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Lyman S. Ayres II

Lyman S. Ayres II, American businessman (died 1996)

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Born
July 5, 1908
Died
December 28, 1996
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1908

About Lyman S. Ayres II

Lyman Skinner Ayres II was president of L. S. Ayres and Company from 1954 to 1962 and its chairman of the board from 1962 to 1973. The flagship store in the Ayres family's Midwestern retail department store chain was founded by his grandfather, Lyman S. Ayres, in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1872. Ayres, a dry goods merchant from Oswego, New York, founded the L. In the decades between 1872, when his grandfather founded the L.

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Lyman S. Ayres II timeline

  1. In the decades between 1872, when his grandfather founded the L.
  2. The flagship store in the Ayres family's Midwestern retail department store chain was founded by his grandfather, Lyman S. Ayres, in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1872.

The world when Lyman S. Ayres II was born

Lyman S. Ayres II was born in 1908. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1908

  • Best-selling book"Mr. Crewe's Career" – Winston Churchill

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentChicago Cubs win World Series
  • Top headlineFord Model T goes on sale — $850
  • Technology milestoneFord Model T — affordable automobile for the masses
  • Defining fadAutomobile craze
  • World population~1.68B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population87.4M

1908 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Lyman S. Ayres II's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19082026
Population87.4M341 million

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