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D. H. Holmes (New Orleans), purchased by Dillard's in 1989; Krauss, 1903–1997; Maison Blanche (New Orleans), last operated under that name by Mercantile Stores Co. Remaining Maison Blanche stores converted to Dillard's in 1998. The Palace (Monroe) Palais Royal (Shreveport), purchased by Wellan's of Alexandria 1985. Rebranded and later closed.
In 1903, Krauss Department Store was opened at 1201 Canal Street, New Orleans by Leon Fellman and his nephews, the Krauss brothers—Max, Alfred, Leopold, and Fritz. The building cost $25,000. Because of its location—right on the edge of Storyville—the store sold satin and lace to the ladies of the "District," as it was known.
D. H. Holmes was a New Orleans department store and later a New Orleans–based chain of department stores. The company was founded in 1842 by Daniel Henry Holmes, after whom it is named. [1] In 1849 he moved his headquarters to Canal Street, where he developed his first department store.
Old Woolworth's Department Store, Greensboro, NC. ... Frank Woolworth opened his first five-and-dime store in Utica, New York, in 1879. ... 27 New Orleans-inspired recipes to cure your Super Bowl ...
Maison Blanche was acquired in 1923 by City Stores Company, which merged Maison Blanche with Loveman's in 1950. City Stores Co. filed for bankruptcy in July 1979. While in bankruptcy, they initially intended to consolidate the seven Maison Blanche stores with four B. Lowenstein's stores in Memphis, Tennessee, to form the Maison Blanche Department Stores group, but in early 1982 the Memphis ...
Check out your favorite stores from the '90s that are closed today. From The Limited to Wet Seal, these stores were staples at every mall in the 1990s.
Canal Street in the 1950s. For more than a century, Canal Street was the main shopping district of Greater New Orleans.Local or regional department stores Maison Blanche, D. H. Holmes, Godchaux's, Gus Mayer, Labiche's, Kreeger's, and Krauss anchored numerous well-known specialty retailers, such as Rubenstein Men's Store, Adler's Jewelry, Koslow's, Rapp's, and Werlein's Music, as well as ...
GEM – initially called Government Employees Mutual Stores, and later Government Employees Mart before settling on G. E. M. Membership Department Stores, a profit-making company that was aimed at the governmental employees market; first store was opened in Denver in 1956; [190] after several expansions, the company filed for bankruptcy in 1974 ...