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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 ...
George D. Roper became the sole owner of the Van Wie Gas Stove company after the company's debts were paid off on September 1, 1894. 10 days later, a fire destroyed the facility. The factory was rebuilt and renamed as the Eclipse Gas Stove Company, and later expanded to include the Trahern Pump Company, found in 1857 and acquired in 1906.
Art Van Furniture – Founded in 1959 in Warren, MI, and operated over 300 stores and outlets in 7 states. On March 5, 2020, Art Van Furniture announced it would liquidate all of their company owned stores and file for chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Gibson appliance advertisement, 1948. Gibson was founded by Joshua Hall in Belding, Michigan , in 1877 as the Belding-Hall Company selling cabinets that housed blocks of ice ( ice-boxes ). The area around Belding, Michigan, had a skilled workforce of Danish craftsmen and a good supply of hardwoods including ash .
Atlanta is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Montmorency County. [5] The community had a population of 720 at the 2020 census, [2] down from 827 in 2010. Atlanta has been nicknamed the "Elk Capital of Michigan". [6] Atlanta is home to the annual Sno*Drift rally racing ...
Electrical refrigerators were introduced in 1918, and by 1925, Leonard was building one out of every five refrigerators produced in the United States, which amounted to 1000 refrigerators per day. [1]
Roper Technologies, American industrial company; Roper-Logan-Tierney model of nursing; USS Roper (DD-147), an American navy ship; Roper, a style of cowboy boot with a short heel and round toe; Ropers, mascots of the Will Rogers High School; Roper, a Whirlpool Corporation brand of household appliances; Roper (band), an American Christian pop ...
SciTrek's Challenger Learning Center was a $1.7 million, simulated NASA space shuttle mission which opened to the public in January 2003. Upon SciTrek's initial closure, the Challenger Learning Center was put up for auction. Several museums and science centers expressed interest in acquiring the Challenger Learning Center for their facility.