Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american businessman and the founder of the brooklyn”. Today it says “american businessman and the founder of the brooklyn department store abraham & straus”.
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The opening as it read in 2010
Abraham Abraham (March 9, 1843 – June 28, 1911) was an American businessman and the founder of the Brooklyn, New York department store Abraham & Straus , founded 1865. The chain, which became part of Federated Department Stores , is now part of Macy's . His father was Judah Abraham , a native of Bavaria who left in 1837 and married Sarah Sussman en route to the United States. Soon after arrival, Judah Abraham opened a store on Murray Street in New York. In 1843 Abraham Abraham was born. He had delicate health, and wanted to be a violinist. During the Civil War, he ran away to Chicago to enlist, but was brought back by his father. At 14, he worked at Hart & Dettlebach of Newark, along with Simon Bloomingdale and Benjamin Altman for $1 a week. The company later became Abraham & Straus . He became a Brooklyn philanthropist, establishing the Brooklyn Jewish Hospital, among many other causes. In 1890, he commissioned a house, now demolished, at 800 St. Among Abraham Abraham's many notable descendants are grandson Donald B. Straus , an educator, author, and advisor; great-great-granddaughter Nina Rothschild Utne , a magazine publisher; and great-great-great-grandson Arthur Bradford , an author and director.1
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Abraham Abraham (March 9, 1843 – June 28, 1911) was a Jewish American businessman and the founder of the Brooklyn department store Abraham & Straus , founded 1865. The chain, which became part of Federated Department Stores , is now part of Macy's .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Abraham Abraham (March 9, 1843 – June 28, 1911) was an American businessman and the founder of the Brooklyn department store Abraham & Straus , founded 1865. The chain, which became part of Federated Department Stores , is now part of Macy's .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
American businessman (1843–1911) Abraham Abraham (March 9, 1843 – June 28, 1911) was an American businessman and the founder of the Brooklyn department store Abraham & Straus , founded 1865. The chain, which became part of Federated Department Stores , is now part of Macy's .
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american businessman and the founder of the brooklyn
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american businessman and the founder of the brooklyn department store abraham & straus
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