Kress Store Opens In San Antonio With Modern Design
S H Kress opens a new 311 15 East Houston store hailed as among the city’s finest. The building features a 10 foot frontage, air conditioning, a modern facade, neon signs, and a marble staircase. Interiors include mahogany candy cases, terrazzo floors, wide aisles, and a basement lounge and cafeteria with murals depicting San Antonio’s history.
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S. H. Kress
East
Houston Street
San Antonio
H. Kress and Company
Edward F. Sibrt
Kress
Ant
Hoor Jewel
Kress Store
Harvey Patteson
Acoustone
Patteson Crafts Murals for New Kress Store Ceiling
Patteson created murals for a new Kress store ceiling. The building features walnut counters, quartered oak walls, stainless steel fixtures, and a 370-seat cafeteria with modern equipment. Floors two through six house offices, stock rooms, kitchens, dishwashing, refrigerated garbage, and advanced climate control with 450 horsepower machinery. Local union labor and J. Heath, the store manager, highlighted extensive floor plans and service innovations.
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Renfrew Markie
Kress
Kressatore
Kresge
Kresa
J. Heath
Heath Serves Kress Store for 21 Years
Heath rises from stock boy to manager of the Kress Waxahachie store and later to a similar post in Waco and Fort Worth. In 1918 he began at a San Antonio store, advancing through departments, steadily recognized for tireless work and local familiarity. Twenty-one years ago he joined as manager of the Kress organization in San Antonio.
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S. H. Res and Company
San Antonia
Kress Waxahachie
Wacotail
N. Heath
Tepan Antonio
H. Kress
Uott
Pany
Kress
Stork
San Antonio
Heath
Texan
Texarkana
Kressatore
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