If you want to learn more about the history of shopping in San Jose, look no further than the latest two-minute Sourisseau News video below. It begins with HART's department store in Downtown San Jose and then provides a glimpse into the history of what we now know as Valley Fair mall. Can you guess which department store is in the photo below? (Hint: I had never heard of it before watching the video).
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Sourisseau News June 2017 Let's Shop! from WMS media Inc. on Vimeo.
I'm not surprised you didn't know about I. Magnin. Its been gone a long time. I believe the Bloomingdale's at Stanford was originally the I. Magnin. I do remember them in San Francisco, at one point it was called the Marble Palace. The Oakland store was amazing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._Magnin
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