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Read's Celebrates 100 Years as Bridgeport Mercantile Store
D M Read Co marks a centennial with gala events. From its 1857 founding by two clerks to the present, the Bridgeport firm grew from a Main Street shop to Southern Connecticut’s oldest major retailer. The firm’s history includes family leadership, World Wars, Allied Stores affiliation, and continued modernization and expansion plans.
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Bridgeport
D. M .Read Company
Sidney Reisman
Bloomingdale's
Mr. Reisman
William Filene
Sandy Hook
al Ned
Abraham and Strauss
Ware's
New Rochelle
Harry H. Read
Elm Street
Stratford
Read
David M. Read
David M
Hoosick Falls
N. Y
Massachusetts
William B. Hall
E. Birdseye
David Read
Hanford Lyon
E. S. Hawley
Main Street
David F. Read
Charles Barnum Read
John and
Broad Streets
Harry Read
St. Patrick's Day
Army
Navy
Point Wins
Read’s
Read's
John J. Kirby
David H. Day
Connecticut
Allied Stores Corporation
John Street