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  2. The Fair Store - Wikipedia

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    The Fair Store was a discount department store founded in 1874 in Chicago, Illinois. History. Founder Ernst J. Lehmann decided on the name "The Fair Store" as he felt "the store was like a fair because it offered many different things for sale at a cheap price."

  3. Thorne miniature rooms - Wikipedia

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    Table in the 1760 New Hampshire dining room, Thorne miniature rooms at the Art Institute of Chicago. The Thorne miniature rooms are a set of approximately 100 miniature models of rooms created between 1932 and 1940 under the direction of Narcissa Niblack Thorne. Ninety-nine of the rooms are believed still to be in existence; the majority (68 ...

  4. American Bungalow - Wikipedia

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    1055-0674. American Bungalow is a quarterly special interest magazine whose stated purpose is "preserving and restoring the modest American 20th Century home, the bungalow, and the rich lifestyle it affords." Since its introduction in 1990, the publication has been a major spur to the revitalization of interest in bungalow homes and their ...

  5. Polk Brothers - Wikipedia

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    Polk Bros., Inc. Polk Brothers was a large home appliance and electronics retailer in Chicago, Illinois that had 17 stores in the region at its peak in the 1980s. Polk Bros. was the dominating electronics/appliance retailer in the Chicago market through the 1980s. The chain was known for its aggressive "let's make a deal" salesmen who would ...

  6. Parking chair - Wikipedia

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    Parking chair. A parking chair is a chair that is used by a vehicle owner to informally mark a parking space as reserved. Other objects are also used for this purpose, including trash cans, ladders, ironing boards, traffic cones, and similar-sized objects. In Boston, these are known as parking space savers or just space savers. [1]

  7. Walter E. Smithe - Wikipedia

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    Walter E. Smithe. Walter E. Smithe is a furniture company based in Itasca, Illinois. The company makes, sells, and repairs furniture, specializing in custom upholstery, and operates ten showrooms throughout the Chicago metropolitan area. It was founded by Walter Edward Smithe and Bill Shanahan in 1945.

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