Billhead of M. Oppenheimer & Co., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 13, 1894

Billhead from October 13, 1894, for M. Oppenheimer & Co., located at 811 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The billhead lists Moses Oppenheimer, James K. Jacobs, and Laurence W. Frank as principals. It features a lithograph of the nine-story Oppenheimer building. 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, the firm became Kaufman, Oppenheimer & Co. in 1865, and later 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.

Associated People/Businesses

• Oppenheimer, Moses / Jacobs, James K. / Frank, Laurence W.

Geography

No geographic information available.

Subjects

• Billheads

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box, 14, Folder 15