Classic Department Stores
Instructions: How well do you remember the great department stores of the past?
- 1.
Which iconic New York City department store hosted a famous Thanksgiving Day Parade starting in 1924?
ABloomingdale'sBMacy'sCGimbelsDLord & Taylor - 2.
What department store chain was known for its famous catalog that many families used for Christmas shopping?
ASears, Roebuck and Co.BMontgomery WardCJ.C. PenneyDWoolworth's - 3.
Which rival department store to Macy's was featured in the movie 'Miracle on 34th Street' (1947)?
AWanamaker'sBBloomingdale'sCGimbelsDAbraham & Straus - 4.
What was the name of the five-and-dime store chain founded by Frank Winfield in 1878 that became a national institution?
AKresge'sBMcCrory'sCBen FranklinDWoolworth's - 5.
Which Philadelphia department store was known for its grand organ concerts and was one of the largest retail spaces in the world?
AStrawbridge & ClothierBWanamaker'sCSnellenburg'sDLit Brothers - 6.
Which department store chain, founded in 1902, was known for its motto 'It's the saving place'?
ASearsBKmartCTargetDJ.C. Penney - 7.
What iconic Chicago department store was known for its elaborate Christmas window displays on State Street?
AGoldblatt'sBMarshall Field'sCCarson Pirie ScottDWieboldt's - 8.
Which discount department store chain, known for its blue light specials, was founded by the founder of Kresge's?
AWalmartBKmartCCaldorDTarget - 9.
Which catalog-based retail company is credited with creating Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer as a promotional character in 1939?
ASearsBMontgomery WardCJ.C. PenneyDService Merchandise - 10.
What was the name of the elegant San Francisco department store, founded in 1896, known as 'The White House' for its distinctive building?
ACity of ParisBI. MagninCThe White HouseDThe Emporium - 11.
Which upscale department store chain was known for its personal shopping service and originated in Dallas, Texas in 1907?
ABonwit TellerBSaks Fifth AvenueCNeiman MarcusDBergdorf Goodman - 12.
What was the name of the Hudson's department store in Detroit that was once the tallest department store in the world?
ACrowley'sBHimelhoch'sCKern'sDHudson's - 13.
Which department store featured a lunch counter where the Greensboro sit-ins took place in 1960, sparking the civil rights movement?
AWoolworth'sBMcCrory'sCW.T. GrantDKresge's - 14.
Which Brooklyn-based department store, part of the Federated group, was known as 'A&S' and was a shopping institution?
AAlexander'sBA&PCAltman'sDAbraham & Straus - 15.
What variety store chain, known for everything costing a nickel or a dime, was a forerunner of the modern dollar store?
ANewberry'sBW.T. GrantCAll of the aboveDBen Franklin stores