6/24/2023 0 Comments Lazarus store limaI read Ben Franklin was second largest chain with 2500 units at its peak. I am curious about how it compared to Woolworth. Hello, How are you? My mother worked at Ben Franklin 5 & 10 outside Boston in 1952. Is it sax now? - As far as I can tell Columbia Fifth Avenue was a brand of compact, not a store. What was Columbia fifth ave? I have a compact from there. Each manager on duty had its own tone repetition and the bells were seen as a more pleasant way to page than make a loud speaker announcement. JWĭoes anyone remember the bell sounds that rang at random moments in department stores back in the sixties? Were they alerts to pick up the phone or do a price check or get help to a shopper? - Often called paging bells, the bell tones used within department stores were used to summon or page managers or security workers. In a Taunton directory of 1956 the stores listed under department stores were Sears & Penney's, Enterprise Stores, Pober's, The Outlet and The Shepard Co. I don't know it or find any trace of it in Taunton, although there was a Robell's department store in Roxbury and in Somerville MA, both going out of business in 1962, but later reopening in Roxbury. It was located on Main street across from Taunton Green. In early April 1988, store advertising stated, "We were the Bon Marche from 1890 to 1976, now we are the Bon Marche again, the premier fashion department store in the greater Northwest." - MLĭo you know of a Robell's department store in Taunton MA? What is its history and when did it close? I remember going there a few times. In 1988, the department store officially returned to the Bon Marche name after operating for 12 years predominantly as the Bon. Yes, it's always been the Bon Marche but there was a time when the company tried to simplify its name. 2005 it has been known as Macy's, having briefly (2003-2004) been renamed "Bon-Macy's." - JW What year did The Bon Marché rebrand itself as "The Bon" and what year did it revert to The Bon Marché? - I don't know - I always thought that "The Bon" was simply the nickname of Seattle's Bon Marche department store chain. I would be surprised if there were any white-owned department stores that did not adopt most of these practices. Other discriminatory practices included not hiring Blacks as clerks, not permitting Black customers to try on hats and some clothing, and not allowing returns. However, it was pretty much standard practice not to serve Black customers in department store restaurants and lunch counters prior to the 1960s protests and even beyond that until the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Picketing also occurred at Woolworth's, McLellan's, Eckerd's, and Walgreen's, but I am unsure about the other department stores. I know that Hudson-Belk was picketed by civil rights groups in 1960 when the focus was on desegregating lunch counters. stores were segregated in Raleigh, NC circa 1950's? - Among Raleigh's department stores at that time were Boylan-Pierce, Efird's, Hudson-Belk, and Ivey-Taylor.
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