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Meyer's Department Store was a department store chain based in Pasadena, California. Over the years Meyer opened stores in Pasadena, Hemet, Holtville, [1] and South Gate. [2] Meyer established a Meyer Department Store in Long Beach at 151 Pine St. c. 1905, then re-opened it in 1909 as The Emporium, [3] selling it in 1914. [4]

Meyer's was founded in 1907 by G. H. and Henry D. Meyer, who until that time had been running a store in Long Beach. In 1919 the store acquired the spaces of the two stores to the north, Mertel's and Brenner & Wood, expanding its store into those spaces. [5]

H. T. Sundbye, Meyer's brother-in-law, purchased the family's interest in the department store after Henry D. Meyer's passing, and took up the position of general manager of the store. [6]

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References

  1. "Henry Meyer owner of Emporium owned Meyer's Department Store (Pasadena, Hemet, Holtville)". The Long Beach Telegram and The Long Beach Daily News. 1 April 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. "Fine New Store Is Big Success: Hundreds Attend Meyer's Department Store Opening and Sales". South Gate Daily Press-Tribune. 1 April 1930. p. 1. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  3. "Reopning of the Emporium". The Long Beach Telegram and The Long Beach Daily News. 9 July 1909. p. 8. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  4. "To Take Well Earned Rest: S. L. Powers Retires From Emporium --- Was Popular". The Long Beach Telegram and The Long Beach Daily News. 25 July 1914. p. 5. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  5. "Meyer's To Celebrate Birthday". The Pasadena Post. 13 May 1926. p. 3.
  6. "Sundbye Purchases Interest in Meyer's Department Store". The Pasadena Post. 23 March 1925. p. 1. Retrieved 21 March 2024.