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Originally Posted by HossC
According to the 1963 Long Beach CD, Quigley's Department Store was at 5026 E 2nd Street. The "Lu" on the right of the picture above belonged to an import company called Lucille of Tripoli. The Quigley's building has been replaced by this brick structure.
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Strangely enough, just last weekend I was reminiscing with my brother and mentioned Quigley's. I've seen at least two or three of them "in the flesh," and have been in one or another at least a few times. As I recall, its stock in trade was kind of a combination of notions ("notions" sounds quaint now, but it used to be a common merchandising term for miscellaneous doohickeys of interest to, primarily, the ladies), foundations (ladies' undies!), cosmetics, stationery, gift-wrapping, household decorative items (vases etc.), and so on. My mother would go there for hosiery.