page_title: Mullen & Bluett
hierarchical_section_title: Mullen & Bluett
caption_attribution_description: English: Color photocrome postcard of Wilshire Boulevard through the Miracle Mile district of Los Angeles, California during the early 1960s. The Lee Tower (built in 1958 by D. Everett Lee) is seen on the left-hand side background, the Mullen &amp; Bluett building (built in 1949 by Stiles O. Clements) is seen on the right-hand side foreground and the Desmond's Hancock Park Store (built in 1928 by Gilbert S. Underwood) is seen on the right-hand side background. View looking east on Wilshire Boulevard between South Ridgeley Street and South Burnside Avenue. The back of the postcard reads: ON THE MIRACLE MILE WILSHIRE BOULEVARD LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Extending from downtown Los Angeles to the ocean at Santa Monica, this famous boulevard is one of the most beautiful thoroughfares in the United States. COLOR PHOTO BY ELLIS-SAWYER L.169–WESTERN PUBL. &amp; NOV. CO., 259 SO. LOS ANGELES ST., L.A., CALIF. CURTEICHCOLOR ® 3-D NATURAL COLOR REPRODUCTION (REG. U. S. A. PAT OFF.)
context_page_description: Mullen & Bluett was a Los Angeles-based department store specializing in men's clothing.
  It was founded by Andrew Mullen and W. C. Bluett in the 1880s, at the corner of Spring and First Streets in Downtown Los Angeles. Arthur R. Mullen took over management of the store after the death of the founders. In 1910 the company rented the ground floor and basement of the W. P. Story building at Broadway and Sixth Street, at a time when all the major Los Angeles department stores had been establishing themselves on or adjacent to Broadway.
context_section_description: Mullen & Bluett was a Los Angeles-based department store specializing in men's clothing. 
  It was founded by Andrew Mullen and W. C. Bluett in the 1880s, at the corner of Spring and First Streets in Downtown Los Angeles. Arthur R. Mullen took over management of the store after the death of the founders. In 1910 the company rented the ground floor and basement of the W. P. Story building at Broadway and Sixth Street, at a time when all the major Los Angeles department stores (May Company California, The Broadway, Fifth Street Store/Walker's, Bullock's, J. W. Robinson's, Desmond's, etc.) had been establishing themselves on or adjacent to Broadway.
caption: Mullen & Bluett Miracle Mile store is visible on right side of this 1960s postcard
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