From Younkers to 'Junkers.' What went wrong for Iowa'...
04/23/18
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From Younkers to 'Junkers.' What went wrong for Iowa's storied department store chain
DesMoinesRegister.com
Jane Buck has all the rosy memories of Younkers that you'd expect of any longtime Iowan. Her father brought her to the downtown Des Moines store to witness the magic of the "electric stairways" in 1939 — the first store in the country to install ...
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DesMoinesRegister.com
Jane Buck has all the rosy memories of Younkers that you'd expect of any longtime Iowan. Her father brought her to the downtown Des Moines store to witness the magic of the "electric stairways" in 1939 — the first store in the country to install ...