The Way We Were: Department stores may look different today from those in 1906, but the idea remains the same

Department stores back at the turn of the last century may look very different from the Targets and Walmarts we have today, but the concept was the same — one large building from which a wide variety of merchandise is sold. This 1906 photo from the Naperville Heritage Society collection shows Archie Myers, Lester Broeker and William Spiegler, employees of Broeker’s Department Store in Naperville.