Gimbel Brothers

Organization

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:

Vonda Kay Van Dyke, Miss America, 1965, 1965

folder

Identifier: SC.411.1.213

Scope and Contents This folder contains a scrapbook from 1965 with newspaper and magazine clippings, promotional materials, and photographs for the 1965 Miss America promotional tour with Vonda Kay Van Dyke. Miss America's promotional tours were a collaboration between Miss America, Everfast Fabrics, Everglaze, and McCall's Patterns. In 1965, they visited Gimbel's, Stewart's, Frederick & Nelson, Meier & Frank, Home Silk Shop, Block's, Emery, Bird, Thayer Company, Eaton's, Cain-Sloan, Brandeis, and The...

Dates: 1965

Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Everfast Fabrics collection, 1921-1967 / Everfast Fabrics collection, Scrapbooks, 1921-1967

Women's Wear, 1934-1935, 1935

oversize folder

Identifier: SC.411.1.32

Scope and Contents

This folder contains a scrapbook from 1934-1935 with newspaper clippings for women's ready-to-wear made with Everfast Fabrics under N. Erlanger, Blumgart & Co. There are ads for sportswear, resort wear and bathing suits, and articles about current fashion and cotton fabric trends.

Dates: 1935