Not kidding around: The Toys 'R' Us chain got its start in Washington
, who earned a paltry $17.7 million. It wasn’tCharles LazarusThe short answer is, yes, there was a toy store at 501 K St. NW. Answer Man can’t be certain that it was ever named Toys “R” Us, but it was an early outpost of the Lazarus empire, a precursor to the chain that would spread across the world, delighting countless children and transforming the way toys are sold.The Toys “R” Us story actually begins about two miles away, at 2461 18th St. NW in Adams Morgan.
Frank and Fannie’s son Charles had served in the Army as a cryptographer. After World War II, Charles returned to the District and cast about for a business opportunity. In 1948, reasoning that a postwar baby boom would be good for child-related retail, he started selling baby furniture out of his parents’ sporting goods store.
In May 1956, a retail outfit called the Children’s Supermart opened at 501 K St. NW near Mount Vernon Square. It was a warehouse-style, 40,000-square-foot cash-and-carry toy store that, according to a large classified ad in The Post, promised “the LOWEST PRICES in the U.S.A.” Rocking horses were 33 percent off. Viewmasters that sold for $2.50 elsewhere were $1.82. Bicycles — “biggest and best selection anywhere!” — started at $24.94. Perhaps that appealed to Lazarus, who grew up above a bike store.Two years later, a fourth location — called Children’s Supermart — opened at Baileys Crossroads.
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