D. H. Evans and Co
of Oxford Street, London
1879 Formed by Dan Harries Evans at 320 Oxford Street.
1894 Incorporated.
1895 Purchase of 296-306
1898 Purchase of 308 Oxford Street
1914 Drapers, Silk Mercers, Lacemen, Milliners, &c., 290 to 322, Oxford Street; 1, 1A, and 4, 5, 6, 7, Chapel Place; and 1, 2, 3, 4, and 21, 22, 23, 24, Old Cavendish Street, London, W. Incorporated April 4th, 1894. Present Directors: Sir Alfred J. Newton, Bart. (Chairman), J. Boyton, M.P., E. Cohen, D. H. Evans, W. Mendel, E. Webb (Managing Director). Secretary: J. W. Jupe. One of the representative London establishments in the Dress, Drapery, and allied Trades. Premises cover a large area; include Restaurant and Retiring Rooms. Specialities: Silks, Lace, Dress Fabrics, Millinery, Flowers, Feathers, Costumes, Mantles, Mourning Goods, Ladies' and Children's Under clothing, Baby Linen, Furs, Trimmings, and all accessories of Dress; also Curtains, Carpets, and Furnishing Drapery, Stationery, Pictures, Leather Goods, Trunks, Ironmongery, Electro-Plate, Toys, China, and Oriental Goods.
1954 Harrods was purchased by House of Fraser, and D. H. Evans become a trading arm within the Harrods group
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, Feb 05, 1929