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http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/2755.html
| Mandel Bros: |
"This retail enterprise, which would become one of Chicago's
leading
department stores,was founded in 1855 by Bavarian immigrants
Solomon
Mandel and his uncle Simon Klein. Their first store was located
on Clark Street.
In 1865, after Solomon's brothers Leon and Emanuel
joined the firm, its name
became Mandel Bros. Purchasing in New York and
Paris and selling in Chicago,
the enterprise grew. By the 1880s, its
new store on the corner of State
and Madison Streets employed about 800
people. By the beginning of
the twentieth century, the workforce had
grown to over 3,000 people.
Rebuilt in 1912 and renovated in 1948, the State Street store continued to
operate into the 1970s, when the company
folded amid State Street's demise
as a major retail center.
This entry is part of the Encyclopedia's
Dictionary of Leading Chicago Businesses (1820-2000) that was prepared
by Mark R. Wilson, with additional contributions from Stephen R. Porter
and Janice L. Reiff."
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