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merged with Franklin Simon, but the two chains continued to operate under separate trade names and as separate divisions under the newly formed City Specialty Stores. In 1961/1962, City Stores changed the name of the Oppenheim Collins & Co. stores to Franklin Simon. City Stores filed for Chapter
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Pioneer Dry Goods Merchant and Art Collector Was 63 Years Old. Flurscheim wed Miss Bella Goldsmith, of this city, in 1876. She died four years ago leaving five children who now survive him. They are Mrs. Ansel Strauss, Mrs. Otto Loeb, Mrs. Harry Cowen and Bernard and Harry
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Against a great name in the mercantile history of New York 'the fatal asterisk of death is set.' The long and successful business career of Franklin Simon, from its humble beginnings up, was marked by keen intelligence, persistent enterprise and absolute
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store. Each "shop" had a specialty product line, such as ready-to-wear apparel for women, misses, girls, boys, men, young men and infants. When the chain closed in 1979, there were 42 stores.
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Franklin Simon & Co., 2003 photograph of fading outdoor sign at 16 W. 38th Street, New York, with company history. (retrieved September 1, 2008)
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The New York Chronology: The Ultimate Compendium of Events, People, and Anecdotes from the Dutch to the Present
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11 bankruptcy in July 1979. Under the reorganization plan, City Stores closed the 42 Franklin Simon stores.
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from the Simon family for $ 2 million. In 1945, Franklin Simon & Co. was acquired by
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In 1993, Dover Books on Costume reissued the "Franklin Simon Fashion Catalog for 1923".
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DoverPublications.com link for 1923 Franklin Simon catalog (retrieved Sep 1, 2008)
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Faded sign for Franklin Simon & Co. (retrieved September 1, 2008).
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In 1932, Franklin Simon & Co. opened its first branch store in
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CSS Industries, Inc. - Company history (retrieved Sep 1, 2008
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Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1979
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Lulu Enterprises, Inc.; Morrisville, North Carolina.
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Companies that have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Retail
New York, New York
Franklin Simon
Parent
City Stores Company
New York City
dry goods
Franklin Simon
Herman A. Flurscheim
Atlas Corporation
City Stores Company
Oppenheim Collins & Company, Inc
Fifth Avenue
Carrie Schermerhorn Astor
John Jacob Astor
Marshall Orme Wilson
W. & J. Sloane
City Stores
Greenwich, Connecticut
Westport, Connecticut
Manhasset, New York
Swifton Center
Cincinnati, Ohio
Green Acres Mall
Valley Stream, New York
Cross County Shopping Center
Yonkers, New York
East Orange, New Jersey

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