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Learn about the origins, evolution, and impact of the three biggest department stores in the mid-1960s: Macy's, Hudson's, and Marshall Field. Explore their displays, services, and cultural significance through photos and stories.
A fact-filled, illustrated website about the history of department stores created by Jan Whitaker, a social historian who has authored a book on American department stores.
SERVICE AND STYLE recreates the days of downtown department stores in their prime, from the 1890s through the 1960s. It explores in detail the wide range of merchandise they sold, particularly style goods such as clothing and home furnishings.
A fact-filled, illustrated website about the history of department stores created by Jan Whitaker, a social historian who has authored a book on American department stores.
The C. F. Wing store on Purchase Street, closed 1985, and the Star Store (aka New Bedford Dry Goods Co.) were among the many smaller but thriving department stores found throughout Massachusetts (similar to Mitchell’s in Haverhill, McWhirr’s in Fall River, Magrane’s in Lynn, and many, many others).
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This compendium offers basic data on buildings constructed specifically for delivery, storage, and other service functions of the over 180 downtown-based department store companies in 59 cities studied for my book, The American Department Store Transformed, 1920-1960 (Yale University Press, 2010).
A fact-filled, illustrated website about the history of department stores created by Jan Whitaker, a social historian who has authored a book on American department stores.
Michael Lisicky is a musician and a department store historian who has written ten books about America's favorite bygone department stores. He also writes for Forbes.com and has received a Forbes Favorites 2020 citation for his work on the demise of Lord & Taylor.