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Name:    Famous Company
Profession:  Merchant
Born/Started:    1873
Description:    The Famous Company opened in 1873 on Franklin Avenue and moved to Broadway and Morgan in 1880. The store sold dry goods and clothing. In 1892 the store was bought by the May Company of Cleveland, and re-opened as a five-story store five months later.

When May Company acquired the Willam Barr Company in 1911, it created a new name, Famous-Barr. [A Century of Enterprise, p. 12]



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Century of Enterprise: St. Louis, 1894-1994
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