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I don't know if Rosbergs history is anything extraordinary. When Queen St. was THE shopping district in Niagara Falls, Rosbergs was certainly what we would now call an anchor, located at the east end of the street. It was a 4 level department store that carried better quality merchandise. It had one elevator and stairs between the floors. I can actually remember (God I'm old) being on the elevator with my mother and it had an operator who opened and closed the doors by hand and moved a lever to operate the elevator. It was later changed to a push button. It's only real competition was the Eatons on Victoria Ave. near the other end of Queen.
One interesting note about the store is that the owners had a daughter named Barbara, who married a gentleman by the name of Frum, and she went on to become a well known journalist and TV personality.