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Davison's of Atlanta was a department store chain and an Atlanta shopping institution. It was the major competition to Rich's and it took the Macy's name in 1986. ==Founding== Davison's first opened its doors in Atlanta in 1891〔(Harold H. Martin, ''Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events, 1940s-1970s'', p.374 )〕 and had its origins in the Davison & Douglas company. In 1901, the store changed its name to Davison-Paxon-Stokes after the retirement of E. Lee Douglas from the business〔(Display Ad 41, ''Atlanta Constitution'', March 17, 1901 (Click here to see other items from this date.)''"E. Lee Douglas having sold his interest and retired from the organization of Douglas & Davison Company" '' )〕 and the appointment of Frederic John Paxon as treasurer.〔(Allen Daniel Candler, Clement Anselm Evans (eds.), ''Georgia: comprising sketches of counties, towns, events...'', p.73 )〕〔("OLD FIRM IS NOW UNDER NEW NAME:Davison-Paxon-Stokes Co. Succeeds Deuglas & Davison", ''Atlanta Constitution'', Mar 17, 1901 ) ''"Davison-Paxon-Stokes Co. Succeeds Douglas & Davison",''〕 In early 1927 the company dropped the "Stokes" to become Davison Paxon Co..〔(MACY SALES IN 1926 AT LARGEST EVER, ''Wall Street Journal'', March 30, 1927 ) - ''"The Davison-Paxon Co., formerly the Davison-Paxon-Stokes Co..."''〕 While rival M. Rich Brothers Dry Goods Company remained a family owned store, Davison-Paxon-Stokes sold out to R.H. Macy & Co. in 1925. By 1927, R.H. Macy built the huge Peachtree Street store that still stands today. The downtown Davison's store was a classic example of a downtown shopping experience. The main entrance on Peachtree features a very stately marble-floored cosmetics and jewelry area, modelled after Macy's flagship store on Herald Square in New York. There is a mezzanine overlooking the level with escalators leading to that floor. A bank of elevators in the rear serves floors from the basement through the sixth floor. The mezzanine and the third floor connected with the parking garage across Carnegie Way. When the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel opened next door in 1976, an entrance connected the two buildings, although the difference in floor heights required several steps up from Macy's into the hotel. Davison's was owned by R.H. Macy & Co for sixty years before the name change. The chain made no effort to disguise its affiliation with Macy's. Advertisements clearly stated "Davison's - a division of R.H. Macy & Co." and charge cards from Davison's were usable at Macy's and Bamberger's (and vice versa). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Davison's」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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