Mandel's

Mandel's (a.k.a. Mandel's Shoe Stores and Mandel's Fascinating Slippers) was a chain of shoe stores in the Southwestern United States for many decades of the 20th century. For a time it advertised its wares as "Mandel's Fascinating Slippers". Maurice Mandel headed up the stores through the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.[1][2] Later Mandel would later serve as General Merchandise Manager (GMM) of chain Mullen & Bluett[3] and president of Harris & Frank.[4] Among its branches were:

in Central Los Angeles:

in the rest of Greater Los Angeles:

Elsewhere:

In 1957, a California Appellate Court rules that Mandel's could not refuse to sell merchandise to Africa Americans, as a retail store was a "place of public accommodation", overruling a previous decision that stores were not covered by state anti-Jim Crow laws.[16][17]

References

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  1. ^ a b "17 Sep 1926, Page 11 - Santa Ana Register at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Mandel's "Fascinating Slippers" store :: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection". tessa.lapl.org.
  3. ^ "14 May 1967, 130 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Men's Wear". Fairchild Publications. 1 May 1973 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "14 Mar 1936, 5 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Clipping from The Los Angeles Times". Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "28 Aug 1957, 40 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Wallach, Ruth (9 July 2013). "Miracle Mile in Los Angeles: History and Architecture". Arcadia Publishing – via Google Books.
  9. ^ "Mandel's Glendale Open House 327 N. Brand Blvd". Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "16 May 1965, Page 59 - Independent Press-Telegram at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "29 Jul 1962, Page 73 - Independent Press-Telegram at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "6 Jul 1949, Page 6 - Long Beach Independent at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "10 Nov 1957, 121 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "23 Oct 1927, 11 - El Paso Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "25 May 1927, Page 2 - Arizona Republic at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ Company, Johnson Publishing (16 January 1958). "Jet". Johnson Publishing Company – via Google Books. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  17. ^ "Lambert v. Mandel's of California". Justia Law.