Lease Agreement: Tilly Israel and Rosenbaum & Speyer, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1898

Business lease agreement dated May 14, 1898, between Tilly Israel of Kalamazoo, Michigan, and Joseph and Sigismund Speyer of Kalamazoo, Michigan, and Simon Rosenbaum of New York City (the firm of Rosenbaum & Speyer, Dry Goods). The lease covers the building at 127 and 129 West Main Street, Kalamazoo, the location of M. Israel Dry Goods Store. The five-year lease grants Tilly Israel rights to the entire third floor and offices leased by Dr. Hochstein. The document includes original signatures from Simon Rosenbaum, Joseph Speyer, Sigismund Speyer, and Tilly Israel. Tilly Israel is noted as the first female Jewish settler in Kalamazoo and the mother of Edward Israel, who died in the Arctic Exposition.

Associated People/Businesses

• Rosenbaum, Simon / Speyer, Joseph / Speyer, Sigismund / ISRAEL, TILLY

Geography

No geographic information available.

Subjects

• Landlord and tenant
• Dry Goods

Physical Location

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