Laubach's Department Store Ornament, 3.5" x 2.75" 7321160613946 Vichyssoise

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Laubach's Department Store Ornament, 3.5" x 2.75" 7321160613946 VichyssoiseBorn in Plainfield Township in 1833, William Laubach was the son of a farmer and blacksmith. At the age of 15, he began working in various retail operations, including the popular dry goods retailer J. Hay \& Sons, owned by Easton's Captain John Hay. With savings of his own, he opened his first store on the 300 block of Northampton Street on April 6, 1860; the dry goods space measured a mere 12'x40'. A dozen years later, Laubach's "Trade Palace," with