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

Title
Remembering Woolworth's : a nostalgic history of the world's most famous five-and-dime / Karen Plunkett-Powell.
Author
Plunkett-Powell, Karen.
Publication
New York : St. Martin's Press, 1999.

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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."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-242) and index.
Contents
Nickel Parakeets and Grilled Cheese: Welcome to the World's Most Famous Five-and-Dime -- Pt. 1. Remembering Frank Winfield Woolworth: The Merchant Prince. Ch. 1. Early Years of the Merchant Prince. Ch. 2. The Birth of Woolworth's "Great Five-Cent Store" Ch. 3. Frank Sires a Million-Dollar Baby in Pennsylvania. Ch. 4. The March of "Five-and-Dimes" Ch. 5. Reaching for the Sky: The Great Woolworth Building -- Pt. 2. Remembering Woolworth's ... Around the World. Ch. 6. Woolworth's International. Ch. 7. Transition: From History to Nostalgia -- Pt. 3. Remembering ... the Stores! Ch. 8. Those Fabulous Lunch Counters! Ch. 9. A Store for All Seasons. Ch. 10. The Spectacle of Woolworth's. Ch. 11. Woolworth's Coast to Coast -- Pt. 4. Preserving the Legacy. Ch. 12. The Collectibles!
ISBN
0312206704
LCCN
99015916
OCLC
  • 41368226
  • ocm41368226
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries