| The Plaut family, founded the department store in
1870. It pioneered worker benefits, becoming one of the first to
set up a mutual benefit program for store employees. In 1923 the
store was sold to S. S. Kresge for $17,000,000.
For more information on this subject, see the books used for this
page:
"The Enduring Community" by William B. Helmreich
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