Subject: Business enterprises

This reference book, published circa 1901 by the Cigar Manufacturer's Protective Association, lists most cigar dealers and manufacturers in the USA, categorized by city and state. It also includes credit limits for each business. The Association's services included bad debt collection, at a cost of $25 annually. The book contains numerous names of Jewish business owners, highlighting the significant presence of Jews in the cigar industry.

This 1852 edition of Cohen's New Orleans Directory covers New Orleans, Jefferson City, Carrollton, Gretna, Algiers, and McDonogh. It contains approximately thirty-eight thousand names of residents and businesses, offering a valuable snapshot of New Orleans' diverse population, including its significant Jewish community. Notable entries include Judah P. Benjamin and Judah Touro. The directory includes a full-page advertisement for the Touro Infirmary (founded in 1852), featuring an early engraving of the building and listing Dr. Bensadon as director. Additional noteworthy features are the fourteen steel-engraved portraits of prominent citizens and numerous wood-engraved advertisements throughout.

Legal opinion issued by the Texas Supreme Court at Galveston in January 1869 in the case of A. J. Bloomberg vs. Andre & Schultz. The case relates to the firm Alexander & Co., composed of J. Alexander, A. J. Bloomberg, and G. M. Raphael, all Jewish businessmen. A. J. Bloomberg and G. M. Raphael held substantial business interests as leading commercial houses in the Lower Rio Grande region. Bloomberg established the business in 1865; in 1868, it became Alexander & Co., operating under that name until 1872 when J. Alexander was murdered. Following Alexander's death, A. J. Bloomberg became a New York resident, purchasing goods for the firm, while G. M. Raphael and Louis Cowen managed operations in Brownsville and Matamoros, catering to the Mexican trade. Bloomberg & Raphael owned 80,000–90,000 acres of land in Hidalgo County, Texas, with several ranches.

This 1770 first edition folio, published in 's-Gravenhage (The Hague), is a codification of the legal rights of Dutch Jews to engage in business and commerce. Commissioned by William V, Prince of Orange-Nassau, the 22-page document, printed in Fraktur type, details in 55 articles the permissible trades, business enterprises, and contracts for protected Jews ("Schutzjuden") in the Netherlands. The text highlights the lack of previous unified standards regarding the status of protected Jews within the provinces of Orange and Nassau. A notable article (25) addresses the legal right of Jews to own one, but no more than one, home.

This is a 407-page textile directory, known as "The Blue Book," published in 1895. It contains a comprehensive listing of textile businesses and professionals, with a significant number of entries relating to Jewish-owned or operated businesses. The directory serves as a valuable resource for understanding the participation of Jewish individuals in the textile industry at the end of the 19th century.

This book, published in New York City around 1830, is a commercial directory and digest compiled by Myer Moses. It offers a snapshot of businesses and commercial activities in New York during that period. The book's contents remain largely unknown, due to the scarcity of the book itself and its absence from major library catalogs.

Trade card advertising the Feigel Car Company, located at Office 108 Wall Street and Factory in New Utrecht, NY. The card is part of Manuscript Collection 1410, located in the Out-of-Series materials, Binder 1, Page 15. The card dates from circa 1885.

This is a directory of the Borough of West Chester, Pennsylvania, for the years 1857-1858. It includes a substantial advertisement for Fuld, Schwab, and Isaac’s stores on pages 120 and 145. The directory lists businesses and residents of the borough during that period, providing a snapshot of the community's commercial and residential landscape.