Falling into autumn with a cover from Store Chat magazine this week. Store Chat was the employee magazine of Strawbridge & Clothier, a department store founded by Justus C. Strawbridge (1838-1911) and Isaac H. Clothier (1837-1921) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
In 1906, the company begin publishing and distributing Store Chat to its employees in order to disseminate communications from management, share news about workers' lives, report on company-sponsored activities, issue instructions to employees about fashion trends and consumer preferences, and offer light commentary on matters of local and national import. As the operation grew into a major regional retail chain, the magazine added dispatches from its growing number of suburban branch stores.
You can find the library's 475 issues of Store Chat, including this November 1963 issue, online in our Digital Archives. Just click here!