Friday, February 17, 2023

Val Jensen started his series of women's apparel stores in 1919 with a naming contest that yielded the Criterion. He continued with the Little Shop at 5 N. 2nd before moving to 5 S. 1st in 1933 and formally naming the store Val Jensen's. It closed in 1957. Thanks to his son Val E. Jensen for contributing to this post.

1919


 

 

 

June 12 1919

 

 

1922

 

 

1925

Little Shop, 1930

1933

1951

1947

1949


Esther Estes' Hat Box, 1950




1956

1956

1943

Stoller & Dippel, 1958