Switzer's Box (1950's).

Switzers was a well known department store on Grafton Street. Grafton Street was anchored by Switzers and Brown Thomas department stores. Switzers was the less elite of the two – many customers never crossed the street to shop in Brown Thomas. The basement café was an old-fashioned parlour with waitresses in black dresses and white aprons. Switzers was bought by Brown Thomas in 1995; Brown Thomas moved into the Switzer’s building across the street. You can still see the Switzer’s logo on the Wicklow Street side of Brown Thomas.