Of Refreshments and Retail

ID: 941 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University
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Of Refreshments and Retail

Customers could take a break from shopping and purchase refreshments in the fountain room, while sitting at clear glass tables which also served as display cases for the store's wares.

This file appears in: Sanger Brothers Department Store

By Amanda Sawyer
Sanger Brothers department stores were often described as the pioneer retail stores of Texas. Yet these successful mercantile ventures arose from humble beginnings. Between 1852 and 1874, five of the seven Sanger brothers immigrated to America from…