Ames Department Stores, Inc.

Product Details Certificate Type Common Stock Date Issued August 7, 1990 Canceled No Printer Security-Columbian/United States Bank Note Company Signatures Machine printed Notable NA Approximate Measurements 12" (w) by 8" (h) Product Images Show the exact certificate you will receive Guaranteed Authentic Yes Tags Historical Context Ames began in 1958 when two Connecticut brothers, Milton and Irving Gilman, and Philip Feltman, opened their first store in the Ames Worsted Textile Company mill in Southbridge. The Gilmans and Feltman simply used the old sign of the textile mill for the new business. In 1971, this store was replaced with a modern store in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. A second store was opened in October, 1959 in St. Johnsbury, Vermont.Ames' original business strategy brought discounting to the smaller towns and rural areas of the Northeast. The company's success in serving a largely rural customer base in smaller, les