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Tag: Mark Penner

(left to right) Max, Mitchell, and Matt Penner surround Mark Penner in a group photograph at Penner's. Combined they have a total of 84 years experience working at the store. Photo by Scott Ball.
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Penner’s: Dressing Men Downtown for 100 Years

by Daniel Kleifgen September 22, 2016April 16, 2021

One hundred years ago, you might have seen three Jewish boys biking from an 18-by-30 ft. shop on West Commerce Street to the mansions of King William, Monte Vista, and Alamo Heights. There, Ben, Max, and Sam, still adapting their Polish roots to Texas, would buy worn shoes and suits and ride them back to their father, Morris, who would repair […]

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