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Hale's or Hale Bros., was a department store based in
/ref> In 1949, Hale's bought their Sacramento rival, Weinstock, Lubin & Co.''Weinstock's: Sacramento's Finest Department Store'', Annette Kassis, p. 94
/ref> In the same year, Hale's merged with
"Hale's", ''Department Store Museum'' (blog)
Defunct department stores based in Sacramento History of Sacramento, California History of San Jose, California History of San Francisco
Hale's or Hale Bros., was a department store based in Sacramento
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with branches throughout the San Francisco Bay Area
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In 1880 Prentis Cobb Hale
Prentis Cobb Hale (July 30, 1910 - February 11, 1996) was an American entrepreneur.
Biography
Early life
The son of Prentis Cobb Hale I, who with two brothers, founded Hale Brothers & Co. Inc., in Sacramento, California in 1881. Prentis Cobb Hal ...
and his two brothers opened the Criterion store in Downtown Sacramento
Downtown Sacramento is the central business district of the city of Sacramento. Downtown is generally defined as the area south of the American River, east of the Sacramento River, north of Broadway, and west of 16th Street. The central business ...
, and in 1881 they renamed it Hale Brothers & Company. The company opened large branches in San Francisco
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(1892) and San Jose (1896), Salinas, Stockton and Petaluma, and via an acquisition of Whitthorne & Swann in 1906, Oakland.
The Sacramento store was last located at 825-831 K Street, with a storefront measuring some 123 feet on K and 160 feet on Ninth.
The San Jose store was at the corner of 1st and San Carlos. The San Francisco store was first located at 989 Market Street, then moved to 901 Market at Fifth in a building designed by Reid & Reid
Reid & Reid, also known as Reid Brothers, was an American architectural and engineering firm that was active from 1880 to 1932. Established in Indiana by Canadian immigrants, the firm moved to the West Coast and became was the most prominent fir ...
.National Register of Historic Places/ref> In 1949, Hale's bought their Sacramento rival, Weinstock, Lubin & Co.
/ref> In the same year, Hale's merged with
Los Angeles
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-based Broadway Department Stores, becoming ''Broadway-Hale Stores'', Carter Hawley Hale Stores'', and later '' Broadway-Hale Stores''.
Hale Bros. had 30% ownership of J. M. Hale
J. M. Hale Co., also known as Hales, was a department store Downtown Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles Hale's was founded by James M. Hale (October 7, 1846, New York City–January 31, 1936, Los Angeles), one of the Hale brothers, whose brothers als ...
Co., also known as Hales, in Los Angeles, founded by one of the Hale Brothers, James M. Hale (1846-1946).
References
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"Hale's", ''Department Store Museum'' (blog)
Defunct department stores based in Sacramento History of Sacramento, California History of San Jose, California History of San Francisco