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Word: collegegirl (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...swankest women's specialty-shop chain in the U. S. Besides the main store in San Francisco, it has shops in Seattle and in such California cities as Los Angeles, Pasadena, Hollywood, Santa Barbara, Oakland, Del Monte, Coronado. In a few stores there are collegegirl departments, similar to the debutante departments in big Manhattan specialty shops like Bonwit Teller's and Saks Fifth Avenue. In these Magnin's sells dresses as low as $22.75. But prices in general are near the top. Highest price ever paid for Magnin's ready-to-wear apparel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Matriarch Magnin | 2/17/1936 | See Source »

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