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136: 120: 116:. area, and the club at 3265 S Street NW, just off Wisconsin Ave., is named in his honor. The company was family run until 1968, when a group headed by I. Lee Potter purchased the store from the founder's widow. Potter served as chairman until the company's closing in 1979. His father, Alan Potter, served as president. 189:, in September 1976, In 1979, at the time of the chain's closing, it continued to operate independently as "Fifteen Thirty Five." The Tysons Corner store closed in early 1979, followed in May by the Connecticut Avenue and Springfield Mall locations, then in June by Silver Spring. 27: 151:
in nearby suburban Virginia in December 1947, which closed November 1, 1972, but the 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m) store reopened in 1973, as a discount general department store.
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The flagship store was located at 1214–1220 F Street, NW, in the "F Street Mall." The store closed in early 1973.
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A 12,000-square-foot (1,100 m) store opened in the then-new Crystal City Underground in
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Its founder, Frank R. Jelleff, founded the first Boy's Club in the
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Jelleff's was founded March 1910, on F Street, N.W. in downtown
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Jelleff's opened its first suburban location at the
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Women's apparel, shoes, accessories, and cosmetics.
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Retail
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington metropolitan area


Shirlington Shopping Center
Silver Spring
Falls Church
Springfield Mall
Tysons Corner Center
Connecticut Avenue
Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, Maryland
Crystal City, Virginia
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Defunct retail companies of the United States
Defunct companies based in Washington, D.C.
American companies established in 1910
Retail companies disestablished in 1979
1910 establishments in Washington, D.C.
1979 disestablishments in Washington, D.C.
Retail companies established in 1910

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