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Mandel's (a.k.a. Mandel's Shoe Stores and Mandel's Fascinating Slippers) was a chain of shoe stores in the Southwestern United States for many decades of the 20th century. For a time it advertised its wares as "Mandel's Fascinating Slippers". Maurice Mandel headed up the stores through the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. [1] [2] Later Mandel would later serve as General Merchandise Manager (GMM) of chain Mullen & Bluett [3] and president of Harris & Frank. [4] Among its branches were:

in Central Los Angeles:

in the rest of Greater Los Angeles:

Elsewhere:

In 1957, a California Appellate Court rules that Mandel's could not refuse to sell merchandise to Africa Americans, as a retail store was a "place of public accommodation", overruling a previous decision that stores were not covered by state anti-Jim Crow laws. [16] [17]

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  2. ↑ "Mandel's "Fascinating Slippers" store :: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection". tessa.lapl.org.
  3. ↑ "14 May 1967, 130 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Men's Wear". Fairchild Publications. 1 May 1973 – via Google Books.
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  7. ↑ "28 Aug 1957, 40 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Wallach, Ruth (9 July 2013). "Miracle Mile in Los Angeles: History and Architecture". Arcadia Publishing – via Google Books.
  9. ↑ "Mandel's Glendale Open House 327 N. Brand Blvd". Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "16 May 1965, Page 59 - Independent Press-Telegram at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "29 Jul 1962, Page 73 - Independent Press-Telegram at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "6 Jul 1949, Page 6 - Long Beach Independent at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com.
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  14. ↑ "23 Oct 1927, 11 - El Paso Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com.
  15. ↑ "25 May 1927, Page 2 - Arizona Republic at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com.
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  17. ↑ "Lambert v. Mandel's of California". Justia Law.
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