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65 Union Street
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2795
Title
65 Union Street
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John Falconer & Co., Ltd. at 65 Union Street in 1937. Falconer's was a department store. Adverts described it as a general drapers, outfitters and house furnishers. At the time of this photograph they also had a hairdressing department and a millinery salon. John Falconer & Co. was acquired by the Scottish Drapery Corporation Ltd in 1929. This company was in turn acquired by the House of Fraser Ltd in September 1952. John Falconer & Co Ltd went into voluntary liquidation in 1952 and from then on operated as the Aberdeen branch of the House of Fraser. See <a href=http://www.housefraserarchive.ac.uk/company/?id=c0730 target="_blank">the House of Fraser Archive website</a> for more on the history of the company. 65 Union Street was a former hotel and was known as 'The Royal Buildings'.
John Falconer & Co., Ltd. at 65 Union Street in 1937.
Falconer's was a department store. Adverts described it as a general drapers, outfitters and house furnishers. At the time of this photograph they also had a hairdressing department and a millinery salon.
John Falconer & Co. was acquired by the Scottish Drapery Corporation Ltd in 1929. This company was in turn acquired by the House of Fraser Ltd in September 1952. John Falconer & Co Ltd went into voluntary liquidation in 1952 and from then on operated as the Aberdeen branch of the House of Fraser.
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the House of Fraser Archive website
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65 Union Street was a former hotel and was known as 'The Royal Buildings'.
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Union Street
Keyword
Shops
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2. Copyright known - held by third party
3. Copyright status undetermined
Image Reference
T07_23
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Aberdeen Local Studies
Aberdeen Local Studies
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