Material relating to Gimbel Brothers, Inc. and Saks Fifth Avenue, (1939-1960 (inclusive).

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Material relating to Gimbel Brothers, Inc. and Saks Fifth Avenue, (1939-1960 (inclusive).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/269594028

Material concerning two New York department stores collected by Louis Broido, New York City lawyer. Includes land use study, labor contracts, financial statements, and pension study.

ca. l linear ft. (5 v., 1 box)

Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7174863

Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library

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Saks Fifth Avenue.

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Gimbel Brothers

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Adam Gimbel established family in the retail business when he opened a store in Vincennes, Indiana in 1842. His sons, including Jacob, started the Gimbel Brothers firm. Gimbel Brothers began in Milwaukee in 1887 and later expanded to Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and New York. Horace Saks sold Saks Fifth Avenue and Saks Thirty-fourth Street stores to Bernard Gimbel in 1923 for Gimbel stock. Gimbels Southgate was the first suburban Gimbels store in 1954. Gimbels merged with Schuster's Department Stor...

Broido, Louis,

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