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Barnett “Ben” Goldstein often said he and friend Harry Lubin and were born in “the old world” in Vilna, Poland. “We were playmates and fostered the same ideals. We looked together to America for our chance,” said Goldstein in 1938. The two set out for the “new world” and after stops in London, New York, Seattle and Tacoma, the two decided to pool their money and become farmers and homestead in Idaho. But they only got as far as Spokane and soon opened a retail business called New York Outfitters in 1909.
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