Meyer's Explained

Meyer's Department Store was a department store chain based in Pasadena, California. Over the years Meyer opened stores in Pasadena, Hemet, Holtville,^[1] and South Gate.^[2] Meyer established a Meyer Department Store in Long Beach at 151 Pine St. c. 1905, then re-opened it in 1909 as The Emporium,^[3] selling it in 1914.^[4]

Meyer's was founded in 1907 by G. H. and Henry D. Meyer, who until that time had been running a store in Long Beach. In 1919 the store acquired the spaces of the two stores to the north, Mertel's and Brenner & Wood, expanding its store into those spaces.^[5]

H. T. Sundbye, Meyer's brother-in-law, purchased the family's interest in the department store after Henry D. Meyer's passing, and took up the position of general manager of the store.^[6]

Notes and References

1. News: Henry Meyer owner of Emporium owned Meyer's Department Store (Pasadena, Hemet, Holtville) . 21 March 2024 . The Long Beach Telegram and The Long Beach Daily News . 1 April 1912 . 5.
2. News: Fine New Store Is Big Success: Hundreds Attend Meyer's Department Store Opening and Sales . 21 March 2024 . South Gate Daily Press-Tribune . 1 April 1930 . 1.
3. News: Reopning of the Emporium . 21 March 2024 . The Long Beach Telegram and The Long Beach Daily News . 9 July 1909 . 8.
4. News: To Take Well Earned Rest: S. L. Powers Retires From Emporium --- Was Popular . 21 March 2024 . The Long Beach Telegram and The Long Beach Daily News . 25 July 1914 . 5.
5. News: Meyer's To Celebrate Birthday . The Pasadena Post . 13 May 1926 . 3.
6. News: Sundbye Purchases Interest in Meyer's Department Store . 21 March 2024 . The Pasadena Post . 23 March 1925 . 1.