started by his grandfather C.J. von Maur, in 1957 when it was known as Petersen Harned Von Maur. With his brother Charles, von Maur grew the company to include 33 stores in 15 states along with a ...

1872: J.H.C. Petersen & Sons Co. is founded on West Second Street in Davenport, Iowa. 1887: Charles Jacob “C.J.” von Maur, R.H. Harned and E.C. Pursel establish the Boston Store on the corner ...

The annual WinterFest exhibition -- on display at the museum through Jan. 4 -- features animatronic Christmas figurines from the former Petersen Harned Von Maur department store at 2nd and Main ...

I was a kid again. This holiday season, I could imagine that I was pressing my nose against the glass magic of the old Petersen Harned Von Maur holiday windows on the corner of 2nd and Main ...

but today’s Von Maur roots back to 1872 when JHC Petersen’s Sons Co. was established and later sold to Von Maur in 1916. »PHOTOS: Luxury Oakwood home renovated in 2003 on market Richard B.

Once the seasonal storefront inhabitants of Petersen Harned Von Maur's downtown Davenport store, these carefully crafted characters currently are going about their merry tasks in ``Santa's ...