It’s Not Yours Till You Like It - H.C. Prange, A Sheboygan Institution
A trip down memory lane, filled with images, stories and recipes submitted by former employees and loyal shoppers. The story is further enhanced by clips from Prange Company publications, old newspaper articles and images, along with just enough original text to connect the pieces and tell a good story. We have chosen to document some of the happenings of the company from its beginning in 1887 to the old store’s demise in 1983. 150 pages. Published 2011. $20.00 plus tax for Wisconsin residents. $4.00 shipping and handling.

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Book Launch and Prange’s Reunion Party

You are cordially invited to join us on Thursday, December 1, 2011 for the release of our newest publication,  It’s Not Yours ‘Til You Like It, H.C. Prange, A Sheboygan Institution. A book launch and Prange’s reunion party will take place from 4:00pm to 7:00pm at Grace Episcopal Church, St. Nicholas Hall, 630 Ontario Avenue, Sheboygan.

Come to see exhibits of Prange memorabilia, photos, live models, presentations by former employees and a sampling of the food you‘re sure to remember. Invite your friends and neighbors to help celebrate this memorable event.  Admission is $10.00 per person. 

Excerpt from the book- Mention the name Prange’s and no matter your age from 40 to 90 you probably have personal memories of the legendary Sheboygan department store. Whether those memories are of the annual animated Christmas window displays and caramel corn, the use of due bills, charge-a-plates, layaways, will-call, the x-ray machine in the shoe department or the escalators, they are shared by many and are part of the cherished collective history of the H.C. Prange Company.

This publication is by no means a comprehensive history of the H.C. Prange Company. It is more a trip down memory lane, filled with images, stories and recipes submitted by former employees and loyal shoppers. The story is further enhanced by clips from Prange Company publications, old newspaper articles and images, along with just enough original text to connect the pieces and tell a good story. We have chosen to document some of the happenings of the company from its beginning in 1887 to the old store’s demise in 1983.
           
Prange’s continued on for a number of years after 1983 before it was sold to Younkers, but in a different building and in a different way. The era of the giant “H.C. Prange family” and the big city store in a small town was over. But what a life and influence it had! Enjoy the memories.

Prange’s Trivia — Pat Resimius, Plymouth, Wisconsin
In the mid-1950s my Grandma Gannon would take us all to Prange’s for our Easter outfits. My mom would drive because Grandma never had a license. The best part of the day was the hot dog and root beer at the Hot Dog Counter. Just thinking about it makes me smile.

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