Mary Opens First Store

September 21, 2021| | Shane Gallagher

Harry and Leon Lowengard, publishers of the Courier Press, took a chance with Mary Sachs and rented her the first floor of the Lowengard Building at 210 N. 3rd Street for her first store in 1918. With sales of over $200,000 in its first year, the shop quickly became one of Harrisburg’s premier retail locations.

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