There’s Kaufman’s. Gimbel’s. Neiman Marcus. In the last century, a number of Jewish-owned department stores across the nation were economic powerhouses in their communities.
The South had Rich’s Department store, headquartered in Atlanta. Rich’s closed in 2005, but an exhibit at the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum open through next Tuesday, May 27th is exhibiting memorabilia from the store’s nearly 14 decades of existence, beginning with its start in 1867 as a dry-goods store on Whitehall Street.
Curators Catherine Lewis and Timothy Frilingos take the story from there, in this conversation at the museum with host John Lemley.
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