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Buffums

Buffums, originally written as Buffums' with an apostrophe, was a chain of upscale department stores, headquartered in Long Beach, California. The Buffums chain began in 1904, when two brothers from Illinois, Charles and Edwin Buffum, together with other partners, bought the Schilling Bros., the largest dry goods store in Long Beach, and renamed it The…

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Buffums

Nodes25
Edges24
Triples35
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.08
Components1

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Buffums

Top relations

related to Relaunch · 19
Buffums → According, Belmont Shore, Buffums Stores, Buffums' Stores, California, California Secretary, Facebook, FL, Inc, January, LLC, Long Beach, March, Naples, October, State, Store, The, This
related to Flagship · 13
Buffums → Buffums' Downtown, By, Long Beach, Pine, Pine Avenue, Schilling, Schilling Bros, Sons, Stafford Block, That, The, William, Wm
related to Branches · 1
Buffums → When Buffums

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stores store department chain long beach california schilling downtown broadway co local pine buffums' bros new bought large flagship opened

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
May Co.instance ofand the national stores0.80text
Robinson'sinstance ofand the national stores0.80text
Buffumsrelated to BranchesWhen Buffums0.60section
Buffumsrelated to FlagshipBuffums' Downtown0.60section
Buffumsrelated to FlagshipThe0.60section
Buffumsrelated to FlagshipWm0.60section
Buffumsrelated to FlagshipSchilling0.60section
Buffumsrelated to FlagshipSons0.60section
Buffumsrelated to FlagshipPine0.60section
Buffumsrelated to FlagshipLong Beach0.60section
Buffumsrelated to FlagshipBy0.60section
Buffumsrelated to FlagshipStafford Block0.60section

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