Fun and Games
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In the early twentieth-century, department stores started to directly market to children. This window display clearly seeks to attract the attention of both boys and girls with its enticing model sets and overstuffed animals. Note how American commerce is still being influenced by European tastes, as the boy mannequin sports a British-style pith helmet and the stuffed animals are creatures from exotic colonial locales.
This file appears in: Sanger Brothers Department Store
Sanger Brothers Department Store
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…