Freimans
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| Freimans | |
Company type | Subsidiary |
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| Genre | Department stores |
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| Fate | Acquisition by Hudson's Bay Company |
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| Headquarters | 73 Rideau Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Area served | National Capital Region |
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| Parent | Hudson's Bay Company (1972–1973) |
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A.J. Freiman Limited (doing business as Freimans[a]) was a Canadian department store founded in 1918 by Archibald Jacob Freiman.
History
Archibald Jacob Freiman was born in Lithuania in 1880, and emigrated to Hamilton, Ontario. Freimans rose to become the most successful department store in Ottawa because of its prominent location at Mosgrove and Rideau Streets, its aggressive marketing and its low prices. The company also operated stores in Westgate and St. Laurent Shopping Centres, as well as discount stores called Freimart in Shoppers City West and Shoppers City East.[1]
Then owned by A.J. Freiman's son, Lawrence (who wrote a book about the store), Hudson's Bay Company acquired the company in 1972 and rebranded it to The Bay in 1973. The former Freimans store continued to operate as a retail store of The Bay until the chain's closure in 2025, and an adjoining arcade linking Rideau Street to the Byward Market is named the Freiman Mall in honour of the longtime Ottawa retailer. In addition, the laneway around the north side of the nearby National Arts Centre which provides access to the box office has been named Lawrence Freiman Lane.
Freimans was also the centre of an important battle against antisemitism. In the 1930s, Ottawa police officer Jean Tissot, affiliated with Adrien Arcand's fascist movement, attempted to rally Christian Canadians to boycott Jewish businesses. Freimans, as the most prominent Jewish owned business in Ottawa was at the centre of his attacks. As a result, Freiman filed suit against Tissot, who was subsequently found guilty of criminal libel. The staunch condemnations of Tissot in the mainstream press and the utter failure of his movement to find support among the people led to a sound defeat for antisemitism in Ottawa.[2]
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References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ward, Bruce (June 30, 2007). "Ottawa 1967". Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa, Ontario. p. E2. Retrieved January 3, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Powell, James (October 9, 2018). "Remember This? A.J. Freiman versus J. Tissot". CityNews. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Charlesworth, Hector Willoughby, ed. (1919). A Cyclopædia of Canadian biography. Toronto: Hunter-Rose Company. p. 132. OCLC 1042901332. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lo, Laurelle (2001). St Onge, Nicole (ed.). The Path From Peddling: Jewish Economic Activity in Ottawa Before 1939. Ottawa: Ottawa University Press. ISBN 978-2-7603-1570-9. JSTOR j.ctt1ctxqpz.
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External links
- A.J. Freiman Limited fonds(R3487) at Library and Archives Canada
- Freiman family fonds (R6882)) at Library and Archives Canada
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