Kaufmanns - Wikipedia Kaufmann's was founded in Pittsburgh in 1871 by brothers Morris, Jacob, and Isaac Kaufmann as a small South Side men's store [4] [5] In 1877, the brothers moved downtown to a location that became known as The Big Store [6]In the first half of the 20th century, the store was owned by Edgar J Kaufmann [7]For a time Kaufmann's was the most prominent of seven department stores in downtown
Guide to the Records of Kaufmanns Department Store, 1868-2003 Historical Sketch of Kaufmann's Department Store Kaufmann's Department Store was founded in 1871 in Birmingham (Pittsburgh's South Side) and was initially named J Kaufmann Brother, after Jacob (1849-1905) and Isaac (1851-1921) Kaufmann, two German-Jewish immigrant brothers was installed 1913 was also the year that the store was
Guide to the Oversized Records of Kaufmanns Department Store, 1880s . . . Kaufmann's Department Store Collection Number MSO#371 Extent 2 05 cubic feet (2 boxes and 1 shelf folder) Date 1880s-2002 Abstract Kaufmann's Department Store was founded in 1871 in Birmingham (Pittsburgh's South Side) A few years later they moved to the North Side, and then to its present downtown location on Smithfield Street between Fifth
Guide to the Photographs of Kaufmanns Department Store, c1880-2001 Heinz History Center Title Photographs of Kaufmann's Department Store Historical Sketch of Kaufmann's Department Store Kaufmann's Department Store was founded in 1871 in Birmingham (Pittsburgh's South Side) and was initially named J Kaufmann Brother, after Jacob (1849-1905) and Isaac (1851-1921) Kaufmann, two German-Jewish immigrant
Kaufmann s Department Store, Records, 1880s-2003 Kaufmann’s Department Store, Records, 1868-2003 Rauh Jewish Archives Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania MSS #371 15 boxes (boxes 1-15): 7 50 linear feet Historical Sketch of Kaufmann‟s Department Store (1871-) Kaufmann‟s Department Store was founded in 1871 in Birmingham (Pittsburgh's South
Kaufmanns Department Store Photographs - Historic Pittsburgh About Kaufmann’s Department Store The earliest iteration of Kaufmann’s Department Store, J Kaufmann Brother, was founded in 1871 by German-Jewish immigrant brothers Jacob and Isaac Kaufmann Their shop at 1916 Carson Street in Birmingham (now Pittsburgh’s South Side) offered tailoring and ready-to-wear men’s clothing
Do You Remember Kaufmann’s? - Julie Satow Kaufmann’s was founded in 1871 in Pittsburgh by two German-Jewish immigrant brothers, Jacob, and Isaac Kaufmann The store began life as a small dry goods outpost, as most department stores were at the time, but the business flourished, and Kaufmann’s became one of the first buildings in Pittsburgh to boast electrical lights and a hydraulic elevator
Guide to the Oversized Photographs of Kaufmanns Department Store . . . Oversized Photographs of Kaufmann's Department Store Creator Kaufmann's Department Store Collection Number MSR#371 Extent 1 0 cubic feet (1 box) Date c1900-1996 Abstract Kaufmann's Department Store was founded in 1871 in Birmingham (Pittsburgh's South Side) A few years later they moved to the North Side, and then to its present downtown
The Kaufmanns - Allegheny West Jacob Kaufmann was a confounder of what became Kaufmann’s Department Store He was the first of four Kaufmann brothers to settle in Pittsburgh, and was the last of the four brothers to move away from Allegheny City to Pittsburgh’s East End in the early twentieth century Jacob and Isaac Kaufmann founded J Kaufmann Brother, a men’s
Kaufmans Department Store - Abandoned America Details about the origins of Kaufman’s Department Store are hard to come by The 1997 obituary of Gerald Jeffein, son of one of the co-founders and primary owner until the store closed, mentions that Kaufman’s was founded in 1923 and Jeffein took over in 1966 As there were several locations, one could assume that 1966 was the year Kaufman
‘Everything under the sun’ - The Almanac Kaufmann’s Department Store was founded by four brothers – Jacob, Isaac, Henry and Morris – all of whom immigrated from Germany Jacob was the first to come to Pittsburgh in 1868 at the age
The Kaufmann Family - Dollar Bank The Making of a Retail Legend: Kaufmann's Department Store Kaufmann's Department Store had its roots in a retail enterprise run by four brothers who immigrated to Pittsburgh from Viernheim, Germany First to arrive was Jacob Kaufmann in 1868 Brother Isaac followed the next year In 1871, the two opened a tailoring and men's clothing store, J
Kaufmanns | Malls and Retail Wiki | Fandom Kaufmann's was a department store that originated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania It was owned in the early 20th century by Edgar J Kaufmann, patron of 'Fallingwater' In the post-war years, the store became a regional chain in the eastern United States, and was last owned by Federated Department Stores At the height of its existence, it had some 59 stores in 5 states Formerly part of May
Kaufmanns: The Family That Built Pittsburgh’s Famed Department Store Being from Pittsburgh, and spending my growing-up years in the 70s-80s Christmas shopping at Kaufmann's, both the downtown store and a few mall locations, this was a nostalgic read! I learned a lot more about the family that started it all! I miss Kaufmann's - and shopping at many of these family-owned department stores and malls in general
Kaufmanns - University of Pittsburgh Press |9780822967132|The Family That Built Pittsburgh’s Famed Department Store| In 1868, Jacob Kaufmann, the nineteen-year-old son of a German farmer, stepped off a ship onto the shores of New York His brother Isaac soon followed, and together they joined an immigrant community of German Jews selling sewing items to the coal miners and mill workers of western Pennsylvania After opening merchant