Billhead - Hammerslough Bros., New York, New York, April 24, 1886
Billhead - Hammerslough Bros...Manufacturers of Children clothing…435 Broome Street & 478-482 Broadway, NYC…4/20/1886 Julius, Edward and Louis, along with cousins Isidore and Simon. The parents of Julius, Edward and Louis were Solomon and Regina Benjamin Hammerschlag, German Jewish immigrants who settled in New York. The family surname was changed to Hammerslough after they arrived in the U.S. First store in Springfield & mfg uniforms for the Union Army. The Hammersloughs dissolved their Springfield business in February 1868 and moved to New York. (At one point, they were partners with the Saks brothers, Andrew and Samuel, whose business eventually became the luxury department store Saks Fifth Avenue.)...Billhead to Honig & Schutter, Retail Clothier in Hazelton, Pennsylvania. Schutter is not Jewish...Isaac Honig was President of the Synagogue.
Associated People/Businesses
- Hammerslough Bros
- Honig, (Isaac)
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Arc.MS.56, Box 4, Folder 8