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S. H. Kress & Co. was the trading name of a chain of five and dime retail department stores in the United States established by Samuel Henry Kress. It operated from 1896 to 1981. It operated from 1896 to 1981.
Samuel H. Kress wanted his dime stores to make a statement, so much so that he created a corporate division of architecture to make sure each retail location had a distinct design, be it gothic ...
Samuel H. Kress wanted his dime stores to make a statement, so much so that he created a corporate division of architecture to make sure each retail location had a distinct design, be it gothic ...
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.
A Kress store building, showing the characteristic design The Kress building -- Houston, Texas. S. H. Kress & Co., a chain of "five and dime" retail department stores, was started in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, by Samuel H. Kress in 1896. Eventually expanding to over 200 locations nationwide, Kress stores were long a familiar sight in many cities ...
This is a List of S. H. Kress and Co. buildings that are notable. This includes buildings named Kress Building or variations. Historic S. H. Kress & Co. structures include: S. H. Kress and Co. Building (Augusta, Georgia) S. H. Kress and Co. Building (Anniston, Alabama), listed on the NRHP in Calhoun County, Alabama in 1985
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.
Timeline of former nameplates merging into Macy's. Many United States department store chains and local department stores, some with long and proud histories, went out of business or lost their identities between 1986 and 2006 as the result of a complex series of corporate mergers and acquisitions that involved Federated Department Stores and The May Department Stores Company with many stores ...