Billhead of M. Oppenheimer & Co., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 3, 1899

Billhead of M. Oppenheimer & Co., dated October 3, 1899. The billhead features a lithograph of the nine-story Oppenheimer building located at 811 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The principals listed are M. Oppenheimer, James K. Jacobs, and A. M. Oppenheimer. This billhead is part of the Kaufman, Oppenheimer & Co. Archive, a collection of billheads, receipts, and broadsides documenting the evolution of this influential Jewish manufacturing and wholesale clothing firm from the late 1870s through 1902. Founded as Klee & Kaufman in 1851 by Simon Kaufman and his father-in-law Jacob Klee, the firm became Kaufman, Oppenheimer & Co. in 1865 with the addition of Moses Oppenheimer as a partner. In 1879, Simon Kaufman withdrew, and the firm became M. Oppenheimer & Co. The firm's 1879 profile in *Industries of Pittsburgh* reported approximately $8,000,000 in revenue (in 2016 dollars) and 150 employees. Moses Oppenheimer and Simon Kaufman were founding members of Rodeph Shalom Synagogue in Pittsburgh, founded in 1856.

Associated People/Businesses

• Oppenheimer, Moses / Jacobs, James K. / Oppenheimer, A

Geography

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Subjects

• Billheads

Physical Location

Ms. Coll. 1410, M, Box 6, Folder 9