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    J. W. Robinson Co., Robinson's, was a chain of department stores operating in the Southern California and Arizona area, previously with headquarters in...
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    the House Un-American Activities Committee United States Congress. "J. W. Robinson (id: R000341)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress...
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    sibling JW Robinson's. May Department Stores had acquired Robinson's with its 1986 acquisition of Associated Dry Goods Corp. J. W. Robinson's had been acquired...
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    Blanche nameplate. In 1993, May Company California and J.W. Robinson's merged to form Robinsons-May. In that same year, Filene's absorbed the G. Fox division...
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  • Arizona Robinsons-May, a Southwest U.S. chain of department stores formed from J. W. Robinson's Robinson's of Florida, a department store chain Robinsons Department...
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    1888 Preuss & Pironi drugstore c.1885-6 J. W. Robinson's Boston Dry Goods at #171–173 from 1886 to 1895. Robinson's would become a major department store...
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    Department Stores Company merged J. W. Robinson's and May Company California to form Robinsons-May. As a result, the J. W. Robinson's store was sold to JCPenney...
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  • five other stores. Three other major department stores — Ohrbachs, J. W. Robinson's and Montgomery Ward – opened nearby over the next ten years, and they...
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    Department Stores merged its May Company California and J. W. Robinson's divisions in 1993 as Robinsons-May, reuniting the Phoenix and Las Vegas stores under...
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    Factory opened in the basement of the former Del Amo Center. J. W. Robinson's became Robinsons-May in 1993.[citation needed] In 1996, following the merger...
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  • Illustrations of William Heath Robinson W. H. Robinson's illustrations for Andersen's Fairy Tales (1913) and Heath Robinson's Book of Goblins (Golden Age...
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    store, right; Ville de Paris, at left. J. W. Robinson's flagship store on Seventh Street at launch, 1915. Robinson's locating on 7th marked the beginning...
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  • posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor J. W. Robinson (1878–1964), a U.S. Representative from Utah J. W. Robinson's, a chain of department stores operating...
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    Street, became downtown's upscale shopping district. This began with J. W. Robinson's deciding to build their flagship store in 1915 on Seventh far to the...
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    Sibley's converted into Kaufmann's 1992 – J. W. Robinson's merged with May Company California to form Robinsons-May Lord & Taylor, the last remaining nameplate...
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  • Bullock's opened a full department store at 151 Palm Canyon Drive in 1947, J. W. Robinson's, another large L.A. store, took the former Bullock's location and opened...
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  • 1970s as an attempt by Associated Dry Goods to emulate its upscale J. W. Robinson's stores of Southern California on the fast-growing Florida Gulf Coast...
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    merged with May's other Southern California subsidiary, J. W. Robinson's, in 1993 to form Robinsons-May. May Company California was established in 1923 when...
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    Street, identified as "Crystal Court" and anchored by The Broadway and J. W. Robinson's, which opened in the Fall. These two stores were anchors at nearby...
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    000 sq ft (53,600 m2), May Co. at over 1,000,000 sq ft (93,000 m2) and J. W. Robinson's (7th St. at Hope) at 623,700 sq ft (57,940 m2) — totaled over three...
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    Loan Headquarters, Beverly Hills, California Robinson's department store, Beverly Hills (demolished) Robinson's department store, Pasadena, California 1952...
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    company to enter the fast-growing Florida market. In 1987, the 10-unit Robinson's of Florida on Florida's Gulf Coast (Tyrone Square Mall, University Square...
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    Robinson's and May Company merged to form Robinsons-May. As a result, the May Company store was rebranded Robinsons-May, and the J. W. Robinson's was...
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  • square-block flagship stores of Bullock's, The Broadway, May Co. and nearby, Robinson's, and suburban malls barely having launched. The store underwent a $1,000...
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    Broadway, J. W. Robinson's, May Co. and Buffums built out dozens of branches each in malls across Southern California, as did Sears and J. C. Penney...
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    on July 18, 1860, to parents George H. and Caroline L. (Heard) Robinson, J. W. Robinson was the third of six sons. He was raised on his family's farm and...
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    Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon, PC (1 November 1782 – 28 January 1859), styled The Honourable F. J. Robinson until 1827 and known between...
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    was going to be anchored by May Company California, Nordstrom, and J. W. Robinson's along with over 100 other stores. Later, the project was scaled down...
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  • 1974, with original anchors JCPenney, The Broadway, Buffum's and J. W. Robinson's. Only Buffums was open at the mall opening and the other anchors opened...
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  • power center by the same name. The center opened in 1966 anchored by a J. W. Robinson's department store, as well as Joseph Magnin and Desmond's, with a total...
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