Description: May 4, 1901 to McInerny Shoe Store Honolulu, Oahu from Koloa (Kauai) Hawaiian Islands Postmarked Koloa (Kauai) May 4 Honolulu (Oahu) May 5 ~ ~ ~ McInerny's was established in 1857 by Patrick Michael McInerny, a ship carpenter from Ireland who opened a shop at the corner of Beretania and Mauna Kea streets in downtown Honolulu to sell household items, ships' stores, jewelry, clothing and other everyday items. McInerny's Store served wealthy foreigners and became the haberdashery for the Royal Court. Through much of the first half of the 20th century, McInerny and Liberty House were Honolulu's big downtown department stores, the places to shop for that pair of fancy dress shoes or that one durable blue suit for trips to the Mainland. McInerny moved quickly to capture the booming tourist market after World War II and began its expansion into Waikiki by opening small shops that offered swimwear, aloha wear and casual jewelry to visitors. From the 1950s through the mid-1970s, McInerny served the two markets, local and tourist, opening dozens of resort stores across the Islands at the same time that it expanded its local presence. It opened its flagship store at Ala Moana Center in 1959 and was one of the anchor tenants of the new Kahala Mall in 1969. At one time in the mid-1960s, McInerny even sold appliances and home furnishings at its Ala Moana store, but the retailer's primary business remained in clothing. A subsidiary of Japanese retailer Seibu Group bought McInerny in the early 1970s, and, by the end of the decade, McInerny had clearly shifted its emphasis to its beach and resort stores, ceding the local department store business to Liberty House. Seibu expanded McInerny to more than 30 stores, then sold the company in the mid-1980s to InterPacific.~ ~ ~ cover has light edge damage, light stains, edge nicks, creases, wear, etc. small piece of Hawaiian History Guaranteed Original and Authentic to the Era. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hawaii ~ Polynesia ~ OceaniaBUY / SELL / TRADE ~ Kea'au, Hawaii Vintage 18th, 19th & 20th Century Engravings, Gravures & Lithographs Photographs, CDVs & Cabinets Books, Magazines, Maps & Ephemera, Tobacco Cards & Victorian Tradecards Postcards, Stamped Covers & Letters Press Photos, HI Political, Autographs, etc. Sandwich Islands, Owhyhee, Kalaniopuu, Terreeoboo, Atooi, Tauai, Capt James Cook, Tamehameha, Kamehameha, Jean Francois de la Perouse, John Olohana Young, Kanaina & Poeta, Capt Geo Vancouver, Liholiho, Boki & Kuini Liliha, Jacques Étienne Victor Arago, John Adams Kuakini, Kilauea, Wm Ellis, Hoapili, Wm Pitt Kalanimoku, Queen Kaahumanu, Hiram Bingham I, Asa Thurston, Prince Kauikeaouli, Princess Nahiennaena, Princess Kinau, Davida Malo, G.P. Judd, King Kamehameha IV, Queen Emma, W.C. Wyllie, King Lunalilo, Princess Ruth Keelikolani, Titus Coan, King Kalakaua, Queen Liliuokalani, Princess Likelike, A. J. Cartwright, Princess Kaiulani Cleghorn, îles Hawaï, Joseph Nawahi, Robert Wilcox, Sanford Dole, Prince Kuhio, Kawananakoa, Duke Kahanamoku, Daniel K. Inouye, Marquises, Nouka-Hiva, Tahiti, île de Pâques, ile Pitcairn, iles de la Société
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