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An article from the Fayetteville Observer announcing the closure of Alma Farris' Farris Department Store upon her retirement at the age of 90. The second part of the article is not included. This clipping includes a photograph of Alma in her store…
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An article published in The Bladen Journal announcing the retirement of Alma Parker Farris and the closing of the Farris Department Store. The article contains a photograph of Alma and a description of her impact on Elizabethtown.
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A program printed in honor of the Diamond Anniversary celebration of John Mack & Son Department store in Mooresville, North Carolina. The program contains photographs from the store's 75 continuous years of operation and includes an early history of…
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Date: circa 1956
An interior photograph of Joseph El-Khouri working in Jabaley's Department Store with four unidentified clerks. The store belonged to Rose Isaac El-Khouri's relatives and managed by Joseph El-Khouri. Joseph purchased the business in 1965, renaming it…
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Date: circa 1956
An interior photograph of Joseph El-Khouri working in Jabaley's Department Store with three unidentified clerks. The store belonged to Rose Isaac El-Khouri's relatives and managed by Joseph El-Khouri. Joseph purchased the business in 1965, renaming…
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Date: circa 1956
An interior photograph of Jabaley's, the department store in Andrews, North Carolina, belonging to Rose Isaac El-Khouri's relatives and managed by Joseph El-Khouri. Joseph purchased the business in 1965, renaming it Khouri's. The business remained…
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Date: circa 1956
An exterior photograph of Jabaley's, the department store in Andrews, North Carolina, belonging to Rose Isaac El-Khouri's relatives and managed by Joseph El-Khouri. Joseph purchased the business in 1965, renaming it Khouri's. The business remained…
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Date: circa 1956
An exterior photograph of Jabaley's, the department store in Andrews, North Carolina, belonging to Rose Isaac El-Khouri's relatives and managed by Joseph El-Khouri. Joseph purchased the business in 1965, renaming it Khouri's. The business remained…
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Date: Unknown
A photograph of a window display at John Mack & Son. Bahia Mack Weaver was known as an innovative merchandiser, a tradition carried on by her niece, Madeline Mack. This photograph, of a window display featuring live models Joan Morrow (left) and…
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Date: Unknown
Bahia Mack Weaver, John Mack's youngest child, posing in front of John Mack & Son Store. Bahia served as a buyer and manager of the store through 1939.
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Date: Unknown
Side Mack with his grown children Madeline and Mitchell, posing together behind the counter at their family store, John Mack & Son. Though undated, the photograph was likely taken in the 1960s.
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Date: Unknown
Mitchell Mack, posing with a suit in the menswear department of John Mack & Son.
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Date: c. 1955
The grand opening upon the major remodel of John Mack & Son, which took place in the mid-1950s. Second from left is Mitchell, next to his father Side, and sister Madeline. Other individuals in the photograph are unidentified.
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Date: Unknown
Side Mack, posing with his peddling cases in front of his family department store John Mack & Son.
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