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2. FAO Schwarz - Wikipedia

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   1910 F.A.O Schwarz Advertisement. FAO Schwarz was founded in 1862 in Baltimore under the name "Toy Bazaar" by German immigrant Frederick August Otto Schwarz.. In 1870, Schwarz opened a New York City location known as the "Schwarz Toy Bazaar" at 765 Broadway, which moved to 42 E. 14th Street in Union Square in 1880 and operated at that location until April 28, 1897, when it took over two vacant ...

3. Frederick A.O. Schwarz Jr. - Wikipedia

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   Schwarz was born in New York City, the great-grandson of German-American Frederick August Otto Schwarz, the founder of the Fifth Avenue toy store, F.A.O. Schwarz. His family sold the majority interest in the toy store in 1963. [2] He graduated from Harvard University in 1957 and received a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1960. In 1960, he ...

4. Frederick August Otto Schwarz - Wikipedia

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   In an effort to increase their exports, German exporters occasionally combined stationery with toys and other goods. Toys that Schwarz displayed in the window of the store outsold stationery. [8] By 1862 he had switched to selling the toys from his own shop, and in 1870 he moved his business to Manhattan in New York City. He married Caroline ...

5. Shoppers say goodbye to iconic FAO Schwarz flagship store

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6. Toy store - Wikipedia

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   The famous toy store in New York City, FAO Schwarz, was founded under the name Schwarz Toy Bazaar. It was founded in 1862 by the German immigrant, Frederick August Otto Schwarz. [3] The former largest toy retailer in the United States, Toys "R" Us, started business in 1948 by Charles Lazarus, a veteran of World War II. [4]

7. Bergdorf Goodman - Wikipedia

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   Bergdorf Goodman Inc. is an American luxury department store based in New York City, founded in 1899 by Herman Bergdorf. As of 2024, it operates a women's store and a men's store across the street from each other on Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. Since 2024 it has been owned by Saks Global, the American division of the Hudson's Bay Company.