Butler Brothers Department Stores

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The Butler Brothers Department Stores were a chain of department stores that opened in the 1950s.

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Merchandising company Butler Brothers built 2 complete department stores in Ohio and 4 in Greater Los Angeles, [1] and one each in San Francisco and Seattle. [2]

Greater Los Angeles

In the 1960s the Los Angeles buying office and plant was at 3030 South Atlantic Boulevard in Vernon, an industrial suburb of Southeast Los Angeles County. [11] [12]

San Francisco

Ohio

Washington State

Federated Stores

The Butler Brothers Department Stores should not be confused with Federated Stores, also under Butler Brothers, which started c. 1931 which were ca. 1400 independently owned and operated department stores based on a common operating model and selling goods acquired through the Butler Brothers wholesale network. [20]

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  2. ↑ Commerce, United States Congress Senate Committee on (1962). "Hearings" . Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Open new $million store Thursday at Lakewood Park shopping center". Daily News. November 2, 1951. p. 17. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Butler Brothers Opening Attracts More Than 175,000". Independent. November 9, 1951. p. 2. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Butler Brothers Alhambra ad". Pasadena Independent. November 14, 1951. p. 9. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  6. ↑ "From Boom to Blight and Back Again? Alhambra Hopes Redevelopment Will Bring Shoppers Back to Main St". The Los Angeles Times. December 4, 1988. p. 681. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Blight:Alhambra Goes in Search of Shoppers". The Los Angeles Times. December 4, 1988. p. 686. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Butler Bros. Store Opens in Ontario". The Pomona Progress Bulletin. September 19, 1951. p. 17. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Butler Brothers Will Establish Department Store in Van Nuys". The Van Nuys News. November 30, 1950. p. 1. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Butler Bros. Department Store Pointing Toward Opening Date". The Van Nuys News. August 30, 1951. p. 33. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
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  14. ↑ "Do you want to succeed?". The San Francisco Examiner. July 6, 1952. p. 23. Archived from the original on April 6, 2024. Retrieved April 6, 2024– via newspapers.com.
  15. 1 2 "New Department Store Open; Thousands Flock To Look, Many Becoming Shoppers". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 5, 1951. p. 15. Archived from the original on June 17, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  16. ↑ "Butler Brothers Euclid Ohio Easts 222nd at Lake Shore Blvd. (ad)". East Cleveland Leader. September 25, 1952. p. 4. Archived from the original on April 8, 2024. Retrieved April 8, 2024– via newspapers.com.
  17. ↑ "Butler Brothers Preparing For Opening; Color Are keynote In City's Newest Store". The Cincinnati Enquirer. September 21, 1951. p. 14. Archived from the original on April 6, 2024. Retrieved April 6, 2024– via newspapers.com.
  18. ↑ "Washington". The Spokesman-Review. April 4, 1954. p. 103. Archived from the original on June 17, 2024. Retrieved April 6, 2024– via newspapers.com.
  19. ↑ Bradfield, Patti (May 26, 2005). "Thanks for the memories, Northgate". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on April 6, 2024. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  20. ↑ "New Owner Takes Over Federated Store". Rushville Republican. May 27, 1946. p. 7. Archived from the original on April 6, 2024. Retrieved April 6, 2024– via newspapers.com.
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