A vintage view of the main shopping concourse, with a Montgomery Ward entrance off in the distance. On the left would be Rothschild's, a junior department store. John A. Brown (a.k.a. "Browns") is on the right.
Photo from View Gram by Baxtone
Browns was the original mall's second anchor store. The mercantile operated at PENN SQUARE for nearly 25 years.
Photo from the Oklahoma Historical Society
The City of Shops, as it was configured in 1960. The 12 million dollar complex was comprised of a single retail level (three department stores, and a bank, had upper floors). The open-air complex spanned approximately 582,000 leasable square feet. There were forty-six stores and services and parking accommodations for 4,200 autos.
JOHN A. BROWN (with Beauty Salon and Apple Blossom Room Restaurant) / MONTGOMERY WARD (with Beauty Salon, Snack Bar, Garden Center and freestanding Auto Center) / S.S. KRESGE 5 & 10 (with luncheonette) / HUMPTY DUMPTY supermarket / Al Rosenthal's ladies' wear / Andes Candies / Baker's Qualicraft Shoes / British Import Shoppe / Brown's Pastry Shop / Campbell's Hobby House / Claire Hats / Cunningham Book Store / Cutchall's men's wear / Fabric Fair / Fayssoux's Gifts / Franklin Beauty Salon / Hale's Toyland / Hill's Opticians / Junior Miss Shop / Kabet's Gifts / Kinney Shoes / Larsen Music Company / Lerner Shops / Margaret's ladies' wear / May Brothers men's wear / Natalie's tall ladies' wear / Paris Shoe Repair / Parks men's wear / Party Line party supplies / Penn Square Barber Shop / Penn Square Liquor Shop / Penn Square Pet Shop / Penn Square National Bank / Peyton-Marcus ladies' wear / Pipkin Photo Service / Rosenfield's Jewelers / Rothschld's apparel / Sir's London Shop men's wear / Stork Shop maternity wear / Streets ladies' wear / Town Hall community auditorium / Valgene Restaurant (with Coffee Shop & Cafeteria) / Van Dyke Portraits / Viola Marsh Shop ladies' wear / Vogue Cleaners / Young Ages children's wear
