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It incorporated the Walter J. Wood furniture store next door. [2] By 1908, 17 stores were open. [1] J.J. Haverty's son Clarence rose to a leadership position and wished for a larger role in the business. In November 1908, the partnership between Haverty and Rhodes was dissolved amicably and 16 of the stores were divided between Rhodes and Haverty.
The first store was located at 14 East Hunter Street (now 117 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive) in Atlanta, Georgia. By the third year, the new company moved to a larger location. [2] In 1889, J.J. and Michael entered a partnership with the owner of a neighboring furniture store, Amos G. Rhodes, forming the Rhodes-Haverty Furniture Company. A year ...
Amos Giles Rhodes (1850–1928) was an Atlanta, Georgia furniture magnate. He was born in 1850 in Henderson, Kentucky. In 1875, he came to Atlanta as a laborer for the L & N Railroad. In 1879, he began a small furniture company which would grow into a large furniture business and make Rhodes a "pillar of the community".
Pages in category "History of furniture" The following 119 pages are in this category, out of 119 total. ... Horn furniture; Howard & Sons; J. Jean-Baptiste-Claude ...
Finkenberg’s Sons Furniture Inc. was a furniture department store chain founded in Manhattan in 1870, and by 1940, the company expanded across New York City, becoming one of the largest furniture retail chains in the New York metropolitan area. After Adolph Finkenberg’s death in 1914, the firm was managed by his four eldest sons: Edward ...
John Amos, Shannon Amos, and K.C. Amos at the 1st Annual "A Celebration of Heroes" Power Heroes Gala on December 3, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. The late John Amos spoke out about his love for ...
Joseph Meeks (September 4, 1771 – July 21, 1868) [1] was a furniture maker in New York City who founded what would become a large firm that produced good quality furniture from 1797 to 1869. In 1833 the firm published a broadside [ 2 ] with an illustration of the firm's building and 39 illustrations, mostly of furniture, but also of window ...
Actor John Amos, known for his roles in the acclaimed miniseries "Roots" and the CBS sitcom "Good Times," has died. He was 84 years old. Amos' publicist confirmed his death to CBS News and shared ...