There was a time when stepping into a department store felt like entering a world of affordable luxury. In the 1960s, these spaces weren’t just places to shop — they were experiences, decked out with ...

A couple hundred employees of the Baltimore department store Hochschild Kohn & Co. heard brothers Martin and Louis Kohn reveal the company had been sold to a little known Midwest investment firm on ...

GEM was one of a long line of department stores that have come and gone through the Rochester area, but GEM offered something different: membership. At GEM, the qualifications included government-, ...

Bigger and bigger stores -- Modernizing stores -- Service beyond the stores -- Parking for stores -- Branch stores -- Station wagon stores -- Stores in shopping centers -- Stores make the mall -- ...

The Historical and Genealogical Society invites the public to step back in time to a 1950s-1960s department store toy department at its “Toys of Christmas Past” exhibit. Many members have graciously ...