| LC control no. | n 99035264 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Woolworth, Frank Winfield, 1852-1919 |
| See also | Founded corporate body of person: F.W. Woolworth Company Founded corporate body of person: F.W. Woolworth and Co. |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1852 |
| Death date | 1919 |
| Place of death | Glen Cove (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Retail trade Stores, Retail Consumer goods |
| Profession or occupation | Businesspeople |
| Found in | Remembering Woolworth's, 1999: CIP galley (Frank Winfield Woolworth, 1852-1919) LC data base 5-11-99 (hdg.: Woolworth, Frank Winfield, 1852-1919) Wikipedia, viewed 12 Jan. 2018 (Frank Winfield Woolworth; 13 April 1852 - 8 April 1919; also known as Frank W. Woolworth or F.W. Woolworth; American entrepreneur and founder of F. W. Woolworth Company and the operator of variety stores known as "Five-and-Dimes" (5- and 10-cent stores) or dimestores; born in Rodman, New York; died at Glen Cove, New York; opened a five-cent store in Utica, New York, on 22 February 1878 which failed within weeks; opened his second store in April 1879, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he expanded the concept to include merchandise priced at ten cents; he founded the British branch, F W Woolworth & Co, Ltd, in Liverpool, England on 5 November 1909) |
| Associated language | eng |
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