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Advertising ➔ Paper Bag, Herpolsheimer's
Identifier:
2009.68.2Description:
This is a small paper shopping bag. It is grey, red, and white in color and bear the Herpolsheimer's logo on the front.;This paper bag comes from a local Grand Rapids Department Store. The GRPM intends to actively interpret the role of this type of business in the daily lives of people in our community. Stores like Herpolsheimer's, Wurzburg's, and Stekatee's had downtown locations which anchored a centralized shopping district in the mid-twentieth century. As these stores began to move to the suburbs or go out of business, Grand Rapids' urban core experienced a period of sharp decline which lasted for several decades.Date:
1960 – 1970Materials:
Paper, InkDimensions:
9" h 6" w 0.25" dCurrent Location Status:
In StorageSource:
In Memory Of Louise HarrisonRelated Entities:
Herpolsheimer's (creator)Alternate names: Herp's, Herpolsheimer Company, Herpolsheimer's Department Store, Lazarus, Voigt Herpolsheimer's and Company Dry Goods Store, Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co.
In 1865, William G. Herpolsheimer and Charles G. A. Voigt, two young businessmen, established the Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Company, a dry goods and carpet store in Michigan City, Indiana before relocating to Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1870. The partnership between Voigt and Herpolsheimer ended in 1902 with Voigt taking over the flour mills and Herpolsheimer the store. Herpolsheimer's Firm continued to operate department stores until it was sold in 1987 making it one of the longest-running retail establishments in West Michigan. Collins, Jim (donor)
