In 1915 Meier & Frank Co installed a small escalator that was cutting edge for the times. In 1950 they spent 1.5 million to service the entire department store.
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Anyone remember the elevator operators
at M&F downtown?
Going up...
Posted by: Danny Peterson | January 08, 2013 at 10:07 AM
Yeah but do you remember the escalator operators?
Posted by: JoelintheBurbs | January 08, 2013 at 10:59 AM
Remember "Meet me under the clock at Meier & Frank" ?
The fluorescope in the shoe dept.?
The M & F Parking structure?
the 1952 Democratic Convention on 30+ Closed Circuit
Screens in the M&F Parking structure?
The soda fountain on the lower level .50
Sundaes?
The annual Christmas window?
Posted by: UrbanGent | January 08, 2013 at 11:35 AM
FRIDAY SURPRISE EVERY FRIDAY.ALSO THE CONVEYOR BELT FOR THE
FOOD IN THE CAFETERIA.
Posted by: GEORGE | January 08, 2013 at 09:46 PM
riding the wooden escalators when i was a kid.
you had to enter them from the side and exit the the same
way at the bottom.
Posted by: GEORGE | January 08, 2013 at 09:55 PM