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The Kress building in Houston, Texas, 2020 Kress store building in Lubbock, Texas showing the characteristic design A Kress building in Tampa, Florida. Kress opened his first stationery and notions store in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, in 1887. The chain of S. H. Kress & Co. 5-10-25 Cent Stores was established in 1896 in Memphis, Tennessee.
Yesterday: F.W. Woolworth Co. Frank Woolworth opened his first five-and-dime store in Utica, New York, in 1879. By the time he inaugurated his monumental headquarters in New York City in 1913 ...
Samuel Henry Kress (July 23, 1863 – September 22, 1955) was a businessman, philanthropist, and founder of the S. H. Kress & Co. five and ten cent store chain. With his fortune, Kress amassed one of the most significant collections of Italian Renaissance and European artwork assembled in the 20th century.
Richman Brothers. The F. W. Woolworth Company (often referred to as Woolworth's or simply Woolworth) was a retail company and one of the pioneers of the five-and-dime store. It was among the most successful American and international five-and-dime businesses, setting trends and creating the modern retail model that stores follow worldwide today.
The Kress logo was still faintly painted on the wall by the back entrance in the alley. "Merchandise was unloaded from trucks in the alley into the elevator in the store through a horizontal shaft ...
Christmas shoppers filled the S.S. Kresge Store in downtown Lexington on Dec. 9, 1948. S.S. Kresge, a Detroit, Mich., company, brought their 5 and 10 cent stores to Lexington in 1912.
S. S. Kresge. Sebastian Spering Kresge (July 31, 1867 – October 18, 1966) was an American businessman. He created and owned two chains of department stores, the S. S. Kresge Company, one of the 20th century's largest discount retail organizations, and the Kresge-Newark traditional department store chain. The discounter was renamed the Kmart ...
Part of. Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District ( ID85000704) Designated CP. April 4, 1985. The S. H. Kress and Co. Building, also known as S. H. Kress or The Kress, is a historic five-floor building at 6608 W. Hollywood Blvd. in Hollywood, California. It is known primarily for its architecture and its almost six decades as ...