CREDIT WHERE DUE DEPARTMENT:

First off, we would like to give thanks to "BAK" and his DEPARTMENT STORE MUSEUM website...

http://www.thedepartmentstoremuseum.org.


Without its information and vintage store logos, this section would not have been possible.


OTHER SOURCES:

Library of Congress
Pennsylvania State Archives
Los Angeles Public Library
J. Paul Getty Trust / Getty Research Institute
University of Washington Libraries / Special Collections Division
Mid-Cities Daily News (Texas)
University Library / University of Illinois Champaign & Urbana
www.plazalasamericas.com
www.labelscar.com
www.pleasantfamilyshopiing.blogspopt.com
www.bing.com
www.shopshorthills.com
www.simon.com (Simon Property Group)
www.dhistory.com
http://www.fundinguniverse.com
http://www.macys.com
http://mallsofamerica.blogspot.com
http://www.jcpenney.com
http://www.sears.com
http://www.dillards.com
http://www.nordstrom.com
http://www.lordandtaylor.com
http://www.bloomingdales.com
http://www.saksfifthavenue.com
http://www.neimanmarcus.com
https://fashionunited.com
https://www.arkansasonline.com
https://www.nmgops.com
https://www.mercurynews.com
https://www.recordonline.com 
https://historicindianapolis.com 
https://walton.uark.edu
https://www.ncpedia.org 
https://uticadepartmentstores.weebly.com
https://www.jsonline.com 
https://digicoll.library.wisc.edu 
http://www.henryaltemus.com
https://www.ci.chehalis.wa.us 
The New York Times
The Chicago Tribune
Various articles on Wikipedia


FAIR USE OF DEPARTMENT STORE IMAGES:

Pennsylvania State Archives, Indiana Historical Society, Ohio Memory-Ohio History, Baltimore Museum of Industry, University of Texas Libraries, Los Angeles Public Library, J. Paul Getty Trust, University of Washington Library's Special Collections Division, Beryl Ford Collection Tulsa City-County Public Library

The photographs from the agencies listed above help illustrate a key moment in department store history that is described in the article. The images are not replaceable with free-use or public-domain images. The use of the images does not limit the copyright owners' rights to distribute them in any way. The images are being used for non-profit, informational purposes only and their use is not believed to detract from the original images in any way.