Records, 1919-1981.

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Records, 1919-1981.

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Correspondence, press releases, newspaper clippings, and photographs documenting the store's officers, personnel, organization, expansion, and advertising. Includes material relating to the public sale of stock in 1939, acquisition of Brooks Brothers in 1946, and attempted takeover of the company by Allied Stores Corporation in 1981. Other topics include a memorial to Joseph James Darlington and Julius Garfinckel's loan of his James McNeill Whistler etchings to the Corcoran Gallery of Art.

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Darlington, Joseph J. (Joseph James), 1849-1920

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Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Education Department

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Allied Stores Corporation

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Brooks Brothers (Firm)

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Garfinckel's (Department store)

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Washington, D.C., department store; closed 1990. From the description of Records, 1919-1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70937613 From the description of Records of Garfinckel's department store, 1919-1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132666 ...

Garfinckel, Julius, 1874?-1936

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Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903

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American painter, etcher and author. From the description of Autograph letters, signed with his name : Lindsey Houses, Chelsea, and 28 Wimple Street, to [James Key] Caird and J.E. Millais, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588842 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Miss Cobden, [May 1881/1884]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270587769 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Chelsea, London, to Waldo Story, the sculptor, pos...