page_title: E. P. Charlton & Company
section_title: Expansion in Canada and the west
hierarchical_section_title: E. P. Charlton & Company / Expansion in Canada and the west
caption_attribution_description: English: Old post card depicting St. Joseph Street in Quebec, circa 1905, with E. P. Charlton &amp; Co. store in foreground.
context_page_description: E. P. Charlton & Company, also known as E. P. Charlton Company, E. P. Charlton, or simply Charlton's was an American chain of five and ten cent stores owned by Earle Perry Charlton, which merged with several associated brands to create the F. W. Woolworth Company in 1912.
context_section_description: Over the next several years, Charlton opened three stores in Montreal and one in Ottawa, followed by eight more west of the Rocky Mountains, which featured an expanded pricing scheme, of five, ten, and fifteen cent items.  Beginning in 1905, Charlton opened stores in Los Angeles and San Francisco, and four more locations in California, as well as in Tacoma, Washington, and Sherbrooke, Quebec.
  In 1908, Charlton's headquarters moved to a new building on South Main Street in Fall River, near the location of the original store.  Dubbed the "Charlton Block," the new store was lit by electric lights, and featured mahogany counters like those favored by Knox and Woolworth.  The chain continued to expand in the west, with stores in Salt Lake City and Ogden, Utah, and Butte, Montana.  Goods were supplied by Woolworth, and sold well due to the low, fixed pricing.  By 1911, the top earning store was the South Broadway location in Los Angeles, earning $370,000 per annum, while six other stores earned over $150,000.
caption: E. P. Charlton Store on St. Joseph Street, Quebec
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