New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-20
STERN BROTHERS

establishment except that in this II is an IN
usually extensive assortment. on the second moor
the millinery department IS the feature On the
,arne floor are 10 be found the departments where
ara sold the costumes cloaks and underwear
-, which the firm is famous. on the third
49, are the upholstery departments. brio
b-ao denartnent dres snaking rooms. where
rho latest productions OF the leading european
pot,s;es are exhibited and ladies' parlor ana re-
firing rooms which Of unusual sumptuouShe7s'
b4ing finished in the Empire style There was tx
,.,aod IN n,tlng up the ladies' parlor alone 'lo'-
~ =, ~ -sar NJ mis- story are the offices Of The
c~-, o,d its counting-rooms On the fourth moor ls
,,e -nail-order department. from when there are
Gan, OH, annually through the maiiS I"''' coPeS
- bandsonelv illustrated catalogues oh Inc same
eoor are manufacturing departments storeroo'h7
ID o@scss on the fifth floor new goods are re-
a CO.. ,,,nocksd examined and stored. while on
the sixth floor are the uphois'eiS
Departments and printing offices
II tho basement of the building are -FOUR iarse
,-rsrnos supplying 800 ''e;'ric lamps scd''e'eN
,h-ouebout the building. and h"ndreds OF ihacn"eS
=, the rnanufa curing departments
Ser, Brothers the frs; retaN orySoo1s iHei
cta,.. 20 have IN. courage 20 inVaae our -
80 Tventv-third-st. THIS was IN 1870 AheY
s,,n. s,ore about one-Quar;er the size OF me
u-a.s,. one and have gradually enlarged 1t tI 'hey
,or nave fioor space OF 2s5.c,o square iee''
LORD TAYLOR
.,s .,ores IN the Broadway shopping dis
TYR, here are none that attract j" d t'e"',
,bA retail buyers, men and women INA" 'N1 '''s
.,,ssaa house OF Lord & Taylor al Twenuetn-st
- .~a,cA e never free from stream OF
l...s ,..sng In and OUT whenever the es'aohsh-
49,. "a oneo The store ITSELF, Duilt OF p'o""H.o"e
4, r,usualiy attractive, ana the cieihs H'0 d" %
~. unusual kind that make shopping peaSa'e
rather than hardship. There Is scaios-S o.
$3.50 a-vgoods house in the city than 'na' o. io'u
se4ah
- .,d caorge W Taylor. They began business
9, C,,h.r,ae-s, but with the grown OF ,ra'e ma
came with their untiring perseverance anu r
proh,.v large place became heces''' @" 80,
..,ahl,shsd q principal store al Grano-s' anu ID
go 80 he downtown business was moved 10
- c,rys,is s,s where the firm 20 this day
,.-,,a, ., an extensive trade. This store a. h's"'
ro ne imagined perhaps. is larger even 'ha' INC
u,,ov, ons and is conducted on the prlho'p'es "a
bazaar 90 rA..
In is-1 the firm built the uptown building. Ihefe
nav. hes, connected with the firm, besides Inc
.a.-o ~ r Lord a son OF the original part
Wv. roh, rvIe c. W r Lord, Samuel LORD Jr.
ana Favar6 p Hatch. The firm name has always
remained the same. . 49,
TIE denar,ment OF mems furnishing goods In this
store Is considered an excellent one by men Of as'e
ard ore ma, Il always up 20 date In us styles
Tbs nav he said OF The departments OF hosiery
Nnens small wares and especially OF the SILK ana
ores. goods ell OF which are on the street moor
On the second floor are the furs' cos'umes' u'ue'
wear clooks and an extensive millinery department
Cpoa The third floor carpets rugs uphois'eres
and Or!en,a, goods while the fourth and par' Oh
the nftn floors are given over 10 the WHOLESALE
departnents The rest OF the fifth floor is occupied
by workrooms where the famous Lord d Taylor
Costumes are designed and made.
ARNOLD. CONSTABLE & co.
Another OF the great retail drysoods buildings Oh
ths city pleasing 20 the eye In its white nagni-
tude is that Of Arnold Constable & Co. at Broad
way. Fifth-ave and Ninetecnth-sL It's retail store
froating on Broadway. and It's wholesale dtpar, l.
neht and warehouse in Fifth-ave. are too wen
known 20 the careful shoppers Of the city 20 "eeo
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