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|Organization name=Freedlander's
|Logo=Freedlander's logo.JPG
|Trading names=H. Freedlander Company,
D. L. Freedlander One Price Clothier,
Buffalo Clothing House,
Buffalo One Price Clothing House,
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|Sub-Industry=General Merchandise Stores
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|Services=Clothing Store; Department Store
|Year Start=1884
|Founded in city=Wooster
|Founded in state=Ohio
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|Name of person=David Louis Freedlander
|Note=President, 1884-1888
}}{{Founder
|Name of person=Herman Freedlander
|Note=President, 1888-1974
}}
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|Owner name=Harold Herman Freedlander
|Owner from year=1974
|Owner until year=1989
|Note=President
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|Owner from year=1989
|Owner until year=2000
}}{{Owner
|Owner name=Stanley Carleton Gault
|Owner from year=2000
|Owner until year=2009
|Note=President
}}
|Status=Defunct
|Fate=Dissolved
|Day End=28
|Month End=February
|Year End=2009
|Predecessors=H. Freedlander Company, D. L. Freedlander One Price Clothier, Buffalo Clothing House, Buffalo One Price Clothing House
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|Address label=Old Numbering
|Building number=8
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|Township=Killbuck
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|Country=United States of America
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|Infobox image caption=Freedlander's storefront in the Jacob Frick Memorial Block building.
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Freedlander's Department Store has been a historical icon in downtown [[Wooster, Ohio]] since 1884.  It was founded by [[David Louis Freedlander]], a East Prussian immigrant to Wooster.  He borrowed enough money to start a store selling work clothes.  The store was originally called the [[Buffalo One Price Clothing House]] and was located in [[Germania Hall]] on [[S. Market St., Wooster, Ohio|South Market St.]]  David Freedlander died in 1898, and his son, [[Herman Freedlander]], took over at the age of 17.  Over time, the store evolved into a department store, expanding from 1,800 square feet to 41,000 square feet on four floors.  People from all over came to Freedlanders for [[Dollar Days in Wooster, Ohio|Dollar Days]]. In addition, Toyland was loved by children throughout the county.

Herman Freedlander passed away in 1974. His son, [[Harold Freedlander]], continued operating the business until 1989. In 1983, it was reported to be one of the last one-family stores in the United States<ref>The Daily Record, April 28, 1983, p. 10</ref>. In February 2009, the business closed its doors for good. The building was razed eight months later.

Freedlander's was an independent department store that belong to the Arkwright Buying Group in Midtown Manhattan. This buying office was the largest group serving independent department stores in the world. <ref> Ann Freedlander Hunt. "Gone But Not Forgotten: A Freedlander Legacy", Two Harbors, 2012, p. 82. </ref>

*  Pneumatic tubes, known as the Lamson maker, William Stickney Lamson, patented by David Brown. Lamson created the [[Lamson Cash Carrier Company]]
*  Freedlander's added [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsDq14yRtW0 Lamson's pneumatic tubes] in 1946. (No. 1-28), prior to that they used wire baskets and cups. Money was placed in a leather cup with a lid, which was put in a wire basket. The basket would travel from the department to the office and back to the proper department.
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==Slogans==
*  1901 - "''The People's Clothier''"  <ref>Wooster High School annual. 1901. Wooster, Ohio</ref>
*  1901 - "''One Price to All''" <ref>Wooster High School annual. 1901. Wooster, Ohio</ref> 
*  1918 - "Quality First" - Freedlander's first slogan
*  "Satisfaction since 1885", and are pleased that we can tell the world" Wooster has good Stores" <ref> Ann Freedlander Hunt. "Gone But Not Forgotten: A Freedlander Legacy", Two Harbors, 2012, p. 90. </ref>
*  "It Pays to Buy Quality"
==Sales==

===Anniversary Celebration / Cake Days===
Prior to the 1930s, the store celebrated its October anniversary by handing out individually wrapped pieces of cake. In the later years, entire cakes were given to lucky winners. The winners were not chosen based upon.
===Christmas Catalog===
The annual Christmas Catalog was a big draw. It was up to Weldon Lehman to make certain that ads were posted and mailed to every customer with a charge account so they'd receive them in plenty of time. 
==Further reading==
*  Gone But Not Forgotten: a Freedlander Legacy by Ann Freedlander Hunt. Minneaspolis, MN: Two Harbors Press, 2010. '''LOCAL AUTHOR B HUNT, ANN FREEDLANDER'''
==External sites==
*  [http://waynehistoricalohio.org/2012/06/01/brief-history-of-the-h-freedlander-company-1884-1989/ Brief History of the H. Freedlander Company (1884-1989)]
*  [https://www.facebook.com/Freedlanders-Memories-of-a-Hometown-Department-Store-167223339989800/ Freedlanders Memories of a Hometown Department Store]