Billhead of M. Oppenheimer & Co., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, December 18, 1899

Billhead from M. Oppenheimer & Co., dated December 18, 1899. The billhead features a lithograph of the nine-story Oppenheimer building located at 811 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 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 late 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. Both Oppenheimer and Kaufman were active in Pittsburgh's Jewish community and founding members of Rodeph Shalom Synagogue.

Associated People/Businesses

• Oppenheimer, Moses

Geography

No geographic information available.

Subjects

• Clothing trade
• Wholesale trade

Physical Location

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