May Department Stores were founded in 1877 by David May in Leadville, Colorado, moving to St. Louis, Missouri in 1905.
Mary Livingstone was working as a lingerie salesgirl here when she met her future husband Jack Benny. Later, the department store was used as a setting in his radio and televion shows.
Today, the May company does business under a variety of different names:
- After Hours
- David's Bridal
- Famous-Barr
- Filene's
- Foley's
- Hecht's
- Kaufmann's
- L.S. Ayres
- Lord & Taylor
- Meier & Frank
- Priscilla of Boston
- Robinsons-May
- Strawbridge's
- The Jones Store
