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Norfolk, VirginiaNorfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. With a population of 242,803 as of the 2010 Census, it is Virginia's second-largest city behind neighboring Virginia Beach....
based chain of shoe stores that was once a leading
East CoastThe East Coast of the United States, also known as the Eastern Seaboard, refers to the easternmost coastal states in the United States, which touch the Atlantic Ocean and stretch up to Canada. The term includes the U.S...
retailer. Founded in 1885, it was known for live monkeys in some of the retail locations
http://www.npl.lib.va.us/history/history32.html. One of the larger freestanding suburban stores was at Ward's Corner in Norfolk
http://www.rkpuma.com/ov/nickel20.htm. The family sold the company in 1982. The company is now defunct, having filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1992
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3070/is_199203/ai_n7735073 and closing for good in 1998.
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