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By Mark D. Zimmerman Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — The Revlon Company, founded in 1933 by brothers Charles and Joseph Revson, and a chemist, Charles Lachman (the source of the “L” in the company name), declared bankruptcy last week, overwhelmed by debt, supply chain problems, and more. The Revson brothers were raised in Manchester, New Hampshire by Eastern European Jewish immigrants. They and Lachman started the company by creating a new kind of nail enamel, and by the end of World War II had built the enterprise into a multimillion dollar company. Revlon continued to expand with new …