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2. Storkline Furniture Corporation Factory - Wikipedia

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   March 6, 2013. The Storkline Furniture Corporation Factory was a historic factory building at 4400-4418 W. 26th Street in the South Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The Storkline Furniture Corporation, a nationally popular children's furniture company, produced all of its furniture at the factory. Founded in 1915 as the Glass Novelty ...

3. List of Illinois area codes - Wikipedia

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   773: Chicago, covers most of the geographical area of Chicago except the downtown Chicago Loop, which is in area code 312. 815/779: Northern Illinois outside of the immediate Chicago area including Joliet, Kankakee, LaSalle, DeKalb, and Rockford. Area code 815 was overlaid with area code 779 in 2007. 847/224: North and northwest suburbs of ...

4. Polk Brothers - Wikipedia

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   Polk Bros., Inc. Polk Brothers was a large home appliance and electronics retailer in Chicago, Illinois that had 17 stores in the region at its peak in the 1980s. Polk Bros. was the dominating electronics/appliance retailer in the Chicago market through the 1980s. The chain was known for its aggressive "let's make a deal" salesmen who would ...

5. The Fair Store - Wikipedia

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   The Fair Store was a discount department store founded in 1874 in Chicago, Illinois. History. Founder Ernst J. Lehmann decided on the name "The Fair Store" as he felt "the store was like a fair because it offered many different things for sale at a cheap price."

6. Gately's People's Store - Wikipedia

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   Gately's People's Store. Gatelys Peoples Store was a department store at 11201 S. Michigan Avenue, in the Roseland neighborhood of Chicago. It was described as "the biggest store on Michigan Avenue". [1] James Gately purchased the Peoples Store in 1917 and added his name. The store thrived until the late 1960s, when white flight led to ...

7. Wieboldt's - Wikipedia

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   Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, home electronics, small appliances and housewares. Wieboldt Stores, Inc., also known as Wieboldt's, did business as a Chicago general retailer between 1883 and 1987. It was founded in 1883 by storekeeper William A. Wieboldt. The flagship location was at One North State Street ...