Back in Time: J. C. Penney’s Store

Back in Time: J. C. Penney’s Store

J.C. Penney’s Store moved to this new location (Western Building at Third and Main) in 1926. The first Penney’s store in Mitchell opened in 1917 was located at 215 N. Main (the second Penney’s store to be opened in South Dakota). This store had a unique way of collecting money for customers’ purchases, a cashier was on the balcony and each department had a zipline station. The salesman would put the cash in the cup on the zipline and send it to …