MABLEY & CAREW COMPANY
J.T.
Carew-Founder R.G.
Carew-V.P.
Two Newspaper Artist Drawings
Four night views of the Mabley & Carew Co. on the northeast corner of 5th & Vine. This store opened in 1881 and closed in 1930. Fountain Square is now on the site.
Millinery
Section
Children's & Misses Hat
Section
Waist
Section
Women's Suit Section
Mabley & Carew card for Kail-stem-iks shoes
H. S. POGUE COMPANY
H. S. Pogue 410 Race St. opened in 1878. Expanded into Carew Tower. J. S. Trevor Thomas Trevor
Treasurer ? Manager
ROLLMAN'S DEPARTMENT STORE
Rollman's Dept. Store was located across the street from Mabley & Carew on the northwest corner of 5th and Vine. Opened in 1867 on the site of the Havlin Hotel. The 4th card shows the drug & toiletries dept. on the upper level. The 1st card below is a postal card from Rollman's sent in 1932 with an advertisement for portraits. The 2nd is a postcard advertising a new dress style.
THE McALPIN STORE
Not postcards
When the Shillito Company moved to Seventh Street in 1877 the dry goods firm of McAlpin, Polk & Company took over the building at 13 West Fourth Street. The company expanded twice, first into the Mitchell Furniture building in 1900 and then the Aeolian Pianos building in 1938. The 2nd image above shows McAlpins before its expansion into the Aeolian Piano store.
Shoe Department
P.O. Stewart (Manager?)
THE SHILLITO COMPANY
The John Shillito Co. Started in 1830 at a store on west 4th St. next to the Post Office. The first two non-postcard images below show the store at this location. A new store was built there in 1857 (2nd image) but within 20 years it became much to small and built a new store on 7th Street. When John Shillito opened this store in 1878 at the southwest corner of 7th. & Race it was the largest department store in the country under one roof (last 2 images). It was modernized in 1938. This company is now known as Lazarus.
4th Street
Store
7th & Race Store
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Piano
Dept.
Millinery
Dept.
Upholstery Dept.
Ad card for the novel "Who Goes There!"
Ad card for the novel "The Way Home"
Not a postcard
Shillito's Ad
THE S. & H. KNOX COMPANY
The S. & H. Knox Co. (A.K.A. Woolworth's) The store on the left was at 1133 Main and the one on the right was at 28 W. 5th. St. The 3rd non-postcard image is the photograph used for the center card.
LAZARUS
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Main
Floor
Ostrich Display Room
Jos. Lazarus Co. Wholesale Millinery. s.e. cor. 4th & Elm.
ALMS & DOEPKE CO.
Not a
postcard
Opened
Newspaper
drawing
Son of William
In 1865 Frederick and William Alms joined with William F Doepke to create the Alms & Doepke department store on Main Street. In 1878, the store moved to a much larger building in a choice location on the North side of the Miami Erie Canal at Main St. By the turn of the century, Alms & Doepke were the second largest mercantile establishment west of New York City. With the decline of the Over-The-Rhine which was the major source of customers for the store, profits fell and the store closed April 3, 1954. The building now houses local government and court system offices.
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The Big Store. 419-427 West 5th Street Worlds Largest Outfitters
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Checker Stores (Thanks to Scott Kabakoff)
The Park Department Store,
Tri-County Mall
Kings Mills
Westwood Department Store
