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A look at the history of Kmart Corp., which on Tuesday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Detroit Free Press
The S.S. Kresge Co.’s first store in Detroit opened in 1899, with hitching posts for eight horse-drawn carriages. The store contained 2,000 square feet of sales space, employed 18 persons and carried some 1,500 sales items ? none costing more than a dime. A Kmart chronicle
