Bon Ton Mugs

Remembering the Bon-Ton Department Store. Bon-Ton was started in 1898, when Max Grumbacher and his father, Samuel, opened S. Grumbacher & Son, a one-room millinery and dry goods store on Market Street in York, Pennsylvania. Bon-Ton eventually bought other department stores including, Hess's, Elder-Beerman, Carson Pirie Scott (later branded as Carson's), Bergner's, Boston Store, Herberger's, and Younkers.

Evening dress designs. Ludwik Strimpl, 1914 for Gazette Du Bon Ton

Simple fashion for summer. Illustration for Gazette du Bon Ton, Francisco Javier Gosé, 1914

Vintage illustration by Georges Barbier, 1924

Intoxicating scent. Illustration by Lucien Vogel for Gazette du Bon Ton, 1920