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Daniel M. G. Raff
Table De220-224 - Chain stores-number of chains, by type of business: 1872-1928
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De220
De221
De222
De223
De224
Total (26 lines of merchandise)
Grocery
Drug
Shoes
Ready-to-wear
Row
Year
Number
Number
Number
Number
Number
1
1872
1
1
----
----
----
2
1873
2
1
----
----
----
3
1874
2
1
----
----
----
4
1875-1884
3
1
----
----
----
5
1885
4
2
----
----
----
6
1886
5
3
----
----
----
7
1887
6
3
1
----
----
8
1888
8
4
1
----
----
9
1889
9
5
1
----
----
10
1890
10
6
1
----
----
11
1891
12
7
1
----
----
12
1892
14
9
1
----
----
13
1893
17
10
1
----
----
14
1894
19
11
1
----
----
15
1895
21
11
1
1
1
16
1896
25
11
1
1
3
17
1897
35
14
2
1
4
18
1898
38
15
3
1
5
19
1899
42
17
3
2
5
20
1900
58
21
7
3
5
21
1901
66
23
9
4
7
22
1902
87
29
12
6
9
23
1903
107
36
13
7
10
24
1904
132
41
16
8
15
25
1905
173
44
19
9
21
26
1906
154
45
24
9
23
27
1907
193
49
25
10
28
28
1908
212
53
26
12
29
29
1909
231
59
30
12
31
30
1910
257
62
36
13
34
31
1911
292
69
39
17
39
32
1912
324
78
45
21
44
33
1913
376
85
52
27
52
34
1914
450
103
70
36
61
35
1915
505
112
81
38
73
36
1916
557
125
80
40
87
37
1917
607
135
86
44
96
38
1918
645
148
89
46
104
39
1919
733
168
101
63
110
40
1920
808
180
107
79
125
41
1921
905
198
117
95
137
42
1922
1,056
232
131
114
165
43
1923
1,164
249
145
128
184
44
1924
1,267
270
150
146
201
45
1925
1,440
301
162
167
231
46
1926
1,565
310
166
182
258
47
1927
1,689
335
175
206
281
48
1928
1,718
315
179
220
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