Store Exterior (1912)

ID: 932 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University
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Store Exterior (1912)

The Sanger brothers immigrated to America because they saw it as a land of great promise. They settled down in Texas because the state seemed to offer them better retail opportunities.

This file appears in: Sanger Brothers Department Store

By Amanda Sawyer
Sanger Brothers department stores were often described as the pioneer retail stores of Texas. Yet these successful mercantile ventures arose from humble beginnings. Between 1852 and 1874, five of the seven Sanger brothers immigrated to America from…