The Bon Marche, ca. 1916
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- Created Date
- ca. 1916
- Description
In 1890, German immigrant Edward Nordhoff and his wife Josephine invested their life savings of $1,200 to start The Bon Marche at First Avenue and Cedar Street. He modeled his new department store after one he had known in Paris. The Bon Marche moved to the corner of Second Avenue and Pike Street in 1896. By 1901, it had expanded along the entire Second Avenue block.This photo, taken in about 1916, shows The Bon Marche buildings on Second Avenue. A big sign on the roof advertises the name of the store.
- Creator
Webster & Stevens
- Partner
- University of Washington
- Contributing Institution
- University of Washington
- Collection
- imlsmohai
- Type
- image
- Format
- ImagePhotographScanned from original negative using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4, JPEG quality measurement 4
- Rights
- All Rights Reserved
- Chicago citation style
- Webster & Stevens. The Bon Marche, ca. 1916. ca. 1916. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/5444. (Accessed June 1, 2023.)
- APA citation style
- Webster & Stevens, (ca. 1916) The Bon Marche, ca. 1916. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/5444
- MLA citation style
- Webster & Stevens. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/5444>.