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1961 E J
Korvette Inc. |
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Stock Code EJK01 |
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Certificate, dated 3rd February 1961,
for 100 shares of common stock of par value $1 each in this US retailer.
Printed signatures of William Willensky, President and Murray
Beilenson, Secretary of the
company. Vignette of woman beside a globe. Ornate green border. The
certificate is issued in the name of Matilda Slutsky as custodian for
Myra Maxine Slutsky. Certificate size is 20.5 cm
high x 30 cm wide (8" x 12"). It will be mounted in a mahogany frame,
with gold inlay, size 31 cm high x 39 cm wide.
The certificate is
shown unframed as all items are mounted to
order.
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About This Company
Eugene Ferkauf was a Jewish
WWII veteran who understood that people like to buy things cheaper, and he
set out to let them do just that by founding E.J. Korvette's. In 1948
he founded E.J. Korvette's (no, the name did not stand for 'Eleven Jewish
Korean Veterans.' According to Ferkauf, 'I had a name picked out for the
store, E.J. Korvette. ''E'' is for Eugene, my first name, and ''J'' stands
for Joe Swillenberg, my associate and my pal. As for ''Korvette,'' it was
originally meant to be spelled with a ''C'' after the Canadian marine
sub-destroyer, simply because I thought the name had a euphonious ring. When
it came time to register the name, we found it was illegal to use a naval
class identity, so we had to change the spelling to ''K''). This company is
generally cited as being the first of the discount stores that did not have
a 5-and-dime root. Korvette's was soon joined by numerous other discount
stores such as Zayres, Arlans and Gibson's. For many consumers, drawn by
generally lower prices despite the low service, these large stores were
exciting arrivals in the new shopping centers and suburban tracks that were
appearing around all the old urban centers in the 1950s.
Source: www.mindbranch.com
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