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Larkin Decline

By Howard R. Stanger, Ph.D. - October 15, 2010

The Larkin Company is still well known for their mail-order soap business, but they also operated various stores and markets during the early 1900s.  Dr. Howard Stanger details the company’s ventures and why they failed.

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