Sign in

Private company

Edson, Moore & Company

Company based in Detroit founded in 18721

Edson, Moore & Co was a dry goods, importing and wholesale store started in 1872 in Detroit, Michigan by James L. Edson, Ransom Gillis, George F. Moore and special partner, Stephen Baldwin. The company was in operation from 1872 through 1974 when assets were sold.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1872Founded1
  • HeadquartersDetroit1

See how the biggest companies compare on our leaderboards

FARMER(1884) Detroit, p833 WHOLESALE DRY GOODS HOUSE OF EDSON,MOORE & CO. 194 TO 204 JEFFERSON AVENUE. BUILT IN 1881
Photo: This file is from the Mechanical Curator collection , a set of over 1 million images scanned from out-of-copyright books and released to Flickr Commons by the British Library in London, England. View image on Flickr View all images from book View catalogue entry for book ., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Edson, Moore & Co was a dry goods, importing and wholesale store started in 1872 in Detroit, Michigan by James L. Edson, Ransom Gillis, George F. Moore and special partner, Stephen Baldwin. The company was in operation from 1872 through 1974 when assets were sold.2

Timeline

  1. 1872Founded Founded1

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3