Chain: Pearl’s Department Stores (Chateaugay)
Date Opened: September 1, 1954
Date Closed: circa February 25, 1967
Street Address(es) when open (Building name/block) Main Street [Current Address]:
Former Store(s) in Location(s): A. E. Clark Store (for sixty years)
Later Store(s) in Location(s): laundromat
Buildings still exist?:
Owners, Managers, Employees:
- Manager: James Ferraro – at start
- Alice J. Brown, manager
- Dolores Hughes, clerk
- Marion G. Lennox, clerk
- Lillian Boni, clerk
Subsequent Owners if sold: Was not a clothing store
Articles, Pictures, Ads:
![](https://afamilyofstores.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Pearls-Edwards-Pearls-adds-fifth-store-CR-1954-07-30-p1.png)
Pearl’s Edwards – Pearl’s adds fifth store (CR 1954-07-30 p1)
![](https://afamilyofstores.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Pearls-Edwards-Store-opens-Tribune-Press-1954-08-26-p1.png)
Pearl’s Edwards – Store opens (Tribune-Press 1954-08-26 p1)
![](https://afamilyofstores.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Pearls-Hermon-Edwards-and-Hermon-portrait-Tribune-Press-1957-05-09-p9-1024x735.png)
Pearl’s Hermon – Edwards and Hermon portrait (Tribune-Press 1957-05-09 p9)
![](https://afamilyofstores.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Pearls-Edwards-Womans-Bowling-League-Tribune-Press-1959-10-29-p4.png)
Pearl’s Edwards – Woman’s Bowling League (Tribune-Press 1959-10-29 p4)
![](https://afamilyofstores.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Pearls-Edwards-Bowling-Team-Tribune-Press-1961-02-02-p3.png)
Pearl’s Edwards – Bowling Team (Tribune-Press 1961-02-02 p3)
![](https://afamilyofstores.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Pearls-Edwards-Closes-Tribune-Press-1967-03-01-p2.png)
Pearl’s Edwards – Closes (Tribune-Press 1967-03-01 p2)
![](https://afamilyofstores.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Pearls-Edwards-Apt.-above-store-Tribune-Press-1968-06-05-p4.png)
Pearl’s Edwards – Apt. above store (Tribune-Press 1968-06-05 p4)
![](https://afamilyofstores.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Pearls-Edwards-Laundromat-in-former-Pearls-Tribune-Press-1968-09-18-p12.png)
Pearl’s Edwards – Laundromat in former Pearl’s (Tribune-Press 1968-09-18 p12)
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