Bellcamp Stores operated a store chain which sold Kaufmann's hats in forty-one stores in sixteen states in the 1930s[when?]. Benjamin H. Kaufmann was president of the business.

Bellcamp filed for permission to reorganize under the Bankruptcy Act of 1898, on June 30, 1936. A casualty of the Great Depression, the corporation listed liabilities of $261,940 and assets of $333,030. The business was important because it sold merchandise in multiple regions of the United States. It was based at 123 West 42nd Street.[1]

Bellcamp Stores emerged from bankruptcy and continued to do business in New York City. The company leased space in a building located at 13 - 25 Astor Place in January 1939.[2] Prior to its bankruptcy reorganization the firm leased a store at 954 Flatbush Avenue to Griddle Eats, Inc.[3] In July 1935 Bellcamp Stores leased to London Hats, Inc., building space at 600 West 181st Street.[4]

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  1. ^ Chain Files Under 77B, The New York Times, July 1, 1936, pg. 45.
  2. ^ Apparel Concerns Rent New Quarters, The New York Times, January 31, 1939, pg. 41.
  3. ^ Firms Take Floors In Midtown Section, The New York Times, December 17, 1935, pg. 44.
  4. ^ Business Leases, The New York Times, July 12, 1935, pg. 36.