Montgomery Ward

URI(s)

• http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79075632

Variants

• Montgomery Ward & Co.
• Montgomery Ward and Company
• Ward's (Firm)
• Ward (Montgomery) and Company.

Identifies LC/NAF RWO

• http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n79075632

Identifies RWO

• https://d-nb.info/gnd/7580348-3
• https://isni.org/isni/0000000109456950

• Associated Locale

  Chicago (Ill.)

• Field of Activity

  Retail trade

Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

• http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC%7Cn++79075632#skos:Concept

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

• Montgomery Ward Label from public data source Wikidata
• Montgomery Ward

Earlier Established Forms

• Ward (Montgomery) and Company.

Sources

• found: Its Food manual, c1944.
• found: Wendy Ward charm book, 1972:title page (Montgomery Ward & Co., Incorporated)
• found: Montgomery Ward and Company records, 1872-2000, finding aid viewed online December 1, 2015(Montgomery Ward, catalog sales company known as Ward's, founded in Chicago, 1872 by Aaron Montgomery Ward and George R. Thorne, closed in Dec. 2000)
• found: Wikipedia, December 1, 2015(Montgomery Ward was the name of two distinct retail enterprises, a mail order and department store, 1872-2000 and a catalog and online retailer, 2004-)

Instance Of

• MADS/RDF CorporateName
• MADS/RDF Authority
• SKOS Concept

Scheme Membership(s)

• Library of Congress Name Authority File

Collection Membership(s)

• Names Collection - Authorized Headings
• LC Names Collection - General Collection

Change Notes

• 1979-08-30: new
• 2015-12-17: revised

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