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4th of July parade in front of Gately's store circa 1918. Gatelys Peoples Store was a department store at 11201 S. Michigan Avenue, in the Roseland neighborhood of Chicago. It was described as "the biggest store on Michigan Avenue". [1] James Gately purchased the Peoples Store in 1917 and added his name.
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The origins of the business lie with Mortimer Birdsul Mills, who was born in 1845 in Canada West (today's Ontario, Canada) [3] but who later became a citizen of the United States, resident in Chicago, Illinois. Mortimer Mills would have 13 children. [4] One son, Herbert Stephen Mills, was born in 1872 when his father was about 27. [3]
Model 161, introduced in 1933. Majestic Radios was an American radio brand from 1927 to 1955, trademarked as "The Mighty Monarchs of the Air". Noted for their high quality, they were initially manufactured by the Grigsby-Grunow Company of Chicago. [1]
The Spanish flu killed over 8,500 people in Chicago between September and November 1918. 1919 July 27, the Chicago race riot of 1919. Real estate broker Archibald Teller opened the first Fannie May candy store. 1920: Population: 2,701,705. [37] 1921 Balaban and Katz Chicago Theatre built, (later the Chicago Theatre).
The flagship store moved to the corner of State and Adams Streets in 1875; a modern twelve-story building for the store designed by William Le Baron Jenney would be completed on that site in 1891. [2] The Fair promoted itself as a discount department store in the early 1900s.
Loop Retail Historic District is a shopping district within the Chicago Loop community area in Cook County, Illinois, United States.It is bounded by Lake Street to the north, Ida B. Wells Drive to the south, State Street to the west and Wabash Avenue to the east.