Gimbel Brothers
Dates
- Existence: 1842-1987
Biography
Founded in 1842 by German Jewish immigrant peddler Adam Gimbel in 1842 in Vincennes, Indiana, by the 1920s Gimbel Brothers was the largest and most profitable department store retailer in America. The Gimbel’s name was known to everyone in New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Milwaukee, as well as millions of visitors to those cities. At its 1940s peak, over 500,000 people attended the Gimbel’s Thanksgiving Parade in Philadelphia, which predated the Thanksgiving Parade in New York, organized by arch-rival Macy’s. Millions more later watched the Gimbel’s and Macy’s parades on network television. Gimbel’s had a starring role in the popular 1947 movie Miracle on 34th Street.
Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:
Mary Ann Mobley, Miss America, 1959, 1959
Miscellaneous Ads, 1944-1945, 1944-1945
This folder contains a scrapbook from 1944-1945 with newspaper clippings and photographs of women's wear made with Everfast Fabrics. There are ads for Shan-o-lin, Chambray, Gingham, Waffle Pique, and Erin, sold at various department stores including Gimbel's, Hudson's, and The Hecht Co.
Miss America, 1955, 1955
Miss America, 1957, 1957
Nancy Anne Fleming, Miss America, 1961, 1961
Piece Goods Ads, 1948-1949 and 1949-1950, 1948-1950
Ready to Wear Ads, 1945, 1945
This folder contains a scrapbook from 1945 with newspaper clippings for women's and children's ready-to-wear fashions from Everfast Fabrics. There are ads for fashions designed by Tina Leser, Emily Wilkens, and Mary Stevens, made with Erin, Sandringham, Chambray, Waffle Pique, Crashmere, and Dragonia fabrics.
Retail Stores - Gimbels, 1959-1986, 1959-1986
Photocopied, pasted, and laminated articles concerning
the retailer Gimbels, including articles from Chain Store
Age and HFD. Folder also contains three Gimbels
promotional booklets.
"See how America's great stores feature fabrics by Everfast," 1945, 1945
This folder contains a scrapbook from 1945 with newspaper clippings for women's wear and children's wear made with Everfast Fabrics. There are fashions designed by Emily Wilkens and ads from stores around the country, including Gimbel's, Bonwit Teller, Arnold Constable, Franklin Simon, and B. Altman.
"Sunmere" by Everfast / "Mistysheer" by Everfast, 1945-1946, 1945-1946
This folder contains a scrapbook from 1945-1946 with newspaper clippings, fabric swatches, and photographs for women's wear made with Sunmere and Mistysheer fabrics by Everfast. There are photographs of displays at stores, including Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co., Frederick & Nelson, Joseph Horne, Gimbel Brothers, Macy's, Bamberger's, and the Halle Bros.