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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › II. Magnin - Wikipedia

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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.

2. www.sfchronicle.com › chronicle_vault › articleWhen San Francisco department stores were royalty, I. Magnin ...

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   Feb 13, 2019 · Chronicle Vault. When San Francisco department stores were royalty, I. Magnin was king. As Macy’s sells the I. Magnin Building and retail in Union Square shrinks, a look back at the...

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4. www.sfgate.com › living › articleI. Magnin resurrected in glossy book / 118-year history of ...

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   Dec 31, 2006 · In a six-month project with The Chronicle’s investigative team, she recently revealed the misleading practices of a San Francisco fashion charity that took donations from wealthy...

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5. vintagefashionguild.org › item › labelI. Magnin - Vintage Fashion Guild

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   I. Magnin was a legendary San Francisco department store that was founded in 1876 by Mary Ann Magnin and named for her husband Isaac. Originally, the couple sold baby clothing, which Mary Ann made, and Isaac sold as a peddler.

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   Feb 1, 2023 · This article looks at three of those retail enterprises: City of Paris, which satisfied desires for anything French; the I. Magnin empire, which catered to a selective upper-class clientele; and the Emporium department store, aimed at the middle class with its Bargain Basement and Santa for the kids.

7. www.sfgate.com › news › articleAfter 118 Years, I. Magnin Takes a Powder - SFGATE

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   Jan 7, 1995 · After 118 Years, I. Magnin Takes a Powder. By Pat Steger, Chronicle Staff Writer Jan 7, 1995. At I. Magnin, they called her Crab Louis. This was back in the '50s when the store catered to the ...

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   What happened to I Magnin's store in San Francisco?

   • A visit to The Chronicle’s archive turned up some classic images of the building’s construction and history, as well as I. Magnin’s earlier history — 118 years of it — in San Francisco. When the store finally closed in 1995, two of The Chronicle’s most well-known columnists of the 20th century wrote in its honor. Like what you’re reading?

   When San Francisco department stores were royalty, I. Magnin was king

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   What did Mary Ann Magnin do in San Francisco?

   • Mary Ann set up a small shop in the city, where she made and sold fancy baby clothes alongside Isaac’s wood carvings. The store moved around San Francisco’s retail hot spots, “gradually developing an exclusive clientele,” The Chronicle wrote in Mary Ann Magnin’s 1943 obituary.

   When San Francisco department stores were royalty, I. Magnin was king

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   When did the Magnin store open?

   • Advertisements for the store appeared in the pages of The Chronicle as early as 1900. As the store expanded, “Mrs. Magnin saw to it that her buyers throughout the world kept her supplied with the choicest items.” The signature I. Magnin Building, a 10-story white marble store, opened on Union Square in 1948.

   When San Francisco department stores were royalty, I. Magnin was king

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   Why was I Magnin so popular in San Francisco?

   • "It was the epitome of style, class and taste in San Francisco," said Sally Debenham, a Kensington resident who modeled at I. Magnin in the 1960s. "There was an aura about it. When you got a gift from I. Magnin, it was the same thing as getting a Tiffany blue box -- you had a feeling of excitement before you opened it.

   I. Magnin resurrected in glossy book / 118-year history of ... - SFGATE

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9. noehill.com › sf › landmarksSan Francisco Point of Historical Interest: I. Magnin ...

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   The signature I. Magnin Building, a ten-story white marble store designed by San Francisco architect Timothy Pflueger, opened on Union Square in 1948. Because of a steel shortage caused by World War II, the building was built around the steel skeleton of the old Butler office building.