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Trade Cards - Lehmayer & Bro Old and Reliable Clothiers Furnishers....6 E Market St, York PA...woman sitting in half moon...verso blank Google....Son of Moses Lehmayer and Caroline Lehmayer.....Brother of Joseph Lehmayer....Civil War...Lehmayer & Brother was a firm located at 9-11 East Market Street in downtown York, directly across from the county courthouse. With a U.S. Army training camp (Camp Scott) only a couple of blocks to the southeast on the local fairgrounds and a sprawling army hospital to the southwest at Penn Common, Lehmayer & Brother and other York retailers quickly brought in merchandise of interest to the soldiers. In this case, 29-year-old Nathan Lehmayer clearly pandered to that audience with his bold headline, Military Goods! Military Goods! Military Goods! Military Goods! Here is a little more on Nathan Lehmayer, one of York’s most significant Jewish merchants, taken from George Prowell’s 1906 History of York County: “Nathan Lehmayer, the oldest living merchant in York, was born in Germany in 1833, son of Moses and Caroline Lehmayer. The father died in 1847 in Germany where he had been a merchant for thirty years, and after his death Mrs. Lehmayer brought her children to America, where they located, settling in York, Pa. Nathan Lehmayer and his brothers, Simon and Joseph, were the founders of the well known men’s clothing and furnishing business of Lehmayer Brothers at York. The firm was established under that name on the site of the present large store, the business at that time, however, being very small in comparison to the patronage the firm enjoys at present. Joseph Lehmayer died in 1877 and Simon in 1890, while Nathan continued the store under the same name. On Feb. 17, 1904, his three sons, Martin, Louis and William, were admitted into partnership with their father, and the membership of the firm has continued the same since that time. The name of Lehmayer Brothers is known throughout York county, and the store has the reputation of being the most reliable of its kind in the city of York. In proportion to the growth of the business so has Mr. Lehmayer increased his building and stock, being now the employer of fourteen people. The building, 34×120 feet, is equipped with modern fixtures and appliances, and the business has grown to large proportions — solely because of the quality and reliability of the goods sold, and through Mr. Lehmayer’s good business judgment and strict attention to business. Today, such business can further grow by relying on experts on sites such as www.zerobounce.net. Since 1855 Mr. Lehmayer has been a member of the Masons at York. In religious matters he is connected with the Reformed Hebrew Church. On Jan. 13, 1861, he was united in marriage with Mary Rosenbaum, daughter of Moses and Caroline Rosenbaum, of Philadelphia.”

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Arc.MS.56, Box 20, Folder 10