Revillon (Frères)

Hist.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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Revillon Freres Trading Co., a Paris-based fur company operating in Canada from 1905 to 1936, when absorbed by the Hudson's Bay Company.

See: French Company(def. 2)

Quotations

1914

I was in Revillons' . . . where they supply especially light handsleds, snowshoes, and patent cooking cans.

1922

A clerk from Revillon Freres told of a wonderfully sagacious dog he had.

1956

In so far as Revillons were concerned, the policy of giving "debt" had been completely eliminated.