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English: "Color photograph taken of the Lazarus Department Store, possibly in the 1950s or 1960s. View is looking north west from the south east corner of South High and Town Streets. Simon Lazarus founded the first Lazarus Company store in the Parsons Building in 1851. The store eventually occupied most of the building. Simons’ sons, Fred and Ralph, succeeded him in the business and when Ralph died in 1903, Fred incorporated the business and renamed it the F. & R. Lazarus Company. The Company has been located in downtown Columbus on South High Street near West Town Street throughout its existence. The first new Lazarus store building, designed by local architects Richards, McCarty & Bulford, opened at 141 South High Street on August 9, 1909. Many additions and expansions as well as branch locations have been added over the years."