Gimbels
![Adam Gimbel, Frederic Gimbel, and Bernard Gimbel, the original Gimbel family](/Images/godic/202501/15/Gimbels_with_Hearst_antique_NYWTS5351.jpg")
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![The Manhattan Mall now occupies the former Gimbel's location in Midtown Manhattan](/Images/godic/202501/15/Manhattan_Mall_renovation_jeh5351.jpg")
![The Heinz 57 Center, formerly the Gimbel Brothers Department Store, built in 1914, located at 339 Sixth Avenue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania](/Images/godic/202501/15/Heinz57Center5351.jpg")
Gimbel Brothers (Gimbels) was an American department store corporation from 1887 until 1987. The company is known for creating the Gimbels Thanksgiving Day Parade, the oldest parade in the country. Gimbels was also once the largest department store chain in the country. By the time it closed in 1987, Gimbels had 36 stores throughout the United States.