to the mid-price store with its beautiful dome and bandstand. Patrons could find anything at the Emporium, from jewelry to stoves, and it was a meeting place for friends to enjoy tea while listening to the Emporium Orchestra. Founded as the Emporium and Golden Rule Bazaar, the store flourished until the disastrous 1906 earthquake. Once it reopened in 1908, it dominated shopping downtown until mid-century. Many San Franciscans remember with great nostalgia the Christmas Carnival on the roof, complete with slides, a skating rink, and a train. Santa always arrived in grand style with a big parade down Market Street. After World War II, the Emporium, which had merged with H.C. Capwell & Co. in the late 1920s, began its push and opened branch stores throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. However, as competition increased, the companys financial situation worsened, and the Emporium name was no more in 1996.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439648131
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
The EmporiumCalifornias Largest, Americas Grandest Storewas a major shopping destination on San Franciscos Market Street for a century, from 1896 to 1996. Shoppers flocked to the mid-price store with its beautiful dome and bandstand. Patrons could find anything at the Emporium, from jewelry to stoves, and it was a meeting place for friends to enjoy tea while listening to the Emporium Orchestra. Founded as the Emporium and Golden Rule Bazaar, the store flourished until the disastrous 1906 earthquake. Once it reopened in 1908, it dominated shopping downtown until mid-century. Many San Franciscans remember with great nostalgia the Christmas Carnival on the roof, complete with slides, a skating rink, and a train. Santa always arrived in grand style with a big parade down Market Street. After World War II, the Emporium, which had merged with H.C. Capwell & Co. in the late 1920s, began its push and opened branch stores throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. However, as competition increased, the companys financial situation worsened, and the Emporium name was no more in 1996.
The Pharmaceutical Era
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Category : Drugs
Languages : en
Pages : 702
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Category : Drugs
Languages : en
Pages : 702
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The Chicago Daily News Almanac and Year Book for ...
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Category : Almanacs, American
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
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Category : Almanacs, American
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
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The Daily News Almanac and Political Register for ...
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Category : Almanacs, American
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
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Category : Almanacs, American
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
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Men's wear. [semi-monthly]
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Category : Clothing trade
Languages : en
Pages : 726
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Category : Clothing trade
Languages : en
Pages : 726
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Terroristic Activity: Interlocks between Communism and terrorism
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws
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Category : Subversive activities
Languages : en
Pages : 102
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Category : Subversive activities
Languages : en
Pages : 102
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