Janney, Semple, Hill & Co. (Minneapolis, Minn.)

Janney, Semple, Hill and Company was founded in 1866 by Thomas B. Janney, his brother Edwin, and his brother-in-law, Samuel T. Moles. The first store, located on Washington Avenue between Nicollet and Minnetonka streets, was named Janney and Moles. In April 1875, a co-partnership was formed consisting of Thomas B. Janney, Samuel T. Moles, Frederick W. Brooks, and George H. Eastman. The company name was then changed to Janney, Moles, Brooks and Company.

In 1887 Samuel T. Moles withdrew from the Company, and the name was changed to Janney, Brooks, and Eastman.

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