Herbert A. Mack Collection

<p>The Herbert A. Mack Collection contains a 1 box, 6 folders, and 1 album with photographs, postcards, stereographs, reproduction photographs, and a painting obtained during Herbert Allen Mack's 26-year career as a corporate officer for the May Department Store Company. Included in the collection are a photograph album from a dinner honoring Morton D. May and Robert H. Levi, April 15, 1982; six oversize postcards of St. Louis scenes; 11 reproduction photographs of buildings related to the May Company, including Meier & Frank Co. in Portland, Oregon; a wood-mounted photograph of David May; six photographs of May Company corporate officers; a photograph of D. May & Co. in Irwin, CO, ca. 1879; four stereocards with images of St. Louis buildings; and a painting of a May Company corporate office.</p>
<p>The photograph album features 24 (4.5x6.5) color photographs taken at a dinner honoring Morton D. May and Robert H. Levi hosted by the May Department Store Company Board of Directors on April 15, 1982.</p>
<p>Morton D. May (1914-1983) began his career with the May Co. in 1936 as an assistant buyer for Famous-Barr Co. He later became a divisional merchandise manager for Famous-Barr, then general manager of Famous-Barr stores, and then succeeded his father, Morton J. May, as president of the consolidated May Co. in 1951. He was named to the additional position of chief executive officer in 1957, elected chairman of the May board in 1967, and each of these titles until his retirement from the company in 1972.</p>
<p>Robert H. Levi (1916-1995) started working at the Baltimore-area department store Hecht's in 1942. He rose through the ranks of the company to become the chairman and president of the Hecht Department Stores in the Baltimore-Washington area in 1955. In 1958, he negotiated the merger of Hecht's and the May Department Store Company and then served as the vice-president of the May Company and chairman of its Hecht's division until 1967.</p>
<p>The oversize postcards include images of Union Station; the Pavilion and Fountain in Forest Park; the Civil Courts Building; the Eads Bridge; a steamboat on the Mississippi River; and Washington University. The stereocards include images of the Four Courts Building; the Old Court House; St. Louis Mutual Life Insurance Co.; and the Lindell Hotel.</p>
<p>Meier & Frank was a prominent chain of department stores founded in Portland, Oregon, and later bought by The May Department Stores Company. Meier & Frank operated in the Pacific Northwest from 1857 to 2006.</p>

Herbert A. Mack 收藏馆内包含一盒、六个文件夹及一个相册，其中藏有照片、明信片、立体照片、复制品照片以及一幅在 Herbert Allen Mack 担任 May 部门商店公司企业高管26年职业生涯期间所获的画作。该藏品中还包括1982年4月15日为纪念 Morton D. May 和 Robert H. Levi 而举办的晚宴照片专辑；六张描绘圣路易斯景色的超大尺寸明信片；11张与 May 公司相关的建筑复制品照片，包括俄勒冈州波特兰的 Meier & Frank Co.；David May 的木质底座照片；May 公司企业高管的照片六张；约1879年 Irwin, CO 的 D. May & Co. 照片；四张展现圣路易斯建筑的立体照片；以及一幅 May 公司企业办公室的画作。照片专辑中收录了24张（4.5x6.5英寸）彩色照片，这些照片是在1982年4月15日，由 May 部门商店公司董事会主办的纪念 Morton D. May 和 Robert H. Levi 的晚宴上拍摄的。Morton D. May（1914-1983）于1936年开始在 May Co. 担任助理采购员，后晋升为 Famous-Barr 的分区商品经理，再后成为 Famous-Barr 店总经理，1951年继任其父 Morton J. May 担任合并后的 May Co. 总裁。1957年，他被任命为首席执行官，1967年当选为 May 董事会主席，直至1972年从公司退休。Robert H. Levi（1916-1995）于1942年开始在巴尔的摩地区的 Hecht's 百货店工作，后逐步晋升为公司董事长兼总裁，1955年成为巴尔的摩-华盛顿地区的 Hecht 部门商店董事长。1958年，他促成 Hecht's 与 May 部门商店公司的合并，之后担任 May 公司副总裁及 Hecht's 部门董事长直至1967年。超大尺寸明信片包括联合车站、森林公园的亭子和喷泉、民事法院大楼、Eads 桥、密西西比河上的蒸汽船以及华盛顿大学等场景。立体照片则展现了四法院大楼、旧法院大厦、圣路易斯相互人寿保险公司和林德尔酒店等。Meier & Frank 是一家成立于俄勒冈州波特兰的著名百货连锁店，后被 May 部门商店公司收购。Meier & Frank 在太平洋西北部地区运营了从1857年到2006年的漫长岁月。