It was founded in 1950 by brothers Jacob and Ben Levy, who acquired the former Myers & Bloom department store in downtown Tucson.
[1] The Levy brothers started department stores in Southern Arizona mining towns such as Douglas, Clifton and later Tucson.
They were the main goods stores in the active towns during the early part of the 20th century and carried a full line of clothing.
The chain was similar to one in Northern Arizona founded by the Goldwaters.
[7] The Foothills Mall store similarly became Sanger-Harris, and then Foley's; however, it was closed in 1994 as Foley's,[8] and is now divided between Ross Dress for Less, Nike Factory Store, and a vacant space last occupied by Linens 'N' Things.