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Butler Brothers[]
1877–1927[]
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The chain originated in Boston in 1877 as Butler Brothers, a mail-order wholesaler selling general and variety-store items. At the turn of the 20th century, Butler Brothers had over 100,000 customers in the United States.
Ben Franklin[]
1927–1965[]
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1965–1977[]
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Store chain (Vermont, until 2018)
1977–1980[]
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1980–1983[]
1983–present[]
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In the late 1990s, as Ben Franklin Retail Stores Inc., the company went bankrupt and closed its stores.