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L. L. Berger 



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Louis L. Berger: 1880-1967             Golda Alexander Berger: 1887-1965






"L. L. Berger was a high-end Department Store based in  Buffalo, New York.
The family owned store was started by Louis L. Berger in 1905, at 500 Main Street.
The company grew through the next two decades and opened its flagship store at514 Main Street on February 4, 1929. The first suburban branch opened in 1953,

At the death of its founder in 1967, the L. L. Berger company was "compared in fashion retailing to Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord and Taylor in New York, I. Magnin in San Francisco, and Neiman Marcus in Dallas."

The company filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1991.

In the early 2000s the flagship store was renovated to be upscale apartments and commercial space."

Source: Wikipedia: L. L. Berger (online March 2022)



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Source: The Department Store Museum (online March 2022)







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