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May Company California was an American chain of department stores operating in Southern California and Nevada, with headquarters at its flagship Downtown Los Angeles store until 1983 when it moved them to North Hollywood.
In 1912, May acquired the M. O'Neil Co. (O'Neil's) department store of Akron, Ohio. In 1923, May acquired A. Hamburger & Sons Co. in Los Angeles and renames it May Company California. In 1946, May acquired the Kaufmann's chain based in Pittsburgh, retaining it as a separate division.
May Company California was an American chain of department stores operating in Southern California and Nevada, with headquarters at its flagship Downtown Los Angeles store until 1983 when it moved them to North Hollywood.
As one of the city’s largest and most elegant department stores, May Company Wilshire symbolized L.A.’s ascent as a major modern metropolis. In the early 1990s, May Company California merged with J.W. Robinson’s to form Robinsons-May, closing multiple locations, including the Wilshire store.
Dec 14, 2021 · May Company. The May Company opened for business in Leadville, Colo., in 1877, selling Levi’s and long johns to miners. David May bought out Hamburger’s in 1923.
- Patt Morrison
- Columnist
- patt.morrison@latimes.com
The May Company Building on Broadway in Downtown Los Angeles, a.k.a. Hamburgers/May Company Department Store and the May Department Store Building, later known as the California Broadway Trade Center, was the flagship store of the May Company California department store chain.
Hamburgers/May Company Department Store. An enormous Beaux Arts structure erected in 1906 that once boasted it was the largest department store on the Pacific Coast. Address. 801 S. Broadway Los Angeles, CA 90014. Get directions. Architects. Alfred F. Rosenheim, Alexander Curlett. Style. Beaux Arts. Decade. 1900s. Designation.
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