department store

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It depicts her in a black dress, ready to depart from her home in Eagle Bridge, N.Y., in November 1940, for Manhattan, where Gimbels department store was displaying her works.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Left to talk, Jacobs whirls through stories of past, present and future: anecdotes about his grandmother planning her lunch spot around which department store she’d spend the day at, and memories of Bob Fosse films.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

The suspects targeted a Macy’s department store being fleeing in a white Lexus.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

When a department store approached us about carrying Tibi, we didn’t have to deliberate.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026

As a seamstress at a downtown department store, she repaired, altered, and steam-pressed clothing—work known and respected by both the black professional class and ordinary workers.

From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose