[niteowl77]

My mother also looked forward to going to the Des Moines Younkers, and in those bygone days it was actually pretty upscale for Iowans of our antecedents. Mom has long said that the latter-day Younkers was not a patch on the fanny of the pre-"Proffitt's" Younkers

(Mom had some knowledge of the fashion and home decoration fields.)

Our closest Younkers has always been a reliable place for finding nice things needed at the last minute, and it will be sorely missed.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The downtown store was really beautiful. Six or seven floors with everything including bicycles. The store for homes was a wondrous place with furniture, fixtures and rugs.
A pair of rugs from this store still grace my mom’s place, nearly ten years after she passed.