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1921–1956 · South Bend (boundary)
The succession the row asks for — who sold dress in each era from 1921 to 1956, and what replaced them — stands dug at its first snapshot only. In 1921 the South Bend clothing trade, from the directory fragments reached, ran: Samuel Spiro and Livingston's and Adler Bros. in men's clothing; Kay-Bee; Fischer & Son; and Newman's carrying women's ready-to-wear — the ready-to-wear name itself marking the era's turn from the custom trades of art-52-4 to bought dress. The later snapshots of the floor run (to 1956) were not read whole from open sources, and the succession is not bridged by guesswork. Named gap: the 1921–1956 clothiers' succession beyond the 1921 snapshot is uncoverable from open sources here. Its settling sources are the Polk directory classified runs for South Bend and Mishawaka at the floor's snapshot years, read whole. Osceola's course across the same years is the banked absence: no clothier stands in the village record at any snapshot reached.
Sources: Polk 1921 directory fragments, as art-52-4; the banked Businesses for Osceola.