{"id":3117,"date":"2019-06-10T05:13:34","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T05:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/?page_id=3117"},"modified":"2019-06-10T16:02:37","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T16:02:37","slug":"kaisers-toggery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/features\/kaisers-toggery\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaiser&#8217;s Toggery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I always liked the smooth look of &#8220;KAISER&#8217;S&#8221; on this storefront at 218 Sixth Street that long outlasted its original business. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/62423659_823420044695271_4505859424413286400_o-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3118\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/62423659_823420044695271_4505859424413286400_o-576x1024.jpg 576w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/62423659_823420044695271_4505859424413286400_o-169x300.jpg 169w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/62423659_823420044695271_4505859424413286400_o-768x1366.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/62423659_823420044695271_4505859424413286400_o.jpg 1032w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption>Photo by Around Racine, 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The earliest I see Kaiser&#8217;s Toggery is 1914 and it is having a going out of business sale in 1957. That&#8217;s a good run for a clothes store. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"438\" height=\"891\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/62364758_10219492525122494_3535212642471772160_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3120\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/62364758_10219492525122494_3535212642471772160_n.jpg 438w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/62364758_10219492525122494_3535212642471772160_n-147x300.jpg 147w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><figcaption> <br>Racine Journal Times Sunday Bulletin, September 4, 1955<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"886\" height=\"832\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/racine_daily_journal_march_3_1911_united_woolen_mills.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3122\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/racine_daily_journal_march_3_1911_united_woolen_mills.jpg 886w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/racine_daily_journal_march_3_1911_united_woolen_mills-300x282.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/racine_daily_journal_march_3_1911_united_woolen_mills-768x721.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\" \/><figcaption>Racine Daily Journal, March 3, 1911. 218 Sixth Street was Racine Woolen Mills before it was Kaiser&#8217;s Toggery.<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gil Knapp: &#8220;Maurice and Helen Kaiser lived above the store. 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