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ZCMI Mountaineer Brand Blue Denim Overalls [186635]

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ZCMI Mountaineer Brand Blue Denim Overalls [186635]
SOLD
3,500.00USD+ (875.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2024 Aug 24 @ 19:05UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Blue denim Mountaineer brand from ZCMI (Zion Cooperative Mercantile Institution) "The Peoples' Store," Partial label, but stitching is consistent with the brand, 32"W/38"L, left knee worn. Right leg, two patches. Back pocket removed, rear buckle has two crude rivets added after manufacture to reduce waist size. Each of the Mountaineer pants in this catalog have a little something different, and are thus probably different models of this brand.
ZCMI was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah, on October 9, 1868, by Brigham Young, leader of the Church of the Latter-Day Saints (Mormons). For many years ZCMI used the slogan, "America's First Department Store." The Mountaineer (overalls) brand was first produced at the ZCMI factory in 1872, but wasn't heavily used in advertising until later. The factory first started in 1870 with the manufacture of boots.
The store was intended to fill the needs of Church members, offering food, clothing, household goods and farm implements at reasonable prices. In another effort to help lower income families, ZCMI offered stock in the business at very low premiums ($5-$10), allowing families to have part ownership and receive an income from the store. Rules were very strict for those Church members who might venture out to find a bargain at another merchant. A member who was caught straying away from "The People's Store" was brought before a council who would decide the guilt or innocence of the transgressor, as well as deciding the punishment. which could lead to excommunication from the Church. This was all well and good until Joseph Young, brother of the church leader and store president Brigham Young, was found shopping outside the friendly confines of ZCMI. It doesn't say what the punishment was, but I doubt he was kicked out of the Church. Oops.
ZCMI went on to expand in the 1960s to other areas in the state, opening branches at various malls in Salt Lake and Utah counties, as well as locations in Logan and Ogden. The business, however, met its demise in 1999, when it was sold off Meier & Frank, a subsidiary of The May Company, which later became Macy's.
If you are a collector of historic clothing, this is your opportunity to purchase a pair of Mountaineer overalls, without the fear of being excommunicated. (JC)
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