New Topic for Tours!

By |2018-11-05T17:21:35+00:00November 5th, 2018|architecture, art, Black History, Civil War, cyclones, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, department stores, Design, drug use, Dry goods store, East Texas, Fires, Freemasons, graves, Great Depression, knights of pythias, Men, Mollie A Bailey Circus, Murders, night clubs, Oddfellows, Politics, rail lines, Style, Texans, Texas State Fair, Thanksgiving, train history, trains, White Rock Lake, Women|

I had SO much fun on the tours Saturday.  A great big thank you to everyone who showed up and listened to the [...]

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Lyric Electric Theatre

By |2018-11-01T17:28:17+00:00November 1st, 2018|architecture, cemeteries, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, department stores, Design, East Texas, Men, Style, Texans, Women|

This is now an empty, glass-fronted furniture (?) store on the north side of Garland's square.  However, it used to be one of [...]

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Neiman-Marcus, divorce

By |2018-05-02T20:00:56+00:00May 2nd, 2018|architecture, children's clothing, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, department stores, Design, Immigrants, Men, Style, West End, Women|

While the children’s wear department at Neiman-Marcus was a success, the marriage of Carrie and Al was not.  Al had an exceptionally rough [...]

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Neiman-Marcus, new store/new departments

By |2018-05-02T19:46:54+00:00May 2nd, 2018|architecture, children's clothing, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, department stores, Design, Men, Style, Texans, West End, Women|

As mentioned in a previous post, Sears and Roebuck was selling children's clothing at a low price point to their working class customers [...]

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Neiman-Marcus, rebounding after the fire

By |2018-04-30T02:34:55+00:00April 30th, 2018|architecture, children's clothing, Children's Toys, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, department stores, Design, Fires, Immigrants, Men, Style, Texans, West End, Women|

Due to the fire in 1913, Neiman-Marcus posted a net loss.  The only other year to post a loss was 2017.  Neiman-Marcus rebounded [...]

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Neiman-Marcus, a few setbacks

By |2018-04-28T16:21:41+00:00April 28th, 2018|architecture, art, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, department stores, Design, Fires, Immigrants, innovations, Men, Style, Texans, West End, Women|

In past posts, we have discussed the charmed business acumen of Carrie Marcus-Neiman, Herbert Marcus and Al Neiman. But, the Neiman-Marcus family was [...]

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Neiman-Marcus enters competitive waters

By |2018-04-06T01:43:40+00:00April 6th, 2018|architecture, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, department stores, Design, Men, Style, Texans, West End, Women|

As of 1907, Neiman-Marcus is open for business and doing a booming one at that. The Neiman-Marcus department store was going head-to-head with [...]

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Neiman-Marcus’ first year

By |2018-04-04T03:37:38+00:00April 4th, 2018|architecture, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, department stores, Immigrants, Men, South Dallas, Texans, West End, Women|

Neiman-Marcus circa 1907-1908 Dallasites with new oil money were very eager to flaunt their success and Carrie’s purchases in New York were a [...]

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Neiman-Marcus opens in Dallas

By |2018-04-02T20:07:06+00:00April 2nd, 2018|architecture, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, department stores, Design, Immigrants, Men, Style, Texans, West End, Women|

The Neiman-Marcus crew has a building on Elm Street and stock to sell thanks to Carrie! Minnie (Lichtenstein, Herbert Marcus' wife and Carrie's [...]

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Neiman-Marcus opening day

By |2018-04-02T03:40:57+00:00April 2nd, 2018|architecture, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, department stores, Design, Men, Style, Texans, West End, Women|

Our Neiman-Marcus origin story continues! With nearly 1 million dollars in capital (in today's money - at the time it was a combined [...]

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