Frank Winfield Woolworth, an ambitious 27-year-old from Watertown in Northern New York, stands on the north side of Bleecker Street in Utica — near Genesee Street — and has a good feeling that he has ...
A new five-and-dime store opened on a rainy July 2, 1902, at a double storefront at 217-219 First Ave. East in Cedar Rapids. The Woolworth’s opening got billing in The Gazette that day. “An immense ...
Do you remember Woolworth’s store on Main Street? The KeyBank is now located where Woolworth’s was in the 1970s. In 1972 a dangerous fire destroyed the Woolworth building. The fire began before ...
Main Street Fond du Lac from around 1970, as depicted in Tracy Reinhardt's book "A Nostalgic Trip Down Main Street" for the Fond du Lac Historical Society. FOND DU LAC — Throughout the first half of ...
Nickel parakeets and grilled cheese: welcome to the world's most famous five-and-dime -- Early years of the merchant prince -- Birth of Woolworth's "great five-cent store" -- Frank sires a ...
When the F. W. Woolworth store on North Street closes out in late July, the career of its longest-term worker will also end. Miss Cora M. Chapman, who went to work there "right out of school," retires ...
One hundred years ago, Woolworth opened a three-story San Antonio store to the public with promises that no item would cost more than 15 cents. On Friday afternoon, June 3, 1921, the store opened with ...
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