Davison's of Atlanta was a department store chain and an Atlanta shopping institution. It was the major competition to Rich's and it took the Macy's name in 1986.
Davison's flagship store, Atlanta, 1984
Davison's building, 2006
Davison's building, 2004
Athens downtown Davison's
Rich's (department store)
Rich's was a department store retail chain, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, which operated in the southern U.S. from 1867 until March 6, 2005 when the nameplate was eliminated and replaced by Macy's. Many of the former Rich's stores today form the core of Macy's Central, an Atlanta-based division of Macy's, Inc., which formerly operated as Federated Department Stores, Inc.
Rich's 1906 building, known as the M. Rich and Brothers and Company Building at 52-54-56 Whitehall, now 82 Peachtree St. SE, as seen in 2013.
Rich's in Downtown Knoxville in 1955.
Rich's department store, Atlanta. Flagship store at 45 Broad Street which opened in 1924. Now part of the Sam Nunn Federal Center, and referred to as "The 1924 Building". From northeast facing southwest.
East side of 1924 store, from northeast looking southwest