Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Banks established in 1877, Law firms established in 1877, Railway companies established in 1877, Blohm + Voss, The May Department Stores Company, List of Blohm + Voss Aircraft and projects, Rockaway Beach Branch, Bell Telephone Company, Averbode, Barnett Bank, Alabama Great Southern Railroad, Wallkill Valley Railroad, Ballast Nedam, Newburgh, Dutchess and Connecticut Railroad, Parisian, Helly Hansen, Reed Smith, Vaca Valley and Clear Lake Railroad, Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company, Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad, Distillers Company Limited, POSBank, Abbotsbury Railway, Beatties, NEFF, Chester Pipe and Tube Company, Hornbach, Mabley & Carew, Bee Group Newspapers, Montour Railroad, Mack Bryggeri, Silver Cross, Martinka, St. Paul and Duluth Railroad, Saginaw and Clare County Railroad, Ashley River Railroad, Baltimore and Hanover Railroad, Nora Industrier, Metropolitan Street Railway, Buffalo and South Western Railroad, Mechanics Cooperative Bank, Linford Group, Manchester Suburban Tramways Company, Pittsburgh and Beck's Run Railroad, Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railway, Geneva and Lyons Railroad, South Carolina Air-Line Railway, Augusta and Knoxville Railroad, Daniel Batham and Son Ltd. Excerpt: The May Department Stores Company was a national department store chain in the United States, founded in 1877 by David May. The company ceased to exist in 2005 when it was merged with Federated Department Stores, Inc (now known as Macy's, Inc.). Prior to the merger it was headquartered in Downtown St. Louis, Missouri. The business has never had any connection with the May's department stores in and around New York City which were owned and operated by J.W. Mays. Former May Department Stores building in Los Angeles, California, now part of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art On February 28, 2005, Federated Depar...