Author: Gourluck, Russ
Title: A Store Like No Other: Eaton's of Winnipeg
Description: Winnipeg: Great Plains Publications, 2004. Paper bound, square quarto, Pp208. Includes bibliography, index, and photo credits section. A tight and unmarked, very good or better copy. 710 grams. From the blurb on the rear cover: Eaton's of Winnipeg -- or the Big Store as it was often called -- was never just a store, or just a building. It was an icon for generations of Winnipeggers. It was a place where many had their first job, a place where people met (by the statue or under the clock); a place where the first toys, or first dresses, or first grown-up fedoras were bought; and of course, a place where people shopped. The huge red brick building on Portage Avenue was, in many ways, a city unto itself. It had its own hospital clinic, fire department, water supply, library, and restaurants. It even had its own neighbourhoods - beyond the main store was the towering Catalogue building, as well as smaller structures like the power house, the parkade, and the bus depot. But it was the pople, both the customers and employees, who made the store what it was. We welcome all reasonable offers on our books.

Keywords: T. Eaton Company Manitoba Winnipeg History, Timothy Eaton Company History 9781894283489


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