Title: The S. S. Kresge story
Description: Biography of Sebastian Spering Kresge (1867-1966), and autobiography of his son (the author), Stanley Sebastian Kresge (b.1900). The father founded the S.S. Kresge Company as a single five-and-dime store in downtown Detroit in 1899. Includes history of the company, which opened its first K-Mart in 1962, and changed its name to K-Mart Corporation in 1977. Sebastian Spering Kresge also founded the Kresge Foundation, a charitable institute. He was a direct descendant of Conrad Kresge, a Swiss immigrant to Monroe County, Pennsylvania in 1748.
Subjects: Biography, Kresge Foundation, Merchants, S.S. Kresge Company
Places: United States
People: Sebastian Spering Kresge (1867-1966)