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Department stores

Elevate or escalate?

by Jerry Herron,

Buyers, sellers, and forgers

by Milton Esterow,

The strange new art market

Tell the girls the truth

by Harper’s Staff,

Arrival of buyer

by Robert Littell,

A study in commercial bribery

Onward and upward, incorporated

by Frederick Lewis Allen,

A good advertisement

by Harper’s Staff,

Editor’s drawer

Drawn by W.K. Starrett,

The psychology of shopping

by Simeon Strunsky,

Canned

by Harper’s Staff,

Willing to oblige

by Harper’s Staff,

A strange bill

by Harper’s Staff,

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