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Goldwater’s
Image Credit: Shutterstock Cars parked outside a Goldwater’s department store in Phoenix in 1964. The chain, founded by the family of U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater, was dissolved in the ’80s after being acquired by May Department Stores.
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Bonwit Teller & Co.
Image Credit: Shutterstock The hat room in the Bonwit Teller department store in Boston, pictured in 1948. The chain ceased operations in the ’90s.
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Bonwit Teller & Co.
Image Credit: Shutterstock An interior look at the Bonwit Teller department store in Boston, pictured in 1948. The chain ceased operations in the ’90s.
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Kaufmann’s
Image Credit: Shutterstock A Kaufmann’s rendering from the early 20th century. The department store was shuttered in 2006.
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Kaufmann’s
Image Credit: Shutterstock The façade of Kaufmann’s in Pittsburgh, shown in 2005. The department store shut down in 2006.
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Ames
Image Credit: Shutterstock An Ames location in Middletown, R.I. pictured in December 2001. The chain shuttered all doors the following year.
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Ames
Image Credit: Shutterstock An Ames store in Saugus, Mass., pictured in 2002. The chain went defunct in 2002.
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Filene’s Basement
Image Credit: Shutterstock Filene’s Basement in Boston, pictured in 2007. The Massachusetts-based retailer closed all doors in 2011.
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Filene’s Basement
Image Credit: Shutterstock A customer exits a Filene’s Basement in Warrensville Heights, Ohio in 2011. After going bankrupt, the chain closed all doors that year.
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Dayton’s
Image Credit: Shutterstock A Dayton’s in Minneapolis, Minn. pictured on Jan., 12, 2001. Target Corp. changed the store’s name to Marshall Field’s in 2001 — and later Marshall Field’s stores were converted to Macy’s.
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Woolworth’s
Image Credit: Shutterstock A Woolworth’s in New Orleans, rendered in the 1930s. The chain was closed down in 1999.
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Woolworth’s
Image Credit: Shutterstock A Santa Fe, N.M. Woolworth’s store pictured in the ’90s. The department store closed down in 1999.
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E.J. Korvette
Image Credit: Shutterstock Carly Simon signs albums at E.J. Korvette in the ’70s. The discount department store chain went defunct in 1980.
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Gimbel Brothers
Image Credit: Shutterstock Consumers watch a TV ad at a Gimbel Brothers department store in the 1940s. The department store chain was liquidated in the 1980s.
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Montgomery Ward & Co.
Image Credit: Shutterstock A rendering of a Montgomery Ward & Co. Kansas City location from 1920. The chain went out of business in June 2001.
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Abraham & Straus
Image Credit: Shutterstock Customers outside an Abraham & Straus department store in 1905. The retailer’s stores were converted into Macy’s in the ’90s.
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Wanamaker’s
Image Credit: Shutterstock A fashion show at the Wanamaker’s department store in 1910. After a series of acquisitions, the last Wanamaker’s was transitioned ito a Hecht’s in 1995.
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Hecht’s
Image Credit: Shutterstock A customer shops for Christmas decorations at a Hecht’s in 2005. The Hecht’s stores were transitioned into Macy’s in 2006.
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Bon Ton
Image Credit: Shutterstock A Bon Ton store in New Hampshire with a closing banner pictured in February 2018. The retailer announced all its stores were closing that year.
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Younkers
Image Credit: Shutterstock A Younkers department store in Nebraska pictured in 2018. The chain operated under the Bon-Ton company until it was shuttered in 2018.
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S. S. Kresge & Co.
Image Credit: Shutterstock A window at S. S. Kresge & Co. showing pet supplies from the 1930s. The stores later became K-Marts.
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Marshall Field’s
Image Credit: Shutterstock Marshall Field’s in Chicago in 1898. The retailer was converted into Macy’s in 2006.
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Marshall Field’s
Image Credit: Shutterstock A 1909 stenograph showing Marshall Field’s in Chicago. The retailer’s Windy City flagship was converted into a Macy’s in 2006.
From the Archives: Department Stores That Have Gone Out of Business
The Goldwater's department store in Phoenix, pictured in the 1960s.
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