Three prominent architects, John and Donald Parkinson, and Paul R. Williams, were chosen to design this classic structure, the first location in Southern California for the high-end store. Shown is a salon where women may take their ease at shopping, the shoeroom of the newly opened Wilshire Boulevard branch of Saks-Fifth Avenue Stores. The four-story $500,000 store features interior appointments considered among the finest on the Pacific Coast. Each room attempts to create a mood which is in keeping with the merchandise sold there. Photograph dated: April 26, 1938.
Saks & Company (New York, N.Y.) Department stores--California--Beverly Hills Beverly Hills (Calif.) Herald-Examiner Collection photographs Williams, Paul R.,1894-1980 Parkinson, John,1861-1935 Parkinson, Donald B.(Donald Berthold),1895-1945
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