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From: "Phyllis Garratt" <>
Subject: Oskamp-Nolting Closed Christmas Eve 1980
Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 14:04:16 -0700


Recently I asked if anyone knew when Oskamp-Nolting store closed in
Cincinnati. I have since gotten my hands on an article from a Cincinnati
newspaper, dated November 19th, 1980, announcing their closure. A very
brief (not much history in the article) summary of the article is below:

"Oskamp-Nolting to Close Store Christmas Eve: The Texas parent company
of Oskamp-Nolting Co. will close the jewelry and appliance store at 26
W. Seventh St. on Christmas Eve, one month short of the firm's 100th
birthday. ....the downtown store was yielding a "less than desirable
return". Oskamp-Nolting evolved from a wholesale jewelry store founded
in January, 1881, by Clemens Oskamp. The company moved from 411 Elm St.
to the five-story building on Seventh St. in 1911."

Kind of sad to close a store on Christmas Eve.

Phyllis

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