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...annual exhibition of the American Furniture Mart. Elderly, grey-thatched Wade McGowin, head buyer of Wanamaker's, went from Manhattan, as did tall, dark-haired Mike Joseph of Gimbel Bros. and Charles S. Shaughnessy of R. H. Macy. From Sterling & Welch in Cleveland went short, heavy-set George Killius, known as one of the keenest buyers in the trade. In the largest collection of new furniture under one roof in the world they, and some 6,000 other buyers, joked and jostled over Mickey Mouse chairs, Biedermeier boudoirs, imitation Louis beds, functional sofas, juvenile hat racks, free wheeling beer...
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