L.L. Bean, Inc.

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Leon Leonwood Bean started the company in 1912 as a one-man direct mail order business. Today it is a privately held, family-owned company with retail stores, factory outlet stores, and a worldwide catalog business. The flagship store in Freeport, Maine, is open 24 hours a day. The company sells outdoor gear and apparel as well as items for the home and outdoor living.

From the description of Catalogs 1968-1990. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 53998679

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Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf L.L. Bean, Inc. Catalogs 1968-1990. Raymond H. Fogler Library
referencedIn Bean, L.L. : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf A. Cappel & Son. Trade catalogs of department stores and mail order, 1878-1976. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
creatorOf Bean, L. L. (Leon Leonwood), 1872-1966. L.L. Bean correspondence, 1934 and 1941. Maine Historical Society Library
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Outdoor recreation
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Active 1934

Active 1941

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