Billhead of M. Oppenheimer & Co., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 23, 1882
Billhead from M. Oppenheimer & Co., dated August 23, 1882. The billhead lists the company's addresses as 233 Liberty Street and 240 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This item is part of the Kaufman, Oppenheimer & Co. Archive, a collection of billheads, receipts, and broadsides documenting the evolution of the Jewish manufacturing and wholesale clothing firm from the late 1870s through 1902. Founded in 1851 as Klee & Kaufman by Simon Kaufman and his father-in-law Jacob Klee in Allegheny City, the firm moved to Pittsburgh in 1860. Moses Oppenheimer joined as a partner in 1865 after Jacob Klee's withdrawal. By 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
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