James Cash Penney Founder of Penney Stores
James Cash Penney, born in Hamilton Missouri, clerked in a dry goods store before opening a small Kemmerer Wyoming shop in 1902 as a partner. That single store grew into a nationwide Penney Company due to his Golden Rule business policy and square dealing with customers and employees.
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James Cash Penney
Hamilton
Missouri
Kemmerer
Wyo
Penney Company
Union
Penney
Penney Policy Maintains Hometown Principle In Every Community Served
The Penney Company runs hundreds of stores across the United States, portraying a "hometown" store ethos. It highlights founder James Cash Penney's early Kemmerer, Wyoming venture, the one price system, and a growth arc from 1902 to headquarters in New York City, emphasizing associates' profits, centralized buying, and persistent supplier relations.
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Penney
New York City
Mr. Penney
Kemmerer
New York
Penney Research
Penney Company
Penney’s
Penney Store to Open Wednesday in Modern Refresh
The Golden Rule Store opened in 1902 as a one room operation in an old Western mining town. Founder James Penney priced goods plainly and sold at fair values, a contrast to the era of buyer beware, a principle that led to a nationwide department store with fair business practice.
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Mr. Penney
Kemeter
United States
The Penney Company’s Progressive Policy and Growth
Penney stores test and offer new industrial developments with full information. Large scale purchasing for 1,600 stores lowers per unit costs, enabling cash and carry pricing. The company’s basic principles and tradition of service drive ongoing progress to raise living standards for American families.
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Penney
Kemmerer
America
Penney Company
Penney’s Grand Opening in Sidney
You are invited to attend Penney’s grand opening of a new and larger store in Sidney on Wednesday.
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Penney’s
Sidney
Penney Story Saga Of American Progress
The J C Penney Company saga centers on James C Penney and the Golden Rule Store begun in 1902 at Kemmerer Wyoming with $500 and a plan. He pursued high quality and low cash prices, honest ads, friendly service, and low costs, shaping one of America's great business stories. By last year Penney employed over 70,000 and posted sales near one billion dollars.
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United States
J. C. Penney
Penney
Penney Company
Minneapolis
Victor
Colo
Ogden
Utah
Mr. Penney
Earl C. Sams
Mr. Sams
Kemmerer
J. C. Penney Company
Sidney
James C. Penney
Horatio Alger
Wyo
Hughes Named President of J. C. Penney Company
A. W. Hughes, born in Skaneateles New York, became president of J. C. Penney Company in April 1946 succeeding E. C. Sams who moved to chairman. Hughes began as a salesman in 1920 at the Mo Berly Missouri store and later led Penney stores in Eureka Utah and Athens Georgia.
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A. W. Hughes
J. C. Penney Company
Skaneateles
N. Y
Penney
Moberly
Servig
Eureka
Utah
Athens
Georgia
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Mr. Hughes
E. C. Sams
Mr. Sams
Ziegler Leads Penney Store Opening in Sidney
Carl L. Ziegler, manager of the J C Penney Co store in Sidney since 1941, has guided civic work as former Chamber of Commerce and Lions Club president. The opening of the new larger Penney store on Wednesday marks a milestone in his career and local retail growth.
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Carl L. Ziegler
J.C. Penney Co
Sidney
Penney
Haxtun
Colo
Ziegler
Chamber of Commerce
Lions Club
Zieglers
7Th Avenue
James
Shirley
Judy
Fade O Meter Tests Colorfastness In Fabric Dept
Fabrics used in Penney merchandise are subjected to extensive colorfastness tests. Washing tests in home type machines simulate domestic laundry conditions with various preparations.
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Penney
Piece Goods
Penney Laboratory Tests for Quality Assurance in NYC
J C Penney operates a well equipped New York City laboratory where merchandise is tested for strength color fastness warmth wearing qualities shrinkage moth proofing and more. A technician conducts mothproofing tests while others perform chemical analysis and microscopic examination. A fadeometer test and wear tests are also shown in the lab.
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J. C. Penney Compay
New York City
Wear-Testing Machine Probes Fabrics For Penney’s Goods
Fabrics used in Penney merchandise are repeatedly tested for wear resistance. The machine pictured both applies the wear and automatically records results. Abrasive cylinders rub against stretched fabric until failure, with a mileage-like instrument logging performance. Tests also cover color-fastness shrinkage laundering tensile strength and color-change due to perspiration.
Assistant Manager Francis Butterfield at Sidney Penney Store
Francis Butterfield, assistant manager of Sidney's J C Penney, has served the company since 1941 with a four year wartime leave. He returned in 1946 and remains with the Sidney store, a Penney veteran who started as a stock room clerk. He graduated Sidney High School in 1938 and is unmarried.
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Francis Butterfield
Sidney
J. C. Penney
Penney’s
Penney
Mr. Butterfield
Sidney High School
Grand opening of J. C. Penney store on Illinois Street
Public invited to inspect the new one story J. C. Penney building on Illinois Street featuring 7,200 square feet of selling space. The store, twice the size of the former location, includes modern fixtures, fluorescent lighting, evaporative cooling, a wire-line cash system, and expanded display and department areas. Manager C. Ziegler notes a complete merchandise line for families and a new penney home with signage and department layouts. Ziegler has led Sidney Penney store for ten years since 1941 after joining the company in 1928.
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J. C. Penney Company
Sidney
Penney Company
Penney
Nebraska
American Legion
American Legion Club
J. C. Penney
Illinois Street
C. Ziegler
Penney's
Mr. Ziegler
C. Penney Company
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Sidney gets new J C Penney store on Illinois Street
The J C Penney Co store will open in Sidney tomorrow in a new one story brick building owned by The American Legion. Built by Carl Christ of Sidney and The Fallen Construction Co. of Scottsbluff, the structure doubles the floor space for Penney and adds a modern air conditioned, fire proof club area for The American Legion. The building sits on a full lot between 9th and 10th Avenues, completing a block with Greenlees Inc. and Standard Oil Co. nearby.
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J. C. Penney Co
Sidney
Wedneyday
The
American Legion
Penney Company
Illinois Street
American Legion Club
Carl Christ
Fallen Construction Co
Scottsbluff
Penney
9Th
10Th Avenues
Greenlees’ Inc
Standard Oil Co
Carl L. Ziegler
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Wyoming
Saga of American Progress
New Penney
Liegler
Penney Products
Sidney Retail Business
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