Vintage Hush Puppies Brand Shoe Box (Basset Hound) EMPTY (Note: Famous-Barr buy) for Sale

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Vintage Hush Puppies Brand Shoe Box (Basset Hound) EMPTY (Note: Famous-Barr buy) For Sale

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Vintage Hush Puppies Brand Shoe Box (Basset Hound) EMPTY (Note: Famous-Barr buy):
$8.95

Neat looking Hush Puppies bassett hound shoe box (empty).
Measures about 3 1/2 x 6 x 12 inches.
Super cool looking, priced low.
An additional neat thing: the Hush Puppies were bought at Famous-Barr as shown on the price sticker. The brand, based in St. Louis, wascreated in 1911 when the William Barr Dry Goods Company merged with the Famous Clothing Store. For decades, Famous-Barr stood for excellence in shopping. Indeed, Famous-Barr was the first air-conditioned department store in the United States.
The Famous-Barr MayDefunctSeptember 9, 2006FateAcquired byMacy'sSuccessorMacy'sHeadquartersSt. Louis, MissouriProductsClothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, and housewares.ParentThe May Department Stores Company(1911–August 30, 2005)
Federated Department Stores, Inc.(August 30, 2005–September 9, 2006)
The Famous-Barr Co.(originally Famous and Barr Co.) was a division ofMacy's, Inc.(formerly Federated Department Stores). Headquartered inSt. Louis, Missouri, in theRailway Exchange Building, it was the flagship store ofThe May Department Stores Company, which was acquired by Federated on August 30, 2005. On February 1, 2006, it was subsumed into the newly createdMacy's Midwestdivision.

The company can be traced back toMotte's,a store founded in 1874 by Jesse W. Motte, who sold boots and shoes at 714 Franklin Street. In 1876, Motte took on as business partner his store's supervisor, Joseph Specht. The two added clothing to their wares, and presently moved the store to 703–705 Franklin, where it was listed in the city directory asFamous, Motte & Specht.It was more popularly known as theFamous Clothing Company— "famous" reportedly coming from the public's referring to the store as the "famous place for bargains".[1]

RetailerDavid Mayacquired the Famous Clothing Store in 1892. Sometime later, he acquiredWilliam Barr Dry Goods Co.In 1911, he merged the two to create Famous-Barr.