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Gimbel Brothers
Stire Opens at 8:30
Gimbel Brothers
Store Closes at 5
Wednesday July 7, 1915
impson-Crawford Sale Started With a
EVENING LEDGER-PHIUADELPHIA WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1915;
The
Rush
Greatest Bargains in the Store's History
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Gimbels Bought the Entire $680,000 Stock of This Fine New York Store
avings Average Half
The Simpson-Crawford Co. store occupied the entire block in New York, on Sixth
Ave. from 19th to 20th, and in the struggle against conditions of environment had been
buying new goods right along, and was stocked up to the handle with the most desirable
the concern could acquire.
But the shoppin'g center had changed Sixth Avenue has had its day and the
concern went under.
When the Simpson-Crawford Company Liquidated,
Its Stocks Were Gaited to Do a Big Business
But, though retail business had gone to another "center" in New York, the con
cern was anchored where they were by their new big store building.
The Simpson-Crawford Sale Rules Every Department of the Business
WfJMRN'S SUITS
WOMEN'S COSTUMES
WOMEN'S BATJtilJNti
SUITS
WOMEN'S
SIMPLE LITTLE
SUMMER DRESSES
WOMEN'S COATS
WAISTS AND BLOUSES
SEPARATE SKIRTS
FURS
SILKS Simpson -
Well-Known High-Grade Silks
It is impossible to list all the Silks
Sale Price 28c Values SOc to 85c
Plain Silks of various kinds.
Sale Price 38c Values 58c to $1.25
Plain and fancy Silks in black and'
colors.
Sale Price 50c Values 76c to $1.25
, Wide black and colored Silks, both plain
and fancy, including colored Messalmes
and white Corduroy.
Sale Price 58c Values 85c to $1.25
f Staple black and white Silks, Habutais,
'if--i:, CT,nr,ni.n: irwl linn tuners.
Sale Price 68c Values $1 and $1.35
Double-width 'black and colored Silks,
such as Taffetas, Messalines, Shantungs
ind Habutais.
Some on Grand Aisle, First floor,
Some of the
Persian Sultanabads and Mahal Rugs
12; Ox 9: 0 at
$90.
value $135
12:
12:
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7x 8:
Ox 8:
9 at
7 at
$90.
value $180
value $145
value $210
value $150
value $155
value $150
value $210
$100,
8x 8: 6 at $105,
9x 9: 0 at $105,
5x 8: 6 at $105,
lx 8: 6 at $105.
5x 8: 4 at $105,
, Persian Scrap! Rugs in their character
istic bold designs and dark rich colorings.
suitable
for any room that gets
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$90, value $180
$97,50. value $195
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at $125, value $250
at $130. value $225
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' 11 8x10:
12. 6x10
5140, value
5150. value
at $155, value
at $155, value
12 4x10
12 6x10
12- 5x10
8 at $160. value
0 at $160. value
Pertian RnriiV TJurrB in hpatitiful blended
Mp rich tones of red, blue, brown and
"e; this is a particularly interesting
Voup, worth fully half again as much as
y are marked
Delightful
Choosing in
Cotton
60c silk-and-cotton brocaded Poplins,
sale price 25c.
38c anr! Vl Palfn.a fVmr1tn anrt nlnffta.
tSte price 12Uc
fSaje price 38c.
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25c printed Voiles, 38.inqh. Sale prise
IL39c and 49c silk-and-cotton Novelties.
;&ale nric- o.cr.
25c fine Ginghams. Sale price 1254c.
Oeanups from Manufacturers
18l summer Suitings. Sale price 10c.
HOUSE DRESSES AND
NEGLIGEES
CHILDREN'S DRESSES
CHILDREN'S WRAPS -MISSES'
APPAREL
MILLINERY
ART NEEDLEWORK
BOYS' CLOTHING
MEN'S CLOTHING
MEN'S SHOES
WOMEN'S SHOES
CrawfordCarried
i here's a partial list only
Sale Price 75c Values $1 to. $1.50
Foulards, striped Tub Silks and plain
and fancy Silks.
Sale Price 85c, values $1.25 to $1.75
Crepe Meteors, Crepe de Chines, Char
meuse, Taffetas, Messalines, Shantungs,
black dress Silks, Habutais, white or black;
yard-wide white Corduroy, Pcau de
Cygnes, satin-striped shirting Silks and
many other kinds.
Sale Price $1.15 Values $1.50 to $2
Cheney Silks. Meteors. Crepes, Char
meuse. Satins, Taffetas, Pongees, Surahs,
Moires, Gros de Londresand striped Silks.
Sale Price $1.35 Values $2 to $3
Cheney Meteors, black Crepes and
Charmeuse, black Duchesse, Chiffon Taf
feta and Merry Widow Taffetas.
Centre Aisle and Silk Salon, Second floor.
Oriental RugS
12: 3x 8:10 at $290,
12- Ox 9: 5 at $300,
11: 2x 9: 8 at $275,
12: 7x 8:10 at $295,
value $435
value $600
value $550
value $445
Chinese Rugs, distinctive pieces of un
usual beauty; the colors of which are nota
bly harmonious
10: Ox 7: 8 at $155,
10: lx 8: 1 at $170,
10: 2x 8; 0 at $150,
10: 8x 8; 4 at $175,
12: Ox 9; 0 at $180,
13: 1x10: 8 at $200,.
value $235
value $340
value $225
value $350
value $270
value $300
Anatolian and Beluchistan Mats, of an
tique coloring, to sell at $5.75, value $9.50.
Kasaka Rugs, mostly of square sizes,
suitable for vestibules, stair landings and
doorways, at $6.25, value $10.
Beluchistan Rugs of silky effects and
dainty colorings, average size 4.0x2:6, at
$7,50, value $11.50,
-Beluchistan and Mosul Rugs, average
size 5:6x3:6, at $16, value $22,50.
Mosul and Shirvan Rugs, average size
5:0x3:6, at $13.50, value $21.50.
Fifth floor.
Wash Goods
25c silk striped Novelties. Sale price
50c black-and-white check Ratines,
wool-finish. Sale price 1254c.
28c and 35c white Voile Novelties, 36
and 38-inch. Sale price 18c.
50c white Ratines, 40-inch. Sale price
20c
$1 to $1.25 Embroiddred Novelties,
Sale price 50c
25c Mummie Cloth, pure white Sale
price 12Jc. . ., . .
25c extra fine Persian Lawn, 45 inches
wide Sale price 15c
38c skirting Pique, 36 inches wide. Sale
price 25c Second floor.
All Stocks
CHILDREN'S SHOES
LINENS
BLANKETS : MUSLINS
COTTON DRESS GOODS
WOOL DRESS GOODS
SILKS AND VELVETS
INFANTS' WEAR
CORSETS
WOMEN'S UNDERWEAR
SILK PETTICOATS
LININGS
FURNITURE One of the
Strongest Stocks in the Sale
Fifty dining
room Tables,
quartered oak,
massive Colonial
base. Sale price
$20, regularly
$40.
Two hundred
solid mahogany
dining - room
Chairs, leather
covered slip
scats. Sale price
$4.25, regularly
$8.50.
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Mahogany Buffets, 54 inches long, Co
lonial design. Sale price $35, regularly
$70.
One hundred Serving Tables. Sale
prices $7.50 to $15, regularly $15 to $42.
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$300 Sheraton Dining-Room Suite at
$150; solid mahogany (no veneerrti in
laid lines. '
$250 Dining-Room Suite at $125jin ma
hogany; consisting of buffet, serving table
and china closet. Sale price $125, regu
larly $250.
$450 Dining Room Suite at $225;
Venetian oak, very massive, handsomely
carved.
CHAMBER FURNITURE
Fifty Bureaus, Colonial design, Circas
sian wajnut. Sale price $15, regularly
$25,
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They carried Gimbel grade merchandise, and the whole $680,000 stock dovetails
with Gimbel goods.
Enormous as the stocks were, there were gaps and thin places in sizes, colors or
assortments, and these we strengthened by other purchases amounting to $400,000 from
mills and wholesalers often the very goods already ordered by Simpson-Crawford Co. as
"coming" stock.
Upwards of a million dollars' worth in the sale; but be sure of this
Simpson-Crawford Goods are Separately
and Distinctly Marked
and the price tags state the "Simpson-Crawford price." Goods from other sources
equally as good bargains are marked simply "Sale price value ."
PIANOS
PLAYER-PIANOS
FURNITURE
BEDDING
OFFICE FURNITURE
UPHOLSTERY GOODS
RUGS AND OTHER
FLOOR COVERINGS
HOUSE FURNISHINGS
PICTURES
CHINA
LAMPS
MUSLINS AND BED
CLOTHING SPORTING GOODS
MEN'S HATS
BOYS' HATS
MEN'S SHIRTS AND
FURNISHINGS
KNIT UNDERWEAR
Men's, Women's,
Children's
Thirty Bureaus, in mahogany, Colonial
design. Sale price $22.50, regularly $45.
Seventy-five white enameled Dressers
and Chiffoniers. Sale prices $9 to $35,
regularly $18 to $52.
Two hundred mahogany Dressers,
Toilet Tables and Chiffonniers. Sale
prices variously at $8 to $65, regularly
$15 to $100.
LIVING ROOM FURNITURE
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Seventy-five Library Suites; heavy ma
hogany frames, covered in tapestry or
genuine leather. Sale price $45, regularly
$100.
Twelve solid mahogany Davenports,
Stickley make, 6 feet long, covered in
tapestry or leather. Sale price $55, regu
larly $112.
Twenty-five solid mahogany Arm
chairs, Stickley make, genuine leather
seats. Sale prices $15 to $28, regularly
$26 to $50.
Fifteen Library Suites, three pieces.
Sale prices $50 to $90, regularly $95 to
$177.
One hundred and fifty pieces of
Stickley made mission furniture, fumed
oak. Averaging one-half their regular
prices.
FOUR WONDERFUL BRASS
BEDSTEAD BARGAINS
Brass bedsteads are fast doubling in
price, so these are sold for less than the
wholesale price tomorrow
One hundred brass Bedsteads. Sale
price $12.50, regularly $25.
One hundred and ten brass Bedsteads.
Sale price $6.50, regularly $13.
Two hundred and twenty-five brass
Bedsteads Sale price $14. regularly $28.
Three hundred brass Bedsteads. Sale
price $15, regularly $30.
One hundred and thirty-five fiber reed
Rockers, upholstered spring seats and
upholstered backs, finished in brown.
Sale price $5.50, regularly $10.
Sixth floor.
Upper floors and Subway Stclre
HOSIERY FOR ALL
GLOVES
UMBRELLAS AND
PARASOLS
SEWING MACHINES
TRUNKS
LEATHER GOODS
BOOKS
DRESS TRIMMINGS
WOMEN'S NECKWEAR
LACES
Dress Goods :
Buy for Present
Sale Price 50c a yard, value $1
40 to 50 inches wide all-wool Panama
Cloth, all-wool Storm Serge, all-wool
French Serge, all-wool Prunella Cloth,
all-wool Poplins, all-wool Crepe de Pop
lins, all-wool Whipcords, English Tussah,
Shepherd Checks.
Sale Price 65c, value $1.25
45 to 56 inches wide all-wool French
Serge, all-wool Whipcord, all-wool Pru
nella Cloth, all-wool Granite Cloth, all
wool Poplins, all-wool Storm Serge, all
wool Taffeta Poplin, all-wool Fancy
Suitings.
Sale Price 75c, value $1.50
46 to 54 inches wide all-wool Poplins,
all-wool Men's Wear Serge, all-wool
Ottoman Cloth, all-wool Melrose Cloth,
all-wool Sumar Cloth, all-wpol Storm
Serge, all-wool French Serge, all-wool
Fancy Plaids, Fancy Suitings, Shepherd
Checks, Polo Coatings, Fancy Coatings.
Sale Price 95c, value $2 a yard
46 to 54 inches wide all-wool French
Ripple Cloth, all-wool Crepe Poplin, all
wool Whipcords, all-wool Zibeline Coat
ing, all-wool Vigourcux Suitings, all-wool
Fancy Suitings, all-wool Fancy Coatings,
English Mohair Suitings, imported Broad
cloths. Remnants 50c to $3 Goods, at
25c to $1 a yard Pieces not cut
Dress Goods Remnants of all descrip
tions (pieces not cut, sold by the piece)
American-Made
$35 for $62.50 extra fine Wilton
Rugs, all in Oriental patterns and
colorings, and the popular size, 9x12.
Runs Size 9x12 ft.
$14.75 for seamless Velvet Rugs, value
$22.50,
$16 for Axminstcr Rugs, value $23.50.
$18.50 for seamless Wilton Velvet
Rugs, value $28.50.
$21 for Body Brussels Rugs, values $29
and $31.50.
$31 for Wilton Rugs, values $43.50 and
$47.
$43.50 for superior fine Wilton Rugs,
value oj.ou.
$25 and $33.50 for $46 to $56.75 Wil
ton Rugs in sizes 8:3x10:6.
Rum Size 8:3x10:6 ft.
$13.50 for seamless Velvet Rugs, value
$20,
$14 for Axminstcr Rugs, values $20
to $25.50.
$19,50 for Body Brussels Rugs, values
$26.50 and $28,50.
?T ."in fnr Wiltnn 'Rues, value $38.50.
$30 for worsted Wilton Rugs, value $46.
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Axminster Rugs, size 9x12.
to Subway
VEILINGS
EMBROIDERIES
RIBBONS
HANDKERCHIEFS
NOTIONS
TOILET GOODS
PHOTOGRAPHIC
GOODS
JEWELRY
WATCHES
CLOCKS
Colors and Black
Wear and Autumn
marked half price and less; plenty of skirt
and dress lengths. Sales prices 25c to $1
a yard, values 50c to $3.
Black-Dress Goods
Sale price 38c, value 79c, for all-wool
black Ratine, stripe and plain weave.
Sale price 50c, value $1.10, for all-wool
black Melrose, plain weave.
Sale price 65c, value $1.39, for black
Serge and Tusscr,
Sale price 75c, value $1.59, for black
Whipcord, Tusser, Wool Charmeuse,
Tusser Royal, Wool Taffeta.
Sale price 95c, value $2, for Mohair-aud-wool
Poplin, Silk-and-wool Crepe,
French Frizoline, Silk-and-wool Cote de
Cheral.
Simpson-Crawford We've
known for years as one of the
Greatest Flannel Houses in
New York
30c wash Flannels, sale price, 15c yd.
50c wash Flannels, sale price, ,25c yd.
50c cream skirting Flannel, sale price,
25c yd.
35c bathrobe Eiderdown, sale once,
15c yd.
60c cream silk-embroidered Flannel,
sale price, 30c yd.
$1 cream silk-embroidered Flannel, sale
price, 50c yd.
$1.50 cream silk-embroidered Flannel,
sale price, 75c yd.
$2.50 cream silk-embroidered Flannel,
sale price, 95c yd. Second floor.
Rugs Just Hints
$25 for $41.50 Wilton Rugs; mostly
oriental colorings; all are 9x12 feet.
Rugs Size 6x9 ft.
$9.50 for seamless Axminster Rugs,
value $14.25.
$13 for Body Brussels Rugs, value $20.
$19 for Royal Wilton Rugs, value $2650.
$25 for extra fine Wilton Rugs, value
$38.50.
Small-Size Rugs, Close to
Half Price
Prairie Grass Ruga at
Half and Less
Plain (some with colored border on
sides), 18x36
18x36 at 10c, value
, 27x54 at 2c, value
36x7? at Jw. value
54x90 at JI.lO, vuliw
6x9 ati$l.75, value
8x10 at $2.75, value
8x12 at $3.25, value
9x12 at $4.00, value
Filth floor.
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