Meyer's
Meyer's Department Store was a department store chain based in Pasadena, California. Over the years Meyer opened stores in Pasadena, Hemet, Holtville,[1] and South Gate.[2] Meyer established a Meyer Department Store in Long Beach at 151 Pine St. c. 1905, then re-opened it in 1909 as The Emporium,[3] selling it in 1914.[4]
Meyer's was founded in 1907 by G. H. and Henry D. Meyer, who until that time had been running a store in Long Beach. In 1919 the store acquired the spaces of the two stores to the north, Mertel's and Brenner & Wood, expanding its store into those spaces.[5]
H. T. Sundbye, Meyer's brother-in-law, purchased the family's interest in the department store after Henry D. Meyer's passing, and took up the position of general manager of the store.[6]
References
- ^ "Henry Meyer owner of Emporium owned Meyer's Department Store (Pasadena, Hemet, Holtville)". The Long Beach Telegram and The Long Beach Daily News. 1 April 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "Fine New Store Is Big Success: Hundreds Attend Meyer's Department Store Opening and Sales". South Gate Daily Press-Tribune. 1 April 1930. p. 1. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "Reopning of the Emporium". The Long Beach Telegram and The Long Beach Daily News. 9 July 1909. p. 8. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "To Take Well Earned Rest: S. L. Powers Retires From Emporium --- Was Popular". The Long Beach Telegram and The Long Beach Daily News. 25 July 1914. p. 5. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "Meyer's To Celebrate Birthday". The Pasadena Post. 13 May 1926. p. 3.
- ^ "Sundbye Purchases Interest in Meyer's Department Store". The Pasadena Post. 23 March 1925. p. 1. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
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