But outmoded sales techniques may have helped push the San Antonio retailer into bankruptcy in the early 1920s.
I am an archivist and historian at First Baptist Church in San Antonio. I’m working on a story about the 1889 Wolfson House owned by our church, for our congregation’s magazine. In researching the store owned by the original home owner, Saul Wolfson, I encountered a series of photos of a resplendent store downtown … with several different labels. One accompanied an Express-News story of yours and was identified as the Dullnig building.
Joske’s escalators drew curious customers to try the ride As L. Wolfson, the store sold “general merchandise,” mostly fabrics and clothing. This store burned down Jan. 24, 1904, with losses estimated at $200,000 . The store and most stock was destroyed. By the time of the fire, the partnership with Leon Wolfson already had been dissolved. The store moved to the Dullnig Building on the northwest corner of Alamo Plaza and Commerce Street.
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