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. Edward Kleinhans and his brother Horace opened the store in 1893, and shortly after located in the Brisbane Building at Main and Clinton Streets on Lafayette Square in Downtown Buffalo. The store would eventually grow to be , and was said to be the largest men's clothing store in the country. Edward Kleinhans died in 1934, and left his estate to the city to build the

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) purchased the company in 1967 and operated the chain until it closed December 30, 1992.

References

*Rizzo, Michael F. (2007) ''Nine Nine Eight: The Glory Days of Buffalo Shopping'' Lulu Enterprises, Inc.; Morrisville, North Carolina. {{ISBN, 978-1-4303-1386-1. Defunct retail companies of the United States Companies based in Buffalo, New York Defunct companies based in New York (state)