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  1. Lyman Gustave Bloomingdale (February 11, 1841 – October 13, 1905) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He is best known for retail, and in April 1872, with his brother Joseph, founded department store chain Bloomingdale's Inc. on 59th Street in New York City.

  2. Lyman Bloomingdale was an American businessman and philanthropist. He is best known for retail, and in April 1872 founded Bloomingdales Department Store on 56th Street in New York City with his brother Joseph. Lyman Bloomingdale was born on February 11, 1841 in New York City.

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  4. Oct 13, 2014 · On October 13, 1905, Lyman G. Bloomingdale, co-founder of the vaunted New York retail emporium that bears his name, died at the age of 64.

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  5. Lyman "Bill" Gustave Bloomingdale (August 18, 1912 - January 28 1999), was a financier and business executive. Grandson of the founder of Bloomingdale's department store, he served as vice president of Bloomingdale Properties and was associated with a variety of New York investment banks.

  6. History of America. Joseph and Lyman Bloomingdale were not the pioneers of the American department store concept, they simply took the model and did it bigger. The brothers began with a Ladies Notion Shop and then opened their store, Bloomingdale Brothers Great East Side Bazaar, on 56th Street and Third Avenue, Manhattan, in 1872.

  7. BLOOMINGDALE. BLOOMINGDALE, prominent U.S. family. The founder of the family was lyman gustavus (1841–1905), merchant and philanthropist. He was born in New York, son of German Jewish immigrants. After service in the Civil War in the Kansas Volunteers, he returned to New York where he and his brother Joseph opened a hoopskirt and ladies ...

  8. A Store Is Born. To think it all started with a 19th century fad - the hoop skirt. That was the first item that Joseph and Lyman Bloomingdale carried in their Ladies' Notions Shop in New York's Lower East Side. In the late 1800's, most fashion retailers specialized in just one type of garment.

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