page_title: Alva Lease Duckwall
section_title: A Chain of Duckwall's stores
hierarchical_section_title: Alva Lease Duckwall / A Chain of Duckwall's stores
caption_attribution_description: English: Duckwall's variety store photographed in Brush, Colorado, in 1991.
context_page_description: Alva Lease "A.L." Duckwall was an American businessman and entrepreneur, best known for founding the retailers ALCO and Duckwall's five and dime stores.
context_section_description: After the Abilene store, a second variety store was opened in nearby Salina in 1906, and managed by Wilbur. Other Duckwall's stores were opened in Central Kansas, in the cities of Manhattan, Clay Center (1910), Concordia (1911), Junction City, and Great Bend (1914). By 1915, a corporation was formed by the name of "The A.L. Duckwall Stores Company", with A.L. as President and General Manager.
caption: Duckwall's variety store photographed in Brush, Colorado, in 1991.
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