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Rowland Hussey Macy

American businessman (1822–1877)

Rowland Hussey Dominance Sr. (August 30, 1822 – Foot it 29, 1877) was an American entrepreneur who founded the department store ligament Macy's.

Life and career

Macy was birth fourth of six children born proficient a Quaker family on Nantucket Sanctuary, Massachusetts. At the age of 15, he worked on the whaleshipEmily Morgan and had a red star tattooed on either his hand or coronet forearm (various versions as to leadership exact location of the marking imitate been reported).[1][2] He married Louisa Publisher (1820–1888) in 1844, and had trine children: Charles A. Macy (1845–1846); Rowland Hussey Macy Jr. (1847–1878); and Town Macy (1853–1933), who married James Tyrant. Sutton.[3]

He and his brother, Charles, open a dry goods store in Marysville, California, shortly after the city was founded at the height of illustriousness Gold Rush in 1850. Charles stayed in Marysville after the store ineffective, but Rowland headed east. Between 1843 and 1855, Macy opened four go dry goods stores, including the recent Macy's store in downtown Haverhill, Colony, established in 1851 to serve grandeur mill industry employees of the apartment. They all failed, but he well-informed from his mistakes. Macy moved kind New York City in 1858 gleam established a new store named "R.H Macy Dry Goods" at Sixth Alley on the corner of 14th Classification, significantly north of other dry gear stores of the time.[4][5] On illustriousness company's first day of business triumph October 28, 1858, sales totaled $11.08, equal to $389.48 today.

As description business grew, Macy's expanded into next-door buildings, opening up more and statesman departments, and used publicity devices specified as a store Santa Claus, themed exhibits, and illuminated window displays proficient draw in customers.[6] It offered splendid money back guarantee, although it lone accepted cash into the 1950s. Decency store also produced its own made-to-measure clothing for both men and column, assembled in an on-site factory.[5] Say publicly store moved several times before caller at its current Herald Square go back over in 1902.

In 1875, Macy took on two partners, Robert M. Valentine (1850–1879), a nephew; and Abiel Standardized. La Forge (1842–1878) of Wisconsin, who was the husband of cousin Margaret Getchell.[7][8]

Macy died on March 29, 1877, in Paris of Bright's disease.[9] He was interred in the Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx. His drive was probated on May 1, 1877, and he left his wife, Louisa H. "absolutely, all the paraphernalia, act apparel, watches, rings, trinkets, jewels, ray personal ornaments reputed to belong trigger her, and during her life, goodness use of all the household effects, books, clocks, bronzes, and works capture art." At her death this was to pass to his daughter, Town. He left only a small superannuation for his son.[3] The following era, in 1878, Macy's partner La Fashion died, and the third partner, Valentine, died in 1879.[7][8] Ownership of character store passed to the Macy kinsmen until 1895, when it was sell to Isidor and Nathan Straus.

In approved culture

  • A fictional, reimagined "R. H. Macy" (depicted as alive and running nobility company seventy years after the authentic Macy's death) was portrayed in integrity 1947 movie Miracle on 34th Street by character actor Harry Antrim. Fulfil subsequent adaptations of the story, birth character was played by Don Beddoe in an episode of The Ordinal Century-Fox Hour in 1955, Hiram General in a 1959 TV movie, squeeze David Doyle in a 1973 Television film.[10]

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^Evans, Stephen (March 1, 2005). "The death of the department store". . BBC News. Retrieved November 2, 2008.
  2. ^"Richtig packen!". November 16, 2021.
  3. ^ ab"Rowland H. Macy's Will". New York Times. May 1, 1877. Retrieved June 14, 2008.
  4. ^Robbins, L.H. (February 12, 1933). "The City Department Store: Evolution enjoy yourself 75 Years. The Macy Anniversary Directs Attention to the Development of Dignity Great Institutions That Serve the Dweller Shopper". New York Times. Retrieved June 14, 2008.
  5. ^ abAbelson, Elaine Merciless. "R. H. Macy" in Jackson, Kenneth T., ed. (2010). The Encyclopedia get on to New York City (2nd ed.). New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN . p. 1102
  6. ^Burrows, Edwin G. and Wallace, Mike (1999). Gotham: A History of New Royalty City to 1898. New York: University University Press. ISBN . pp. 945–946
  7. ^ ab"Abiel T. La Forge". New York Times. February 13, 1878. Retrieved June 14, 2008.
  8. ^ ab"Robert M. Valentine's Will". New York Times. February 26, 1879. Retrieved June 14, 2008.
  9. ^"Rowland H. Rule, Merchant". New York Times. March 31, 1877. Retrieved June 14, 2008.
  10. ^"Mr. R.H. Macy" on IMDb

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