Records 1925-1985.

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Records 1925-1985.

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Records contain annual reports, newsletters, newspaper cllippings, financial records and miscellaneous office files documenting this discount store's rise from a small five and dime to a national chain.

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Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Heinz History Center Detre Library and Archives

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Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Heinz History Center Detre Library and Archives

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Mack, John Sephus, d. 1940.

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Shaw, Walter

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G.C. Murphy Company.

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The first G.C. Murphy discount variety store appeared in McKeesport , Pennsylvania in 1906. By 1911, George Clinton Murphy had twelve stores in the southwest Pennsylvania region with sales over $250,000. Expansion continued throughtout the tri-state region and, by 1960, all over the country as a result of an aggressive acquisition policy. The number of stores peaked in 1976 with 545. In 1985, Ames, a discount department store, bought the G.C. Murphy Company. From the description of R...

Hudak, Thomas John

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Lytle, Charles F.

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