J.
C. Penney Company, Store #1102
Opened in Helena in 1929, after buyout of
the Golden Rule chain
Mc
Cracken's Golden Rule Store, 304-306 North Main, 1929
Shared
Space with Claflin's Furniture House
J.C.
Penney Archives, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University
CLICK
ON IMAGE TO OPEN A BIG VERSION IN A NEW WINDOW
| Mc Cracken's
Golden Rule Store shared the 304-306 North Main address with
Claflin's Furnitire House. When the J. C. Penney Co. bought
out the Golden Rule, Claflin's moved to 17 West Sixth Avenue,
where it would remain until a March 12, 1969 basement fire forced
them to liquidate. |
1929
View of 302-314 North Main
J.C.
Penney Archives, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University
CLICK
ON IMAGE TO OPEN A BIG VERSION IN A NEW WINDOW
A
Recent Google Maps Street View
Penney's
Buys Out McCracken Golden Rule Stores, 1929
Penney's Main Street Entrance, about November 1, 1930
J.C.
Penney Archives, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University
CLICK
ON IMAGE TO OPEN A BIG VERSION IN A NEW WINDOW
|
Stanley
F. Newmack was Helena’s first J. C. Penney Manager, and
remained at Store #1102 four years until his transfer to the
Missoula J. C. Penney. Fred R. Little, the former Manager
of the Grangeville, Idaho store was the next Helena Manager,
and remained at Store #1102 almost thirty years, until his
retirement in 1962.
Note on
the left-hand side that the adjoining Ashby Block has been
demolished to make way for the construction of the First National
Bank Building (currently US Bank). The bank was completed
in May of 1931.
|
1935
Remodeling
New Glass Storefront, Interior Mezzanine, etc.
J.C.
Penney Archives, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University
CLICK
ON IMAGE TO OPEN A BIG VERSION IN A NEW WINDOW
Interior, circa 1940
Looking from Main Street to Fuller Avenue
J.C.
Penney Archives, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University
CLICK
ON IMAGE TO OPEN A BIG VERSION IN A NEW WINDOW
"Cash
Railway"
| In this
detail of the large interior view, we see part of the mechanism
of the "cash railway" system that took money from
the sales floor up to the cashier's office. The cashier would
send change and receipts back down. |
Main
Street Entrance, 1956
J.C.
Penney Archives, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University
CLICK
ON IMAGE TO OPEN A BIG VERSION IN A NEW WINDOW
Penney's Salespeople, 1951
New
Store Planned, 1960
Penney's,
340 N. Main, 1970s
