Subject: Jewish Businessmen -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh

Billhead from M. Oppenheimer & Co., located at 811 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, dated November 8, 1899. The billhead features a lithograph of the nine-story Oppenheimer building. This item is part of the Kaufman, Oppenheimer & Co. Archive, a collection of billheads, receipts, and broadsides documenting the evolution of this Jewish manufacturing and wholesale clothing firm from the late 1870s through 1902. Founded as Klee & Kaufman in 1851 by Simon Kaufman and Jacob Klee, the firm became Kaufman, Oppenheimer & Co. in 1865 with the addition of Moses Oppenheimer as a partner. In 1879, Simon Kaufman withdrew, leaving the firm as 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.

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.

Billhead of M. Oppenheimer & Co., dated October 3, 1899. The billhead features a lithograph of the nine-story Oppenheimer building located at 811 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The principals listed are M. Oppenheimer, James K. Jacobs, and A. M. Oppenheimer. 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 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. Moses Oppenheimer and Simon Kaufman were founding members of Rodeph Shalom Synagogue in Pittsburgh, founded in 1856.

Broadside announcing that James K. Jacobs and Laurence W. Frank are now principals in the firm M. Oppenheimer & Co., but the name will not change. Located at 811 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The broadside is dated December 1, 1892, and is part of the Kaufman, Oppenheimer & Co. Archive, which documents the history of this influential Jewish manufacturing and wholesale clothing firm from the late 1870s through 1902. The archive includes billheads, receipts, and broadsides. Founded as Klee & Kaufman in 1851 by Simon Kaufman and his father-in-law Jacob Klee in Allegheny City, the firm moved to Pittsburgh in 1860. After Jacob Klee withdrew in 1865, Moses Oppenheimer joined as a partner. By late 1879, Simon Kaufman withdrew, and the firm became M. Oppenheimer & Co. Both Kaufman and Oppenheimer were active in Pittsburgh's Jewish community and founding members of Rodeph Shalom Synagogue.