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I. Magnin & Company was a San Francisco, California-based high fashion and specialty goods luxury department store. Over the course of its existence, it expanded across the West into Southern California and the adjoining states of Arizona, Oregon, and Washington.
Learn about the history and legacy of I. Magnin, a San Francisco department store that sold high-quality clothing and accessories from 1876 to 1994. See vintage I. Magnin items from Etsy sellers and VFG members.
Feb 13, 2019 · At its prime, I. Magnin was a shopping destination among destinations and a place to shop and be seen shopping among the city’s elite. A visit to The Chronicle’s archive turned up some classic...
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Dec 31, 2006 · I. Magnin resurrected in glossy book / 118-year history of glamorous emporium is chronicled in 'A Store to Remember'. .JPG Edith Marsh, a long time I.Magnin employee, talks with John Capizzi,...
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1 day ago · The story of I. Magnin and the Magnin family retail empire can be framed as a typical Jewish immigration rags-to-riches tale of the time, but with more than a few twists along the way. Mary Ann and Isaac Magnin came to San Francisco via London, we wrote in 1953. According to the Jewish Women’s Archive, both were immigrants to England from ...
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Jan 7, 1995 · During Magnin's glory days in the '40s and '50s -- the reigns of Grover Magnin and merchandising genius Hector Escabosa, who launched Satan -- smart shoppers had a salesman or woman they knew in ...
American department store chain. Founded: by Mary Ann Magnin in San Francisco, 1876. Company History: First branch opened in Santa Barbara, 1912; Los Angeles store opened, 1938, flagship San Francisco store opened, 1948; sold to Bullock's, 1943; to Federated Department Stores, 1964, which was acquired by Campeau Corporation (after an attempted ...
