Bowen, Whitman & Winslow Building

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Bowen, Whitman & Winslow Building
Life Span: 1870-1871
Location: 129-137 State street, Southeast corner State and Madison
Architect: Unknown

Edwards’ Annual Directory in the City of Chicago, for 1870

Collins, Kessler & Co.

Constant J. C. & Co.

Edwards’ Annual Directory in the City of Chicago, for 1871
Collins, Kessler & Co. (W. A. Collins, G. T. Kessler, J. E. Dean and S. Terbusch) mourning goods, 129 State
Hirsh & Co. mnfrs. umbrellas and parasols, 131 State

Chicago Evening Post, June 12, 1868

Several old wooden buildings, which have long disfigured the southeast corner of State and Madison streets, have been removed, to make room for a fine block of stores, soon to be erected by Messrs. Bowen, Whitman & Winslow.

Chicago Tribune Building

Chicago Tribune, May 8, 1870

Mourning Store.
Colllns, Kessler & Co., importers and dealers in mourning goods, will open, this week, corner of State and Madison streets, the only exclusive mourning and black dress goods establishment in Chicago and the West. Our stock will comprise all the novelties in mourning, as well as the more substantial lines in dress goods. Ladies may be certain to find everything in this line at the lowest figure, our motto being quick sales and small profits. The millinery and dressmaking departments are in charge of a skillful New York artist. We shall be able to furnish complete mourning outfits at the shortest possible notice, and in time to suit the most urgent orders. We will be glad to receive customers after Wednesday next. Regular opening, May 17.

Chicago Tribune, May 22, 1870
Written for The Chicago Tribune.

Colllns, Kessler & Co.’s Mourning Store.
The new mourning store, on the corner of State and Madison streets, is a feature long needed in our metropolitan life, but is as yet in a transition state. Black need not be all sombre. Am “Easter mourning,” framed and hung in the window, would take off that funeral look. I would suggest too, that the long—fearfully long—black serge stockings, which hang dangling over the counter, be laid away until called for, upon the shelves. What people want to out their legs in mourning for, I cannot imagine. Then there could be an immense improvement in the draping of the walls and windows, and the skirts and petticoats be displayed in the rear of the house instead of the front foor, and a few lighter and more fancy styles be introduced.

Chicago Tribune, June 15, 1870

To Ladies.
Ladies are wanted to call and see the American Buttonhole, Overseaming, and Sewing Machine, now on exhibition at No. 129 State street, over the Mourning Goods Store, It not only does all kinds of plain and fancy sewing. but overseams and makes buttonholes. An inspection of this wonderful labor-saving piece of mechanism la desired. and ladies are invited to call and see it in operation.

Chicago Tribune, August 14, 1870

New Establishment.
The growing importance of Chicago as a manufacturing und commercial point, is every day proved in the starting of some new enterprise within its limits. We have to-day the announcement of Messrs. Lazar & Co., late of Philadelphia, that they have commenced in this city the manufacturing of umbrellas and parasols and that they are now prepared to supply the trade, and are determined to do it at Eastern prices, thereby saving merchants the freight and the inconvenience of holding heavy stocks. We have visited their place at No. 131 State street, and take pleasure in informing the public that their efforts to enlarge the business of the city by making this the point in the Northwest at which am-umbrellas and parasols may be better and more cheaply procured than either in New York or Philadelphia, will he successful. Messrs. Lazar & Co. are well recommended for business capacity and integrity.

Chicago Evening Mail, September 20, 1870

S. Lazar & Co.
have established an entirely new enterprise in Chicago, viz., the manufacturing of umbrellas and parasols. Their factory, 131 State street, is filled with an immense stock of new goods including all the latest styles and novelties of the season. Merchants will appreciate the advantage of buying from first hands at the lowest possible prices.

Chicago Evening Mail, November 5, 1870

Ladies Business Suit,
made from a new material, of heavy cloth in dark colors, trimmed with same goods put out in fold, or with black velvet, is a neat costume for the street, store, or office, and is one of the new features in fall fashions. These are usually made with an outside wrap, in the sack, cape, or basquine form, according to the fancy of the wearer. The one which I noticed at the Mourning store, was made of navy blue and brown, woven together forming a changeable goods, and was trimmed with bias folds of the same; the half fitting basque had flowing sleeves, which were lined with blue.

Thanks for above due Collins, Kessler & Co., corner State and Madison streets.

Chicago Tribune, November 6, 1870

Caution.
Grate-tenders and spark guard are absolutely necessary, particularly in the nursery, to protect young children from the fire. At Constant’s, 133 and 135 state street, may be found a full assortment, together with blower stands and fire sets, at all prices, from the plainest to those elegant ones with ornate heads, which are attracting an much attention. In fact, Constant’s ls a museum of useful and ornamental articles for home comfort and convenience. Nos 133 aod 135 State street.

Chicago Evening Mail, March 22, 1871

Business Changes.
The copartnership heretofore existing under the name of S. Lazar & Co. is dissolved. Abraham Hirsh and Solomon Hirsh succeed under the name of Hirsh & Co.

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