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Harris' Department Store company history timeline

1907

In 1907, the second floor was taken over to house their growing Millinery and Ready-to-Wear departments.

His first wife had died when his son Melville was only two and he remarried in 1907.

1908

The brothers failed at a Colton location early on but found another success with the 1908 opening of their Redlands store.

1915

By 1915, San Bernardino Harris' was bursting at the seams and they expanded into Cartwright's Dry Goods next door.

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1919

By 1919, Harris' management began to acquire land on the corner of Third and E Streets for creation of a new store.

1925

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1947

In 1947, the Harris Company was the first building to have a 'motorstair,' or escalator (as it is known today) in the Inland Empire.

1951

Arthur, the youngest of the founding brothers who knew many customers by name, died in 1951.

1994

A final crushing blow to the local San Bernardino economy, came with the closing of Norton Air Force Base in 1994.

2009

Going out of business sales for the chain ran for the next several months and ended in July 2009.

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