Emporium Capwell Unisex Quarter Zip Pullover

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Keep the story of Bay Area department stores close with this Emporium Capwell quarter zip pullover. The company joined Oakland's Capwell's and San Francisco's The Emporium in 1927, while each name remained familiar to shoppers for many years. Later known as Emporium-Capwell and then Emporium, the chain reflects generations of changing retail history. A considered pick for local history enthusiasts, former customers, and collectors who value the places that shaped regional shopping.

Emporium Capwell Co. was a San Francisco Bay Area department store company formed in 1927 by the merger of two local retailers. Harris Cebert Capwell founded his Oakland business in 1889 as The Lace House, changing its name to Capwell's in 1891. Adolph Feist founded The Emporium in San Francisco in 1896 as a cooperative of individually owned shops. The merged company retained the separate Capwell's and Emporium identities until 1980, when the stores combined under the Emporium-Capwell name; that name was shortened to Emporium in 1990. Broadway-Hale Stores, later known as Carter Hawley Hale Stores, acquired the company in 1970. Emporium assumed operation of Sacramento-based Weinstock's in 1991. In 1995, the parent company was acquired by Federated Department Stores, which combined the chain with other regional stores. Retained locations were renamed Macy's in 1996. The Emporium flagship at 835 Market Street in San Francisco opened in 1897 in a new building, survived the 1906 earthquake but was destroyed by the ensuing fire, and was rebuilt in 1908. The store closed in 1996; its former site later became part of San Francisco Centre, where the restored glass dome remains a notable feature.

	XS	S	M	L	XL	2XL	3XL	4XL
Width, in	19.00	20.50	22.00	23.50	25.00	26.50	28.50	30.50
Length, in	27.00	28.00	29.00	30.00	31.00	32.00	32.50	33.00
Sleeve length, in	34.20	35.00	35.75	36.50	37.25	38.00	38.75	39.50