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Subject: Retail Trade -- Montana -- Virginia City

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Letterhead of Greenhood, Bohm & Co., Wholesale and Retail Clothiers, Virginia City, Montana Territory, July 14, 1879Letterhead of Greenhood, Bohm & Co., Wholesale and Retail Clothiers, Virginia City, Montana Territory, July 14, 1879

Commercial letterhead of Greenhood, Bohm & Co., Wholesale and Retail Clothiers, dated July 14, 1879. The letterhead lists the company's address as 6 Wallace Street, Virginia City, Montana Territory, and also includes addresses for their offices in New York City (52 Chamber St.), San Francisco, and Helena, Montana. A brief commercial note is written on the letterhead. Isaac Greenhood, born in Regensburg, Bavaria on May 11, 1842, co-founded the company in 1877 with Ferdinand Bohm. Greenhood managed the Helena branch, while Bohm oversaw the New York City operations. The company declared bankruptcy in February 1892. After the bankruptcy, Greenhood worked for Bach, Cory and Company before co-founding Benn Greenhood Company with his son in 1898. He died of a heart attack in New York on September 1, 1902.