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Condition
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Brand
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Arcadia Publishing
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ISBN
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9780738562759
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Book Title
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Hess’s Department Store
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Book Series
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Images of America Ser.
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Publisher
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Arcadia Publishing
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Item Length
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9.2 in
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Publication Year
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2008
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Format
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Trade Paperback
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Language
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English
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Illustrator
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Yes
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Item Height
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0.3 in
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Genre
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Travel, Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, History
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Topic
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Industries / Retailing, United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, Pa), Business
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Item Weight
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0.8 Oz
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Item Width
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6.5 in
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Number of Pages
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128 Pages
NEW Arcadia Publishing Hess’s Department Store, PA 9780738562759 Images of Ameri
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
ISBN-10
0738562750
ISBN-13
9780738562759
eBay Product ID (ePID)
70910446
Product Key Features
Book Title
Hess’s Department Store
Number of Pages
128 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Industries / Retailing, United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, Pa), Business
Publication Year
2008
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, History
Book Series
Images of America Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.3 in
Item Weight
0.8 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2008-928785
Reviews
Title: History of Hess’s Department Store Told in New Book Author: Staff Writer Publisher: WFMZ-TV Date: 12/15/2008 While the history of Hess’s Department Store is on display in a temporary exhibit at the Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum in Allentown, it will live on forever in a new book released today. Images of America: Hess’s Department Store was compiled by Frank Whelan and Kurt Zwikl and published by Arcadia Publishing. It’s available on-line and in many local book stores. The book, complete with many old, seldom-seen pictures, describes Hess’s as a unique department store with a combination of style and showmanship that made it a shopping legend for almost 100 years. It was founded in 1897 in Allentown by brothers Max and Charles Hess. Over the year’s, the company’s flagship store at 9th and Hamilton streets in downtown Allentown would play host to a who’s who of celebrities and politicians, including Jimmy Carter, Johnny Carson, George Reeves, Hubert Humphrey, Lassie, and Rock Hudson. Perhaps one of the most popular features of the store was its basement restaurant, The Patio, famous for its towering strawberry pie. Over the years, Hess’ would grow to include nearly 80 stores before its demise in the early 1990s. Bon-Ton bought Hess’s flagship store, but declining sales and a growing cost to operate the massive building, prompted the company to close it in January 1996. The building would stand empty for the next four years before PPL tore it down and replaced it with a modern office building. The subject of the book came easy for its authors. Frank Whelan contributed to a TV documentary about Hess’s. He’s currently director of special projects at the Lehigh County Historical Society. Kurt Zwikl is a former state representative from the Lehigh Valley and former chair of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. His late father, William Zwikl, was the longtime photographer for Hess’s. The Hess’s exhibit at the Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum, 423 West Walnut Street, Allentown, features dozens of old photos, a recreation of the store’s famous French room, Hess’s turn-of-the-century horse-drawn wagon, and some of its crystal chandeliers. “I remember as a little girl going to Hess’s and being mesmerized by the beauty, the chandeliers, twinkling lights, huge trees,” said Jill Youngken, curator of the interactive exhibit. The museum is open Mondays through Saturdays from 10AM until 4PM and Sundays from 11AM through 4PM through December 31. After January 1, the hours will be Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10AM until 4PM and Sundays from noon until 4PM through January 11. Admission is $6 for adults, $3 for children. Members are admitted free.
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
381/.1410974827
Synopsis
Hess s Department Store was a unique department store that with a combination of style and showmanship became a shopping legend for almost 100 years. Hess s was founded in 1897 in Allentown by brothers Max and Charles Hess. From its start as a dry goods store, it became the downtown heart of Pennsylvania s third-largest city for much of the 20th century. Its reputation was further enhanced by Max Hess s son, a showman for merchandising. Through a series of photographs, many from private collections and seldom seen, Hess s Department Store brings the glory days of Hess s to life again.”, Hess’s Department Store was a unique department store that with a combination of style and showmanship became a shopping legend for almost 100 years. Founded in 1897 in Allentown by brothers Max and Charles Hess as a dry goods store, it became the downtown heart of Pennsylvania’s third-largest city for much of the 20th century. The Hess family was from Germany, and it was Max Hess Sr. who realized the Germans in Pennsylvania had limited access to quality dry goods; with his sons’ backgrounds in the retail industry, and a higher quality of merchandise, particularly Hess’s French Room, filled with the most in vogue fashions from France. The department store entered its golden age under by Max Hess’s son, a showman for merchandising who embraced the life of a department store mogul, living in a giant mansion and rubbing shoulders with celebrities such as Bob Hope and Zsa Zsa Gabor. From the single store in Allentown to more than 80 by the 1990s, it seemed that Hess’s was unstoppable, but a national recession and increased retail competition would eventually sink the titan of Pennsylvania retail. Through a series of photographs, many from private collections and seldom seen, Hess’s Department Store brings the glory days of Hess’s to life again.
LC Classification Number
HF5465.U6H479 2008
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