Woolworth, Frank Winfield, 1852-1919
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Name (Latin)
Woolworth, Frank Winfield, 1852-1919
Date of birth
1852-04-13
Date of death
1919-04-08
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Consumer goods
Retail trade
Stores, Retail
Occupation
Businesspeople
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Wikipedia, viewed 12 Jan. 2018(Frank Winfield Woolworth; 13 April 1852 - 8 April 1919; also known as Frank W. Woolworth or F.W. Woolworth; American entrepreneur and founder of F. W. Woolworth Company and the operator of variety stores known as "Five-and-Dimes" (5- and 10-cent stores) or dimestores; born in Rodman, New York; died at Glen Cove, New York; opened a five-cent store in Utica, New York, on 22 February 1878 which failed within weeks; opened his second store in April 1879, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he expanded the concept to include merchandise priced at ten cents; he founded the British branch, F W Woolworth & Co, Ltd, in Liverpool, England on 5 November 1909)
- Remembering Woolworth's, 1999:CIP galley (Frank Winfield Woolworth, 1852-1919)
- LC data base 5-11-99(hdg.: Woolworth, Frank Winfield, 1852-1919)