Where was the first store that the grandfather of Elinor S. Gimbel's husband located?
Gimbels Gimbel Brothers (Gimbels) was an American department store corporation from 1887 until 1987. Adam Gimbel opened the first store in Vincennes, Indiana that would later lead to his son Bernard opening the first store in the chain of Gimbels Department Stores in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.The company is known for creating the Gimbels Thanksgiving Day Parade, the oldest parade in the country. Gimbels was also once the largest department store chain in the country. By the time it closed in 1987, Gimbels had 35 stores in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Wisconsin, and Connecticut.
H. &amp; S. Pogue Company The H. & S. Pogue Company was a Cincinnati, Ohio based department store chain founded by two brothers, Henry and Samuel Pogue. They first came from County Craven, Ireland to Cincinnati and worked in their uncle’s dry goods store. They later were able to buy him out and H. & S. Pogue Dry Goods Company was established in 1863. Brothers Thomas, Joseph, and William Pogue would eventually join the enterprise.