Bloomingdale
Americannoun
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Brothers Joseph and Lyman Bloomingdale got their start in 1872 selling hoop skirts, corsets and other women’s fashions on New York’s Lower East Side.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
The fire began Friday evening in Old Engine Company No. 12, now a landmark historic site along North Capitol Street in the Bloomingdale neighborhood of Washington.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2023
The Bloomingdale parent, whose shares have lost nearly 40% of their value this year, also posted a lower-than-expected drop in quarterly sales.
From Reuters ● Nov. 16, 2023
Among the attendees were L.A. philanthropic doyennes Edie Wasserman and Betsy Bloomingdale.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2023
They had their own factory on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and a growing list of customers, including a store uptown owned by another Jewish immigrant family, the Bloomingdale brothers.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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