Great East Side Bazaar (aka Bloomingdale's)
Begin Exploring this SiteDescription: Founded by two brothers of Bavarian heritage, Bloomingdale's has gone from a small dry goods store catering primarily to the working class, to an international chain of high-end department stores.
Closest Address: 1000-1008 3rd Ave, Manhattan, NY 10065, USA
Suggested time to explore: 0 hr 25 min
References and Photo Credits
Bloomingdale’s. (1972). Bloomingdale’s 100: Perspectives on a New York tradition. New York: Bloomingdale’s.
Brockmann, Jorg, & Harris, Bill. (2002). One thousand New York buildings. New York: Workman Publishing Company.
The New York Times. Shown on opening day: Some of the pretty things displayed at Bloomingdales’ store. (1890, October 3). http://query.nytimes.com/search/query?query=%22bloomingdales%22&d=&o=&v=&c=&n=10&dp=0&am
NYPL Digital Gallery. "If you want a thing done, do it yourself." (1858). Image ID: 826191. http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?826191
NYPL Digital Gallery. Lyman G. Bloomingdale. Image ID: 1114052 http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?1114052
NYPL Digital Gallery. The Museum of Art, 1893. Bonwill, Charles E. H., artist. (1892). Image ID: 805871. http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?805871
NYPL Digital Gallery. Transportation - Trolleys - [Horse drawn trolley cars run on Broadway line.] [Manhattan: Bleecker Street.] (1917). Image ID: 733526F. http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?733526F
Stevens, Mark. (1979) Like no other store in the world: The inside story of Bloomingdale’s. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, Publishers.