Marylandia Collection: Update

Marylandia Collection: Update

Contributed by Jordan Farinelli, Collection Development Librarian

May 2020

May was Jewish American Heritage Month, recognizing Jewish contributions to American life and achievements. To celebrate, we are highlighting a book published by the Jewish Museum of Maryland, detailing three major department stores of Baltimore’s yesteryear.

Nonfiction

DBC 05322 – Enterprising Emporiums, by the Jewish Museum of Maryland

Narrated by Maxine A. Cohen

The Jewish department stores of downtown Baltimore, now abandoned, still resonate in living memory. Enterprising Emporiums tells the story of Hutzler’s, Hochschild Kohn’s, and Hecht’s – three downtown stores that consistently stood out for their palatial buildings, spectacular holiday displays, and amenities. These were not only leading department stores but also centers of social life and anchors of the downtown commercial centers for most of a century.