Iver's was a department store with two locations north of Downtown Los Angeles: one at 5801 North

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, and another at 663 Foothill Boulevard in

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. The La Cañada Flintridge branch, which measured and had sales of $5 million (~$ in ) per year, was sold to

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in 1986. The location is now a

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. In Highland Park the Iver's store was the heart of the commercial strip (Figueroa Street around the present-day Gold Line light rail station) from 1913 through 1984 when it closed. The chain was founded by Catherine and Jesse William Ivers as a notions and ribbons store.

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{{History of Retail in Southern California Defunct department stores based in the City of Los Angeles Highland Park, Los Angeles La Cañada Flintridge, California