Relic Signs: Mangel’s (1946) – Atlanta

This sign at 74 Peachtree Street in Atlanta (previously 74 Whitehall Street) likely debuted with the Mangel’s store, which opened in May 1946¹ in a portion of the two surviving floors from the former Hirsch Building.²

Mangel’s was a New York-based retail chain³ that billed itself as “your headquarters for smart apparel at budget-saving prices,”⁴ and the Whitehall store was its second Atlanta location, with its first store in the city opening in 1919.⁵

Mangel’s operated at this location for decades, but seems to have quietly closed sometime after 1988.⁶

References

1. Advertisement. The Atlanta Journal, May 24, 1946, p. 10. ↩︎
2. “Realty Trades”. The Atlanta Constitution, August 24, 1935, p. 4. ↩︎
3. “Anniversary Sale At Mangel Store First Of Its Kind”. The Atlanta Journal, May 3, 1929, p. 31. ↩︎
4. Advertisement. The Atlanta Journal, May 24, 1946, p. 10. ↩︎
5. “Anniversary Sale At Mangel Store First Of Its Kind”. The Atlanta Journal, May 3, 1929, p. 31. ↩︎
6. “Retail Management” (advertisement). The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, October 2, 1988, p. 80-P. ↩︎