Gus Blass Dry Goods Co.

Postcard view of Gus Blass Department Store.

Blass Department Store on Main Street.

The Gus Blass Dry Goods Company was founded in Little Rock, Arkansas, by Gus Blass and Max Heiman in 1871. The Gus Blass Department Store remained on the 300 block of Main Street until permanently closed in July 1972.

Employees

• Frederick Anthe - clerk (1890s)
• Charles A. Archibald - clerk (1890s)
• James Arenson - clerk (1890s)
• John B. Beard - clerk (1890s)
• Charles W. Bilheimer - clerk (1890s)
• Claude A. Billingsley - clerk (1890s)
• Louis Blass (1890s)
• Marion F. Bonner - porter (1890s)
• John M. Bracey - bookkeeper (1890s)
• John M. Bracey Jr. - clerk (1890s)
• Clayton G. Bragg - clerk (1890s)
• Max C. Bren - clerk (1890s)
• Mollie Butler - clerk (1890s)
• John Cardon - clerk (1890s)
• King Casey - porter (1890s)
• Henry C. Clay - porter (1890s)
• Bernard Cohn - clerk (1890s)
• Edward Cohn - clerk (1890s)
• Charles E. Diehl - clerk (1890s)
• Lizzie Draper - clerk (1890s)
• Minnie Egan - stenographer (1890s)
• John C. Flippen - collr (1890s)
• Gussie C. Fox - clerk (1890s)
• Birdie Frank - clerk (1890s)
• Archer Gibson - porter (1890s)
• J. F. Hartin - trav agent (1890s)
• Charles Herron - clerk (1890s)
• Samuel Hoffman - clerk (1890s)
• Joseph Johnson - porter (1890s)
• James J. Jones - clerk (1890s)
• Jacob Katzenstein - clerk (1890s)
• Samuel Katzenstein - cashier (1890s)
• Alfred J. Kern - trav agent (1890s)
• Henry J. Lensing Jr. - clerk (1890s)
• Herman Lensing Jr. - stockkeeper (1890s)
• Julian Levy - clerk (1890s)
• Charles J. Millard - clerk (1890s)
• Walter B. Millard - clerk (1890s)
• Samuel W. Moore - stockkeeper (1890s)
• Mollie Motsch - clerk (1890s)
• Ida Navra - clerk (1890s)
• William B. Newman - stockkeeper (1890s)
• Samuel J. Ottenrider - clerk (1890s)
• Horace B. Parker - bookkeeper (1890s)
• Edward Powell - clerk (1890s)
• Dollie Prendergast - clerk (1890s)
• William R. Quinn - clerk (1890s)
• Patrick H. Reilly - clerk (1890s)
• Albert Robinson - clerk (1890s)
• Bertha Sanders - clerk (1890s)
• William F. Saynisch - clerk (1890s)
• Percy Sharpe - clerk (1890s)
• Charles R. Shell - trav agent (1890s)
• Andrew Snodgrass Jr. - clerk (1890s)
• Annie Summerfield - clerk (1890s
• Herman S. Summerfield - clerk (1890s)
• Joseph A. Watts - clerk (1890s)
• John T. Webb - clerk (1890s)
• Robert N. White - floor walker (1890s)
• John W. Wilkins - clerk (1890s)
• Timothy H. Williams - clerk (1890s)
• Nathan S. Williamson - clerk (1890s)
• Alexander M. Young - clerk (1890s)
• Max Zwirn - clerk (1890s)

References

• Leroy Donald, "Owner Finds New Home for Store Behind Facade," Arkansas Gazette, October 23, 1983.

External links

• The History of Department Stores