Harris & Frank

Harris & Frank flagship store at 635-9 S. Hill St. in Downtown Los Angeles, opened in 1925.

Harris & Frank was a clothing retailer and major chain in the history of retail in Southern California, which at its peak had around 40 stores across Southern California and in neighboring states and regions. Its history dates back to a clothing store founded by Leopold Harris in Los Angeles in 1856 near the city's central plaza, only eight years after the city had passed from Mexican to American control. Herman W. Frank joined Harris in partnership 32 years later in 1888.[1]

Leopold Harris

Family

Leopold Harris originally Lewin Hirschkowitz (LEH-vin-HIRSH-koh-vits), (c.1836–1910) was born into a Jewish household to parents whose names are quoted differently by two different sources. His own advertisement for his name change to Leopold Harris states his father's name as Feibisch and his mother's as Hannah.[2] However, the Jewish Museum of the American West states his parents' names as Morris and Johanna and lists the following siblings who emigrated:[3]

  • Stella who married Rudolph Anker of San Bernardino, who had a dry goods and clothing store there
  • Zara who married Maurice Diego Katz of San Bernardino
  • Emma who married Simon Goldsmith, who ran a country store in San Bernardino, and later a shoe store in Santa Ana
  • Herman and Philip who worked for Simon Goldsmith in Santa Ana, then opened their own clothing store there
  • Leo who established a country store in Lancaster, as well as a ranch and a freight business
  • Herman, Philip, and Arthur who with Leopold's help, founded the Harris Department Stores in San Bernardino in 1905.[3]

In his name change advertisement, Leopold Harris mentioned his brother's Moritz, and his sister Rosa Sommerfeld, who had remained in or near Löbau (as of 1872).[2]

Löbau, Prussia

Harris (Hirschkowitz) was born in the town of Löbau in the Province of Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia, which in 1871 became part of a united Germany. In 1920 this part of Germany was ceded to the newly recreated country of Poland. In Polish, the town is now called Lubawa.[2] The town was also the birthplace of prominent Los Angeles businessman Harris Newmark and of the Jacoby brothers, who also founded a major Los Angeles department store, Jacoby Bros.

Emigration to the U.S.

He arrived in the United States, in 1852 at the age of 16, spent time in Kentucky, then traveled via Nicaragua together with fellow Löbauer Harris Newmark, to California, arriving in October 1853 and establishing his store on the Los Angeles Plaza in 1856.[4]

First business partnerships

Leopold Harris decided to enter business in the new Mormon colony of San Bernardino, California. He created the partnership Lewis & Harris there with Lewis Jacobs, which they dissolved in April 1862.[5] He then spent some time outside the U.S., then returned to Los Angeles and founded the London Clothing Company.[6]

He became a U.S. citizen in 1857. With Henry M. Cohn (or Cohen), Harris formed the business partnership Cohen & Harris to raise and graze sheep at San Gabriel, which they dissolved in 1860.[7] In 1862, they partnered again and opened a kosher meat market.[8] Harris also participated in a business partnership in San Francisco. In 1868 he married Minna Jastrowitz, sister of his business partner Benno Jastrowitz.[9] In 1972, he officially changed his name from Lewin Hirschkowitz to Leopold Harris.[2]

He died in 1910 on Long Island, New York on his way back to Los Angeles after falling ill on a trip to Europe.

Historic photos

  • Sign for "Harris & Jacoby, successors to H. W. Hellman", forerunner to both Harris & Frank and Jacoby Bros., in the Old Downey Block around 1870. At right are signs for M. Kremer's and S. Lazard's stores, both forerunners of the City of Paris department store
    Sign for "Harris & Jacoby, successors to H. W. Hellman", forerunner to both Harris & Frank and Jacoby Bros., in the Old Downey Block around 1870. At right are signs for M. Kremer's and S. Lazard's stores, both forerunners of the City of Paris department store
  • 1878 ad for Quincy Hall in city directory
    1878 ad for Quincy Hall in city directory
  • At far right, "L. Harris" sign is visible, when Harris' Quincy Hall store was located at 54 N. Main St. (old numbering, loc. approx. 308 N. Main today), c.1878
    At far right, "L. Harris" sign is visible, when Harris' Quincy Hall store was located at 54 N. Main St. (old numbering, loc. approx. 308 N. Main today), c.1878
  • Harris & Frank's London Clothing Co., with its landmark clock, visible at far right in Allen Block. View south on Spring St. from Temple, c.1883–1894. The towers in the background are the Phillips Block; the two larger buildings to its right are the Jones Block and (with turrets) City of Paris.
    Harris & Frank's London Clothing Co., with its landmark clock, visible at far right in Allen Block. View south on Spring St. from Temple, c.1883–1894. The towers in the background are the Phillips Block; the two larger buildings to its right are the Jones Block and (with turrets) City of Paris.
  • London Clothing Co., 119–125 N. Spring, c.1894-1900
    London Clothing Co., 119–125 N. Spring, c.1894-1900
  • Another view of the 119–125 N. Spring store. Roofline sign: "SEE US FOR OVERCOATS"
    Another view of the 119–125 N. Spring store. Roofline sign: "SEE US FOR OVERCOATS"
  • Inside the 119–125 N. Spring store, 1903
    Inside the 119–125 N. Spring store, 1903
  • Leopold Harris late 1800s
    Leopold Harris late 1800s
  • Herman W. Frank in 1888
    Herman W. Frank in 1888
  • Herman W. Frank in 1902
    Herman W. Frank in 1902

History

Harris & Frank (1860s–1947)

Harris's first store, then called The London Clothing Co., was on the Los Angeles Plaza. Harris, alone and with partners, operated a succession of locations, each time further southwest from the Plaza, as the main shopping district moved in tandem.

By 1870,[1][10] Harris joined Isaac, Nathan, Charles, Abraham, and Lessor Jacoby to buy out Herman W. Hellman's store, to form Harris & Jacoby, which was not only a forerunner of Harris & Frank but of Jacoby Bros., which would grow into a department store that would do business in Los Angeles through the 1930s.[3] The Jacoby brothers also came from Löbau, Prussia.[3]

From 1876 to 1882 the store operated as the Quincy Hall Clothing House, at 63 Main St., (pre-1890 numbering), in the Downey Block.[11] (at the time, Commercial St. ran eastward from Main St. just north of Temple St.)[12]

In January 1883, Harris entered into partnership with Benno Jastrowitz (born 1852, like Harris in Löbau, West Prussia),[13] brother of his wife Minna Jastrowitz, as L. Harris & Co..[14]

By February 1883, the Quincy House store had closed and the new L. Harris & Co. store was doing business on the south side of Temple Street in a building that stretched the short distance between Spring and New High streets: 129–131 Spring and 5-7-9 New High streets, in the pre-1890 numbering.[15] This is currently the north end of the Los Angeles City Hall block.

In July 1886, Harris and Jastrowitz re-added the moniker London Clothing Co.[16]

On June 4, 1888, Jastrowitz sold his part of the business partnership to Herman W. Frank (b. 1860, Walla Walla, Washington), who started as a clerk in Harris' store and married Harris' daughter Sarah.[17] Thus, the business came to have the name it would bear for over a century: Harris & Frank.[1]

By 1894, the store was at 119–125 N. Spring at the southwest corner of Franklin St.[18][19]

By 1903, the store was under the management of Harris' son, Harry L. Harris, and his two sons-in-law, Herman W. Frank and M.C. Adler.[3]

By 1905, the store moved further south to 337–341 S. Spring St., between Third and Fourth streets.[20] For a few months operated concurrently with the Spring and Franklin store.[21]

In 1907, the store moved just a block south to 447–443 S. Spring St., between Fourth and Fifth streets.[22]

In 1925, Harris & Frank moved further south and west to 635–639 S. Hill St.,[23] one block west of Broadway, which had become the main shopping thoroughfare. The building now houses the Wholesale Jewelry Mart.[24]

Brooks Clothing Co. (1922–1947)

The Brooks Clothing Company opened in 1922 in Los Angeles at 337–9 S. Spring St., Downtown Los Angeles, previously the main store of The Hub Clothing Co.. The company sold suits and overcoats at one price only, $25.[25] The company quickly established a network of stores in the downtown areas of the surrounding towns in Southern California, such as Long Beach, Pasadena, Santa Ana, as well as the San Francisco Bay Area, Stockton, and Fresno.

In 1935, Brooks Clothing moved its flagship store from 337–9 S. Spring to 644 S. Broadway, the former W. & J. Sloane flagship store. The seven-story building was redesigned and modernized by architect Harbin F. Hunter at a cost of $75,000 "in complete conformity with the modern school".[26]

Harris & Frank (1947–1990s)

In 1947, Harris & Frank merged with Brooks Clothing Co., acquiring its flagship store at 644 S. Broadway and its 14 branches.[23][27] "Harris & Frank" stores had operated in Downtown Los Angeles since 1888 but finally, 59 years later, there would be a network of "Harris & Frank" stores across Southern California and beyond.[27] After the merger, Harris & Frank closed its pre-merger flagship store at 635

As of 1950, Harris & Frank had 15 branches.[23] That year, it closed its pre-merger flagship store on Hill Street, which had was only a block west of the Broadway (former Brooks flagship) store. In the same year they opened a store in North Hollywood's downtown shopping district along Lankershim Blvd.,[28][29][30] and a few years later opened at Panorama City Shopping Center, five miles to the northwest.[31]

In 1959, H. Daroff and Sons, makers of the Botany 500 line of men's clothing, bought Harris & Frank which at that time had 21 branches. In 1970, Northern California chain Pauson's was merged and Pauson's stores were renamed Harris & Frank, bringing the total number of H&F stores to 40.[32]

In 1970, Botany Industries, Inc. bought both Harris & Frank and Pauson's, a men's clothier founded by Samuel Pauson in 1875 in San Francisco, and long a fixture at the corner of Sutter and Kearney streets in that city. The 16 Pauson's locations in Northern California and Reno, Nevada were rebranded Harris & Frank. In 1972, Harris & Frank closed the Sutter & Kearney location.[33]

In 1971, Botany sold Harris & Frank to Phillips-Van Heusen Corp. of New York,[34] now named PVH Corp., owner of Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein and other brands.

In 1980, Harris & Frank closed its sole remaining location in Downtown Los Angeles at 644 S. Broadway.[35] As of 1981, the chain had 31 stores in California, Nevada, and Texas.[34]

By 1992, H&F had closed stores and there were only 17 remaining. Phillips-Van Heusen sold 12 of them to Miami-based Alan Glist,[36] the owner of the Alan Stuart men's sportswear company, and who later bought the Florida men's clothing chain Baron's.[37] Glist attempted to "save" the stores by moving to a discount format, in a market where sales of suits had diminished greatly due to changing dress codes and preferences.[36]

Under Glist, stores continued to close, although a new store was opened in Los Cerritos Center. By 1994, the only stores left open were Brea, Cerritos, Torrance, Riverside, North Hollywood and Huntington Beach.[38]

Harris' other businesses

Retail

Harris moved to San Bernardino for eight years, and together with his other nephew Arthur, founded the Harris Company in San Bernardino, California, which would become a large, grand department store and a chain across the Inland Empire. All three nephews had worked for Leopold Harris at his Los Angeles store.[39] Afterwards, Harris moved back to Los Angeles.

His nephews Philip and Herman Harris operated the White House store in Santa Ana, California.

Real estate

Mr. Frank was also a real estate developer of the Allen Block at Temple and Spring streets, in 1887 the Salisbury Block on Spring St., and in 1898 the site of Niles Pease Furniture until 1907 and afterwards the Harris & Frank store, 437–443 S. Spring Street.[40] In 1887, Herman W. Frank (d. 1941) started working for Harris, and became a partner in the business a year in 1888,[41] when its name was changed to Harris & Frank. Frank became Harris's son-in-law by marrying his daughter Sarah.

Locations

Stores were in California unless otherwise indicated. BC = Original Brooks Clothing Co. stores. Most rebranded H&F in 1947.
P = Original Pausons stores, PE = Pausons/Eaglesons stores. Most rebranded H&F in 1970.[42]
HF = opened as or were rebranded Harris & Frank stores

B P HF Opened Closed City/District Location Notes Sources
Stores opened as Harris and Frank 1880s–1940s (all in Downtown Los Angeles)
HF 1883 c.1894 Downtown L.A. 129-131 Spring St. &
5-7-9 New High St.		 Pre-1890 building numbering. Los Angeles City Hall now stands on this block.
HF c.1894 c.1905 Downtown L.A. 119-125 N. Spring St. SW corner of Franklin St.
HF c.1905 1907 Downtown L.A. 337-341 S. Spring St.
HF 1907 1925 Downtown L.A. 443-447 S. Spring St.
HF 1929 1950 Downtown L.A. 635–639 Hill Street now Wholesale Jewelry Mart
Opened as Brooks Clothing Co.
B 1922 c.Oct. 1935 Downtown L.A. 337–9 S. Spring Brooks flagship. Previously The Hub Clothing Co. from 1916 to 1922, 1909-16 two separate stores (clothing, shoes, phonographs...), 1908 Adler Clothing, from 1905 to 1907, Harris & Frank (see above). [43][26]
B Sep. 27, 1923 c.1928 Downtown L.A. 348 S. Broadway 2nd concurrent Brooks Downtown L.A. location [44][45]
B Apr. 19, 1924 c.1928 Downtown L.A. 420 S. Main 3rd concurrent Brooks Downtown L.A. location [46]
B Mar. 1925 Downtown L.A. 329 W. 5th at Hill 4th concurrent Brooks Downtown L.A. location, 10,000 sq ft (930 m2) [47]
B HF Oct. 1935 1980 Downtown L.A. 644 S. Broadway Previously W. & J. Sloane Bldg, now J. E. Carr Building. 7 stories. Redesigned/modernized, architect Harbin F. Hunter. [26][48]
B By 1924 1927 Long Beach 110–116 W. Third St. [49]
B Sep. 21, 1927[50] Sep. 1935 Long Beach 116 E. Broadway, SE corner of Pine Entire 2nd floor. 7,800 sq ft (720 m2).[50] [51][52]
B HF Sep. 1935 Long Beach 240 Pine Ave. [51]
B May 1, 1926 June 29, 1932 Oakland NW corner of 12th at Broadway Opened as 6th store. Renovation and re-opening August 1929 [53][54][55]
B Feb. 8, 1928 Summer 1942 Hollywood 6660 Hollywood Blvd. [56][57]
B HF Oct. 31, 1927 Pomona 195 W. Second St. [58]
B HF May 18, 1928 Santa Ana 202 W. Fourth St., corner of Bush Opened as the 10th store [59]
During this period the Broadway and Main st. stores in Downtown L.A. closed, lowering the number of stores by two.
B HF Oct. 2, 1928 San Bernardino 347 E St. at Court Opened as the 9th store [60]
B HF Jan. 23, 1929 San Diego 916 Fifth Ave. Opened as the 10th store, moved to 416–8 Broadway [61][62]
B HF Feb. 1929 Huntington Park 6400 Pacific Blvd. at Gage[63] Opened as the 11th store [61]
B HF c.Apr. 1929 Glendale[64] 114/224 N. Brand Ave. [62][65][66]
B HF Jun. 1, 1929 Santa Barbara 821 State Street [62][67]
B by Nov. 1929 San Jose [68]
B Nov. 4, 1929 San Francisco 111 Sutter opened as 19th store [69][68]
B Nov. 1929 Pasadena 152 E. Colorado Blvd. Opened as store #20 [68]
B Dec. 6, 1929 Stockton 333 E. Main St. Opened as store #22 [70]
B Dec. 19, 1929 Fresno 1034 Fulton St. Opened as store #23 [71]
B c.1930 Ventura 478 E. Main [72]
Note: Brooks Clothing closed seven stores in 1932.[73]
B HF 1936 Miracle Mile 5450–4 Wilshire Bl. at Cochran Morgan, Walls & Clements, architects [74]
B HF By 1937 Santa Monica 1254 Third Street [62]
B HF November 9, 1939 Belvedere, now East Los Angeles 4789 Whittier Bl. at Fetterley near Arizona [64][75]
B HF by 1941 Pasadena 390 E. Colorado Blvd. Razed [76][77]
B HF Summer 1942 Hollywood 6307-9 Hollywood Bl. at Vine [57]
Opened as Pauson's and Pauson's/Eagleson's
P HF San Francisco Kearney and Sutter Flagship
P HF Daly City Westlake Shopping Center
P HF Fremont The Hub
P HF Mountain View Mayfield Mall
P HF Reno, Nevada Park Lane Centre
P HF 1967 or -8 Downtown San Jose 127 S. First
P HF 1967 or -8 San Jose Valley Fair
P HF San Leandro Bay Fair
P HF San Mateo Hillsdale [78]
P HF Stockton Weberstown Mall
PE HF Sacramento 801 K Street
PE HF Sacramento Country Club Centre
PE HF Sacramento Southgate Shopping Center
Opened as Harris and Frank 1950s–1990s
HF Canoga Park Fallbrook Square
HF Culver City Fox Hills Mall
HF after 1987 Lakewood Lakewood Center
HF 1950 North Hollywood 5236 Lankershim Blvd., corner of McCormick (near Magnolia) [28][29][30]
HF after 1987 Northridge Northridge Fashion Center
HF by 1987 City of Orange Mall of Orange
HF c.end 1982 Redondo Beach 1901 Hawthorne Blvd. [65][79]
HF Riverside 3622 Plaza Mall
HF Aug. 31, 1955 San Mateo Hillsdale Shopping Center [80][62]
HF Apr. 7, 1955 Van Nuys 6723 Van Nuys Bl. As of 2023: Crunch Fitness. In an on-street shopping district near Butler Bros., later Dearden's [81][31]
HF Sep. 19, 1957 West Covina Eastland Center [76]
HF 1959 Pasadena Hastings Ranch Center (Foothill at Rosemead) [82][65]
HF Nov. 10, 1960 prob. 1967↔︎ Santa Ana Honer Plaza [83]
HF 1962 by 1987 Chula Vista Chula Vista Center
HF Mar. 12, 1964 Buena Park Buena Park Mall [84]
HF Nov. 26, 1965 after 1987 Downey Stonewood Shopping Center [63]
HF Nov. 17, 1966 after 1987 Huntington Beach Huntington Center [85]
HF 1967 after 1987 Costa Mesa South Coast Plaza [86]
HF Nov. 7, 1968 by 1987 Century City Century City Shopping Center
HF by 1978 Arcadia Santa Anita Fashion Park [87]
HF by 1978 Bakersfield Valley Plaza Mall
HF by 1978 Brea Brea Mall [87]
HF by 1978 by 1987 El Cajon Parkway Plaza [87]
HF by 1978 c.mid-1982 Escondido Escondido Village Mall [87][88]
HF by 1978 by 1987 City of Industry Puente Hills Mall [87]
HF by 1978 by 1987 Laguna Hills Laguna Hills Mall [87]
HF by 1978 by 1987 Oxnard Esplanade Mall [87]
HF by 1978 Sep. 1982 San Bernardino Central City Mall [89][87]
HF by 1978 by 1987 San Diego Fashion Valley [87]
HF by 1978 Las Vegas The Boulevard Center [87]
HF by 1978 Corpus Christi, Texas Padre Staples Mall [87]
HF c.Nov. 1989 Scottsdale, Arizona Scottsdale Fashion Square [90]
HF Feb. 1990 Phoenix, Arizona Paradise Valley Mall Upon opening H&F had 17 stores in So. Cal., 3 in Las Vegas and 2 in Phoenix area [90]
HF c.Apr. 1994 Cerritos Los Cerritos Center [91]

Notes

1^ Photographic evidence in Wilson's book shows Harris & Jacoby in the Old Downey Block which was torn down in c. 1870. Also, advertisements for seeds sold at the Hellman store at No. 2 Downey Block, Los Angeles, cease in January 1870[92] while an ad for the Harris & Jacoby store at No. 2, Downey Block, started appearing in the same newspaper in December 1870.[93] It is currently difficult to establish the exact date in 1870, that the business changed hands from Hellman to Harris and Jacoby, as online archives for Los Angeles newspapers have a gap between the 1864 (for the Star) and 1873 (when the Herald archives commence).

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