Providence's Shepard Company anchored the east end of the original MIDLAND MALL. The store would close for good in 1973.
Drawing and graphic from the Shepard Company


Cherry & Webb (later known as Cherry, Webb & Touraine, or CWT) was a Massachusetts-based women's clothier. The MIDLAND MALL location opened in August 1967 and closed down in March of the year 2000.
Advert from the Cherry & Webb Company 


Another of the thirty original MIDLAND MALL tenants was Spencer Gifts. Amazingly enough, this novelty and gag gift retail chain is still in business in the 2020s.
Advert from the Spencer Gifts Company