Subject: Retail Trade -- Texas -- San Antonio

Billhead for I. Wolfson's dry goods store located on the Plaza in San Antonio, Texas, dated December 18, 1889. The billhead features a lithograph of the store. The accompanying text provides biographical information about Saul Wolfson, who founded the Saul Wolfson Dry Goods Company in San Antonio in 1868. Saul Wolfson immigrated to the United States from Santer, Germany in 1858 and served in the Union Army during the Civil War. He was a member of various organizations including the Rebekahs, Odd Fellows, B'nai Brith, G.A.R., and Congregation Temple Beth-El. The New York Office was located at 585 Broadway.

Billhead from Joske Brothers, a department store located at the corner of Alamo and Commerce Street in San Antonio, Texas. The billhead also lists a New York City office located at 22 Howard Street. The date is circa 1896.

A circa 1885 Victorian silver candy spoon engraved with "SAUL WOLFSON DRY GOODS General Store San Antonio." Likely used in the store to scoop candy as treats for customers. Saul Wolfson (born in Santer, Germany) immigrated to the United States in 1858, worked in Ansonia, Connecticut, served in the Union Army during the Civil War, and arrived in San Antonio in 1868. There he founded the Saul Wolfson Dry Goods Company with his brother, L. Wolfson, located on Main Plaza. Wolfson was a member of the Rebekahs, Odd Fellows, B'nai Brith, G.A.R., and Congregation Temple Beth-El.