page_title: J. M. Hale
hierarchical_section_title: J. M. Hale
caption_attribution_description: English: Hamburger's People's Store Spring Street ca. 1890s
context_page_description: J. M. Hale Co., also known as Hales, was a department store Downtown Los Angeles.
  The Los Angeles Hale's was founded by James M. Hale, one of the Hale brothers, whose brothers also founded the Hale Bros. stores in San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento, San José, Salinas, Stockton and Petaluma, California. J. M. Hale, originally from New York City, worked with his brothers in Northern California and came to Los Angeles in 1883, opening his first store in October of that year. In the 1920s, sources state the San Francisco-based Hale Bros. company owned 30% of Los Angeles-based J. M. Hale Co., while in the 1890s the Los Angeles stores were advertised as "branches" of the San Francisco company.
context_section_description: J. M. Hale Co., also known as Hales, was a department store Downtown Los Angeles. 
  The Los Angeles Hale's was founded by James M. Hale (October 7, 1846, New York City–January 31, 1936, Los Angeles), one of the Hale brothers, whose brothers also founded the Hale Bros. stores in San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento, San José, Salinas, Stockton and Petaluma, California. J. M. Hale, originally from New York City, worked with his brothers in Northern California and came to Los Angeles in 1883, opening his first store in October of that year. In the 1920s, sources state the San Francisco-based Hale Bros. company owned 30% of Los Angeles-based J. M. Hale Co., while in the 1890s the Los Angeles stores were advertised as "branches" of the San Francisco company.
caption: Spring Street, looking north from Temple, 1890s. In the bottom left corner, barely visible is the sign for J. M. Hale Co. at 107-9 (pre-1890: 7-9) Spring St. Hamburger's, the largest retail store in the West, dominates the photo.
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