Department Stores

MABLEY & CAREW COMPANY

   Three 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

H. S. POGUE COMPANY

                              
H. S. Pogue 410 Race St. opened in 1878. Expanded into Carew Tower.

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 card below is a postal card from Rollman's sent in 1932 with an advertisement for portraits.

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.

                                   
1906 Fall Festival Souvenirs

Shoe Department

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 for the novel "Who Goes There!"

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 is was 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                                        

   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