Chain: Pearl’s Department Stores, Inc.
Date Opened: September 1933
Date Closed: May 1988 when Pearl’s Department Stores, Inc. liquidated
Street Address(es) when open (Building name/block) [Current Address]: Main Street [81 East Main Street]
Former Store(s) in Location(s): 1933: Walter J. Mallon store, men’s clothing and furnishings. In 1938, Pearl’s expanded to take over E. W.Knowlton Co.
Later Store(s) in Location(s): video store
Buildings still exist?: Yes
Owners, Managers, Employees: (JIC Note: work in progress)
- Harry Kropsky, first manager
- Aaron Liebesman, manager
Subsequent Owners if sold: Business was liquidated
Articles, Pictures, Ads:
When store was opened, it was the seventh store in the chain. Existing stores were Alburgh, , Swanton, Rouses Point, Chateaugay, Brushton and Potsdam.
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Malone purchase with more info on former store (The North Countryman September, 7, 1933 p1)
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Announcement of purchase of Malone store (Courier-Freeman (Potsdam) September 12, 1933 p1)
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Mallon Store Close out ad (Malone Evening Telegram October 1933)
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Pearl’s Malone – Janice Dickinson clerk (Ogdensburg Journal 1975-09-21 p6)
Article on closing (Source: PR March 3, 1988 p17)
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Picture from Malone’s Sesquicentennial publication. Note picture was in national trade magazines for Pittsburgh Plate & Glass. (Source: Franklin County (NY) Historical and Museum Society) in 1952.
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Pearl’s Malone Store date unknown (Source: Facebook Group “I’m from Malone NY …”) JIC Note: circa late 1960’s based on cars.
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Pearl’s Malone (Source: Facebook Group “I’m from Malone NY …”) JIC Note: Probably late 80’s based on cars.)
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Aerial view of Malone (date unknown) (Source Facebook Group “I’m from Malone, NY …)
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61 Main Street, Malone, site of former Pearl’s store taken in 2015 (Source: Google Maps)
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