Unbound: A Collection of Indiana Stories

Get In Hoosier, We're Going Shopping: Indiana Businesses Part 2

Indiana Historical Society Season 5 Episode 6

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Last week, Casey told you the story of Arnold F. Habig and Kimball International. This week Regan tells us all about the rise and fall of L. Strauss & Co. A major department store which had locations throughout the Indianapolis area for over a century.  

Further Information:

L. Strauss & Co.,  Griffith Block, 1905

L. Strauss & Co., 1914

L. Strauss & Co., 1921

Washington Street: Lerner Shops, L. Strauss & Co., L.S. Ayres and Company, 1959

Children's Barber Shop and Playground, L.S. Strauss & Co., Indianapolis, Indiana

State Senator Welsh at Strauss, 1950s

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