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By the 1850s, John Jelliff & Co. had become the leading furniture manufacturer in New Jersey. [ 1 ] By 1843, J.Jelliff's was located at 301-303 Broad Street, [ 2 ] and by 1876, John Jelliff & Co. was the largest furniture establishment in Newark, located at 794 & 796 Broad Street.
Miller's traced its history to the New York Racket Store, established in 1889 at 510 Market Street in Chattanooga by brothers Gus and Frank Miller. After a fire destroyed the Richardson Building in 1897, the brothers built a new store at Seventh and Market Streets that was known as Miller Brothers Department Store. [1]
The Riviera closed during rationing at the start of the early years of World War II, and was re-opened in 1946 by Bill Miller, father of reporter Judith Miller, [3] [6] who bought the club for $500–700,000. [1] It had a capacity of over 900, and could earn over $100,000 a week. [6]
A third restaurant was available for employees. A Merry-Go-Round was in the basement and operated during the Christmas season when the Newark store was in its heyday. Hahne's also operated a furniture warehouse a few blocks away from the Newark location. In 1916, Hahne's became one of the founding members of the Associated Dry Goods Corporation ...
TOMS RIVER - Bob's Discount Furniture is on the way to Hooper Avenue, the retailer's first store in Ocean County. Construction fencing has gone up around the former Gelco Furniture at 1288 Hooper Ave.
Herman Miller was founded in 1905 as the Star Furniture Co. [3] In 1919, it was renamed the Michigan Star Furniture Co. under then-president Dirk Jan De Pree. De Pree and his father-in-law, Herman Miller, (born Harm Mulder on 7 September 1867 in Hoogemeeden, Groningen, Netherlands) [ 4 ] [ 5 ] acquired most of the company's shares in 1923 and ...
On October 5, 1986, the Bamberger's stores adopted the name Macy's New Jersey, and in 1988 Macy's New Jersey was consolidated with sister division Macy's New York to form Macy's Northeast (now Macy's, Inc.). [11] [12] As North Jersey's population grew, Bamberger's followed the suburban population aggressively.
The Millers Tavern Rural Historic District encompasses a large rural landscape in western Essex County, Virginia, United States, extending partly into eastern King and Queen County. Its 3,900 acres (1,600 ha) landscape has seen only modest alterations since the 17th century, with predominantly agricultural uses persisting.