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Filene’s: Boston’s Great Specialty Store (Images of America)

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Considered the “World’s Largest Specialty Store,” William Filene’s Sons Company, founded in 1870, brought fashion and entertainment to generations of Bostonians. Brothers Edward and Lincoln Filene were revolutionaries who championed employee members of the family and innovative merchandising. In 1909, Edward organized and opened Filene’s famous Automatic Bargain Basement. Lincoln helped found the Federated Department Shops Company in March 1929. Filene’s used to be a pioneer in branch-store development. In its heyday, the shop hosted appearances by fashion designers, such as Christian Dior, Pierre Cardin, and Pauline Trigère, along with celebrities, like Zsa Zsa Gabor, Gloria Swanson, and Gene Autry. A victim of retail consolidation, the flagship downtown Boston store closed its doors in 2006. Its building, designed by the across the world renowned architect Daniel Burnham, celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2012 and anxiously awaits its redevelopment. A majority of these historic photographs come instantly from the Filene Marketing Archives on the Boston Public Library.

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