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Remembering Woolworth's : a nostalgic history of the world's most famous five-and-dime

1999

Format:	Book
Author:	Plunkett-Powell, Karen.
Title:	Remembering Woolworth's : a nostalgic history of the world's most famous five-and-dime / Karen Plunkett-Powell.
Edition:	1st ed.
Publisher, Date:	New York : St. Martin's Press, 1999.
Description:	248 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Summary:	"In Remembering Woolworth's, nostalgia maven Karen Plunkett Powell pays tribute to the first, and most famous, five-and-dime chain in the world, through rarely seen photographs, lively historical narrative, and the touching stories of those who worked and shopped at Frank W. Woolworth's mercantile empire."--Jacket.
Subjects:	Woolworth, Frank Winfield, 1852-1919. Woolworth Corporation. Variety stores -- History.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-242) and index.
Contents:	Nickel parakeets and grilled cheese: welcome to the world's most famous five-and-dime -- Early years of the merchant prince -- The birth of Woolworth's "great five-cent -store" -- Frank sires a million-dollar baby in Pennsylvania -- The march of "five-and-dimes" -- Reaching for the sky: the great Woolworth Building -- Woolworth's international -- Transition: from history to nostalgia -- Those fabulous lunch counters! -- A store for all seasons -- The spectacle of Woolworth's -- Woolworth's coast to coast -- The collectibles!
Web Site:	Contributor biographical information Publisher description
LCCN:	99015916
ISBN:	0312206704 9780312206703
Other Number:	41368226
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Control Number:	801197
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Call Number:	381.12 Plunkett

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