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Candy, sales of
Carthage (NY)
Catalogs
Champion (NY), early years
Charlton, Earle P. (partner)
Chewing gum
Chicago, stores in
Christmas trade
City of Paris (ocean liner)
Closing, of five-and-dime division
Collectibles market
Come Back to the 5 and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Competitors
Coons, Mrs. Adelia A.
Counter Girls
Crane, Frank
Creighton, Jennie, see Woolworth, Jennie Creighton (wife)
Creighton, Mary Anne, (first female manager)
Creighton, Roy
Cuba, stores in, see Woolworth, F.W. Co., International
Cyprus, stores in
D
Deal Golf & Country Club (NJ)
Death of F.W. Woolworth
Denver, stores in
Detroit (MI) stores in
Deyo, Charles W., (President)
Diamond “W” Newsletter
“Diamond W Pure Foods”
Donahue, James Paul (son-in-law)
Donahue, Jimmy (grandson)
Donahue, Woolworth (grandson)
Donahue, Jessy, see Woolworth, Jessy Donahue(daughter)
E
Easter trade
Easton (PA), store in
Education
E.H. Ferree Co.
Emerson, Edgar C.
Empire Room (Woolworth Building)
European tours
“Evening in Paris” perfume
F
Farah, Roger, Fifth Avenue homes
First employees
First sale
Five-cent counter (the first)
Forbes, B.C.
Foundation Company, The
France, warehouses in
G
“General Letters”
German glass ornaments
Germany, stores in, see Woolworth, F.W. Co., International
Gilbert, Cass (architect)
Girl from Woolworth’s, The (movie)
Goldfish
Golding (merchant)
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Great Bend (NY) early work experiences
Greensboro (NC)
Griswold, Charles
H
Halloween trade
Harris, Frank
Harrisburg (PA.), early store
Hawaii, stores in
Hearst, Gretchen
Hilpert, Dale
Horowitz, Louis J.
Hutton, Barbara(granddaughter)
Hutton, Edna, see Woolworth, Edna Hutton (daughter)
Hutton, E. F.
Hutton, Franklyn L. (son-in-law)
I
Ice Cream, sales of
Incorporation (1905)
Irving National Bank
Ivie, Alvin E.
J
Jahn, Rudolf
Jersey City (NJ)
Johns, Ralph
Johnson, Tom
K
Kane (Mrs) Susan
Keffer, Ivan W.
Kendig, Anna (Mrs)
Kingfisher Co. (UK)
Kinney Shoe Corporation
Kirby, descendants
Kirby, Fred M. (partner)
Kirkwood, Robert C., (President)
Knox, H. Seymour (partner)
L
Labor strikes
Lancaster (PA.), early stores
Lavin, William
“Learners” (manager trainees)
Leftwich, James
Liverpool, grand opening
London, first store
Lunch Counter: collectibles; development of see also Refreshment Rooms; largest; memorabilia; sit-ins, special promotions; waitresses
M
Managers, responsibilities
Maynard (MA) store
McBrier, Albon (uncle)
McBrier, Edwin M.
McBrier, Fanny, see Woolworth, Fanny McBrier (mother)
McBrier, Henry (grandfather)
McBrier, Kezia Sloan (grandmother)
McCann, Charles E. F., (son-in-law)
McCann, Constance (granddaughter)
McCann, Frazier W. (grandson)
McCann, Gladys Helena (granddaughter)
McCann, Helena (granddaughter)
McCann, Helena, see Woolworth, Helena McCann (daughter)
McNeill, Daniel
Meyer & Schoenaman (importer)
Milestones, pre
Miller, Byron D.
Moody, Harry
Moore & Smith Dry-goods
Moore, William H. (partner)
Moulton, Elvira (step-mother)
Movies, Woolworth’s themed
“Mr. Woolworth Had a Notion” (musical review)
Music, influence of
N
Name change, of company, see also Venator Group
New York City (early offices)
Newark (NJ), stores in
Nichols, John P.
O
Opening Galas
P
Parson, Hubert T.
Pasadena (CA) parade
Peck, Carson
Penniman, Emma (teacher)
Pet Department
Philadelphia, stores in
Photo Booths
Post, Marjorie
Poughkeepsie (NY), grand opening
Presidents, of Woolworth Co.
R
Reading (PA), store in
Red Bank (NJ) store
“Refreshment Rooms”
Richman Bros.
Rodman (Jefferson County) birthplace
Roof Garden & Vaudeville House (Lancaster)
S
San Francisco
Santa Fe (NM)
Scottsdale (AZ)
Scranton (PA)
“Shadow Lawn” estate
Sheet music, sales of
“Sitting for Justice” exhibit
Social life
Songs, Woolworth-themed
Spellman Bros.
Stephenson, William L.
Stock boys
Strongman, Richard H.
Syracuse (NY) grand opening
T
Ten-cent price limit
Tourist areas, stores in
Toy sales
Trade-mark (diamond W)
Trenton (NJ) store in
U
Utica (NY) first five-cent store
V
Venator Group (formerly Woolworth Company)
W
Washington (D.C.), stores in
Watertown (NY)
West Coast, tour of
Wilmington, (DE), stores in
Wilmsen, Bernard (supplier)
“Winfield Hall” estate
Winkler, Henry (biographer)
Woodlawn, final resting place
“Woolco”-brand sewing supplies
Woolco Department Stores
Woolworth Building, Christmas Choir; construction of collectibles features opening gala sale of
Woolworth Center of Musical Studies
Woolworth, Charles Sumner (brother)
Woolworth Day (June 11)
Woolworth, Edna Hutton (daughter)
Woolworth, Elizabeth Buell (grandmother)
Woolworth, Elvira Moulton (stepmother)
Woolworth, Fanny McBrier (mother)
Woolworth, Fred (cousin)
Woolworth, Fred (nephew)
Woolworth, F.W. Co. International: British Isles Canada Cuba Germany, Ireland Mexico; Puerto Rico; Scotland; Spain; Virgin Islands. Wales
Woolworth, Helena McCann (daughter)
Woolworth, Herbert (cousin)
Woolworth Hour, The (radio show)
Woolworth, Jasper (grandfather)
Woolworth, Jennie Creighton (wife)
Woolworth, Jessy Donohue(daughter)
Woolworth, John Hubbell (father)
Woo
lworth Limited of Australia, historical connection
Woolworth March, The (song)
Woolworth Memorial Church (NY)
“Woolworth News”
Woolworth, Richard (nephew)
Y
York (PA), early store
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Karen Plunkett-Powell is the author of the nationally-acclaimed, The Nancy Drew Scrapbook: 60 Years of America’s Favorite Teenage Sleuth and co-author of Home Design from the Inside-Out: Feng Shui, Color Therapy and Self-Awareness. She has published hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles, and four mainstage children’s plays. Karen is also a freelance editor and a frequent speaker on the writer’s conference circuit. You can write to the author at Remembering Woolworth’s, P.O. Box 3128, Sea Bright, N.J. 07760.
PHOTO LISTING & CREDITS
The author gratefully acknowledges the use of images from the following sources. Great effort has been made to trace the proper copyright holders of the photographs herein, and/or to acknowledge the photographer of record. If there are any omissions we apologize, and will make appropriate acknowledgments in future printings.
Reprinted from American Weekly: Part Two Title Page (Frank Woolworth and daughter, Switzerland, 1890)
Author’s Collection: here (Stock Certificate), here (lunch ad, Cuban), here (“Blue Waltz” perfume), here (“Win Again in ’69), here (Woolworth Building sketch by artist A.E. Poor)
Sandy Biggs, photographer: here (Woolworth Building powder set)
Reprinted from Five and Ten Boy, 1962, Bobbs Merrill: here (Gray Morrow illustration of Frank Woolworth and William Moore)
Charles Boyle, photographer: here (exterior, Woolworth’s of Cyprus)
Veronique Daganaud, photographer: here (Woolworth Building bank)
Images courtesy of Dorn’s Photo, Red Bank, N.J.: here (store interior, Red Bank, NJ), here (lunch counter, Red Bank, NJ, c. 1945), here (interior shot, candy and fudge counter)
Reprinted from Engineering Record: here (escavation of Woolworth Building, c. 1911)
Mike Frankel, photographer: here (penny weight cards), here (placards), here (toothpaste), here (souvenir thimble), here (Lone Range lunch box), here (Christmas ornaments, top right), here (album cover), here (“Sea-Dog” fish tank toy), Part Four Title Page (Woolworth’s store business hours sign), here (Hot Wheels LTD Edition set), here (Porcelain spoon rests; Herald Square ribbon; Woolco snaps), here (Barbie “Special Expressions”; Topps Baseball cards), here (Guy Lombardo record brush; Woolworth Co. yardstick, Woolworth Building Needle Book), here (Stereograph), here (Pewter salt & pepper shakers; pewter shoe), here (souvenir coins dated 1925, and 1988), here (menu from Kentucky Woolworth’s), here (shopping basket; Lovely Hair Net; Famous Firsts ink blotter), here (Watchband sign)
Greensboro Daily News, here (“The Four Freshman” 1960), here (Frank Harris, 1960)
Images courtesy of Lancaster Historical Society: here (Woolworth Building, Queen St., Lancaster, early 1900s), here (Frank Woolworth and local dignitaries)
Stacey McDonald, photographer: here (Woolworth Ltd. Metro, Sydney, Australia)
Reprinted from The New Movie Magazine, 1930: here (cover; Western Union ad)
Monica Randall collection: here (Winfield Hall estate, Glen Cove)
Arthur E. Scott, photographer: here (“Closing Forever” sign; “After 118 Years” …sign), here (commemorative plaque, Lancaster, Pa.), here (Woolworth’s home on Lemon St, Lancaster, Pa.), here (stone caricatures of Frank Woolworth and Cass Gilbert), here (“Thank You For Shopping Woolworth’s sign), here (Woolworth memorial, Woodlawn, NY), here (interior, Shadow Lawn Estate, NJ), here (“Closed” sign over soda dispenser), here (booths), here (Welcome to America’s Christmas Store ad),
Patricia Sinnott-Stott, photographer: here (exterior storefront, London)
Images courtesy of Venator Group, formerly F.W. Woolworth Co., New York: Frontis (Frank Woolworth portrait), Prologue Title Page (store interior, 34th St. NYC), here (milk shake; sandwich), here (waitress near stove), here (100th anniversary logo), here (pages from Home Shopping Guide, 1929; kitchen supplies, 1939), here (Woolco store; Kinney Shoes), here (Watertown, NY square), here (first 5¢ table), here (ladies’ hair ribbon display), here (Charles Woolworth), here (Chart, Woolworth’s First Decade), here (Group photo of executives, c. 1901), here (counter girls on break, c.1950s), here (William Moore; Founding Fathers, 1912), here (Chart: Stock information, c. 1911); here (Woolworth Building Tower; Woolworth Building etching), here (Pre-American Revolution map), here (Cass Gilbert), here (Woolworth Building mini-hospital; pool room), here (Empire Room); here (Cass Gilbert illustration of Grand Arcade, c. 1912), here (Seymour Knox; Earle Charlton), here (doll display, Quebec store, c. 1960), here (fishing gear ad), here (exterior, Woolworth’s, Blackpool, England), here (Interior, Breman, Germany store), here (Interior, lunch counter, Havana, Cuba, c. 1955), here (Hubert T. Parson), Part Three Title Page (Interior, Woolworth’s store, NY), here (busy lunch counter scene, midwest, c. 1939; couple in restaurant, Virginia, c. 1979; Chuck Wagon Food Court, Denver, Co.), here (Fountain and Lunch Department ad, c. 1939), here (Schraffts Candy ad), here (Pick-A-Balloon Game” flyer), here (Lunch counter menu, c. 1929); window display, dairy promotion; interior lunch counter, turkey promotion), here (Christmas ornaments and wrap paper ad), here (toy ad), here (Nativity scene ad), here (Easter supplies ad; Valentine’s Day ad), here (“For School” products ad, “Back to School” supplies ad, 1939), here (Woolco, Gretna, La), here (“Plastic Ensembles” ad), here (“Lay Away Plan” ad), here (Tournament of Roses Parade) here (Woolworth News, Summer/Fall 1994), here (interior family scene); here (MacGregor cologne ad), here (Honolulu, Hawaii storefront), here (“Palm Beach” ad), here (interior, Woolworth’s, Denver, Co.), here (“Hartz Mountain” bird food ads), here (Manager teaching “Learner”), here (Counter Girls, Detroit, MI), here (Counter Girls’ strike, 1937), here (cover: Fortieth Anniversary Souvenir booklet), here (“What A Thrill” ad, 1969), here (“Time is Running Out” flyer), Courtesy of Chuck Wilkerson: here (Brochure for Diamond “W” Newsletter)
John D. Yeck, photographer: here (family storefront scene, New Mexico)
The original sources for following historical images are unknown: Part One Title Page (Frank & Charles Woolworth, c. 1866), here (Jasper & Elizabeth Woolworth; John & Fannie Woolworth; Henry and Kezia McBrier; Woolworth & McBrier storefront), here (exterior, Champion, NY family home), here (postcard, Watertown, NY Moore’s 5&10), here (William Moore), here (Jennie Creighton-Woolworth), here (postcard, Roof Garden & Vaudeville House, Lancaster, Pa), here (exterior, 170 North Queen St. store, Lancaster), here (First convention of five-and-ten syndicate), here (Edna, Jessy & Helena Woolworth), here (Woolworth Bros. Storefront c, 1881), here (Wedding of Seymour Knox w/Frank & Charles Woolworth), here (Edwin M. McBrier, c. 1888), here (postcard, interior of a Woolworth store, c. 1910), here (postcard, Powell St., San Francisco), here (postcard, a main street, Clearwater, Fla.), here (The Woolworths at Palm Beach, c. 1913), here (Hutton family photo, train station, Paris), here (cast photo, “Girl From Woolworth’s”, c. 1929), here (postcard, Northampton St, Easton, Pa.), here (postcard, Laramie, WI), here (postcard, Woolworth Building, Jacksonville, Fla)
Lyrics from “Love at the Five and Dime” (here) courtesy of Nanci Griffith Poem entitled “The Smells of Woolworth” (here) courtesy of Elizabeth Larrabee
REMEMBERING WOOLWORTH’S. Copyright © 1999 by Karen Plunkett-Powell. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Plunkett-Powell, Karen.
Remembering Woolworth’s : a nostalgic history of the world’s most famous five-and-dime / Karen Plunkett-Powell.—1st U.S. ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-312-20670-4
eISBN 978-1-4668-6744-4
1. Woolworth Corporation. 2. Variety stores—History.
3. Woolworth, Frank Winfield. 1852–1919. I. Title.
HF5465.U6W864 1999
381’.12’06573—dc21
99-15918
CIP
Book design by Richard Oriolo
First Edition: December 1999
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