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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Edison_Brothers_StoresEdison Brothers Stores - Wikipedia

    The company began on October 28, 1922, when brothers Sam, Harry, Mark, Irving, and Simon Edison—most of whom had previous experience in the shoe business working for others—opened their first shoe store, Chandler's, in Atlanta, Georgia. The store was a success and the brothers opened up a second shoe store, called Baker's, the next year.

  2. www.company-histories.com › Edison-Brothers-StoresEdison Brothers Stores, Inc. -- Company History

    On October 28, 1922, Sam, Harry, Mark, Irving, and Simon Edison opened their first shoe store, called Chandlers, in Atlanta. Although there was relatively little variation in footwear styles at that time, the Edisons' new store sold stylish women's shoes for six dollars.

  3. www.stlmag.com › news › the-edisonnewman-familyThe Edison/Newman Family: The Shoes Fit - St. Louis Magazine

    Aug 20, 2015 · Sons of a Latvian immigrant, Harry, Irving, Mark, Sam, and Simon grew their business into the nation’s largest retailer of women’s shoes, providing pumps and T-straps any working girl could afford. By 1926, they’d reached $1 million in sales, and not even the Great Depression slowed their expansion.

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  5. chrisfreund.notion.site › The-Rise-and-Fall-ofThe Rise and Fall of Edison Brothers Stores | Notion

    Feb 11, 2022 · Edison Brothers Company was born on 28 Oct 1922, when the five Edison brothers, Sam (34), Harry (32), Mark (27), Irving (23) and Simon (21) joined forces to form a partnership and opened their first Chandler's Boot Shop in Atlanta.

  6. money.cnn.com › magazines › fsbSole Survivor - October 1, 2005 - CNN Business

    Oct 1, 2005 · Edison Brothers Stores was launched in 1922 by Harry, Irving, Mark, Sam, and Simon Edison, five sons of a Latvian immigrant who had peddled shoes off a pack mule in southern Georgia. The...

  7. www.jstor.org › stable › 40579942The Edison Brothers, Shoe Merchants: Their Georgia Years - JSTOR

    Sam and Harry attended school in Adel. Mrs. Dixon, a school-mate of Sam Edison, described him as a student who had a brilliant mind and one who made excellent grades. He had a keen sense of humor, a trait he retained all during his life. Their teacher, Professor W. D. Wells, was a very strict person who permitted no nonsense in the classroom.

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  9. archive.org › download › edison-brothers-storesEDISON BROTHERS STORES, INC. - Archive.org

    The year 1947 marked a fitting climax to a quarter-century of operation of Edison Brothers Stores. Almost all previous operating records were broken during the year. Sales were the highest in history — 12,500,000 pairs of shoes were bought by hundreds of thousands of customers.