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Henry's was a family-owned clothing retailer in Wichita, Kansas from 1911 until 1993. The store sponsored the Henry Clothiers basketball team which won three consecutive national Amateur Athletic Union championships in 1930-1932 at a time when colleges, corporate-sponsored teams, and private athletic clubs competed in the same tournament. ==Store history== The franchise was founded as B. Levitt & Sons in 1911 by Russian immigrant Bernard Levitt. After Bernard died his sons Henry (1894-June 20, 1968),〔http://specialcollections.wichita.edu/collections/local_history/tihen/pdf/People&Places/henry_levitt_arena.pdf〕 Leo (known as Buddy)(died 1978) and Isadore (1898-1985)〔ISADORE LEVITT DEVOTED MOST OF HIS LIFE TO HENRY'S STORES - Wichita Eagle - September 1, 1985]〕 Levitt renamed the business Henry's. He opened a new store at 420 E. Douglas two blocks west of the original store. A 1929 renovation included Wichita's first large neon store.〔IN ITS HEYDAY, HENRY'S WAS A CLASS ACT - Wichita Eagle - May 14, 1993〕 In 1948 a store opened at Broadway and William. It was followed by one in 1954 at Douglas and Oliver which eventually expanded to two stores across from each other (referred to at the time as "Twin Corners"). During the 1970s it opened in the Twin Lakes Shopping Center, Towne East Square and Towne West Square. In 1982 it closed the Twin Lakes store, the downtown store in 1984 and the Towne West store in 1988.〔THE END OF AN ERA: THE HENRY'S IN THE 1930S, HENRY LEVITT SPONSORED THE BEST BASKETBALL TEAMS IN THE WORLD - Wichita Eage - July 25, 1993〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henry's (clothiers)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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