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Post by bushog on Oct 19, 2019 13:47:56 GMT -5
I'm trying to find out when Washer Bros. in Fort Worth closed their doors.
Anybody from the area know?
Thanks!
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Post by bula on Oct 20, 2019 8:51:42 GMT -5
See they have a FB page. I do not have an account and could not explore further.
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awp101
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Post by awp101 on Oct 20, 2019 9:04:13 GMT -5
I won't admit to being an old timer, but let me dig around. What kind of place was it?
She Who Puts Up With Me is in a Ft Worth history group on FB, I may ask her to get them in on it.
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Post by bushog on Oct 20, 2019 11:59:57 GMT -5
I won't admit to being an old timer, but let me dig around. What kind of place was it? She Who Puts Up With Me is in a Ft Worth history group on FB, I may ask her to get them in on it. "In 1882 Nat returned to St. Louis and then moved to Fort Worth, Texas, where he and his older brother, Jacob, established Washer Brothers Clothiers. The store specialized in ready-to-wear clothing for men and boys. Advertised as "The Western Outpost of Texas," it also sold a variety of goods to cowboys and ranchers. Washer came to know many of the frontier characters who inhabited Fort Worth then." Supposedly where the term "ten gallon hat" came from. They used to be a Stetson dealer. Probably one of the largest in TX during the early years. You guys think single actions are a black hole, don't even go near old Stetsons unless you're well prepared. |
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Post by awp101 on Oct 20, 2019 14:52:38 GMT -5
1970s is the closest we’ve gotten to a closing date so far.
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Post by leadhound on Oct 20, 2019 19:10:31 GMT -5
Brothers started in 1882, opened one in San Antonio 1889 sold to a guy named gross in 1895, he died in '45 went to a nephew Mayer, he sold to a Chicago firm in 1966, they used the name until the 80's and dropped it. Were multiple stores at one time.
From the book "Pioneer Jewish Texans"
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