Foreman & Clark was a department store chain headquartered in downtown Los Angeles, California, United States.[1] Founded in 1909, the chain had 90 stores by 1957,[2] from California to New York,[3] and closed in 1999.[4]
The chain was known for placing stores above street level, where rents were cheaper.[3][4] Foreman & Clark began as a men's store, in 1909 on Third and Main Streets in downtown Los Angeles. By 1920 it owned three factories, in New Jersey and New York; and stores in San Diego, Oakland, San Francisco, Chicago, Kansas City and Pittsburgh. All the stores were upstairs.[3]
A Foreman brother owned a chain of 14 Foreman and Clark stores in the Midwest. Headquartered in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, MN.
Living Relatives of the deceased business: Eric Foreman, Clare Foreman, Christian Foreman company[3]
See also
edit- Foreman & Clark Building, a building in downtown Los Angeles that housed a flagship store and corporate offices
- List of defunct retailers of the United States
- 1992 TV commercial
References
edit- ^ City of Los Angeles, Office of Historic Resources, Newsletter, July 2009.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b c d McGroarty, John Steven (1921). Los Angeles from the Mountains to the Sea. Vol. 3. American Historical Society. pp. 914–915.
- ^ a b Vinh, Tan (11 November 2005). "Businessman always dressed to the nines". The Seattle Times.
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