Kaufmann's: The Family That Built Pittsburgh's Famed Department Store by Pitz, Marylynne

Kaufmann's: The Family That Built Pittsburgh's Famed Department Store

In 1868, Jacob Kaufmann, the nineteen-year-old son of a German farmer, stepped off a ship onto the...
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Author: Marylynne Pitz
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Kaufmann's: The Family That Built Pittsburgh's Famed Department Store by Pitz, Marylynne

Kaufmann's: The Family That Built Pittsburgh's Famed Department Store

CHF 36.25

Kaufmann's: The Family That Built Pittsburgh's Famed Department Store

CHF 36.25
Author: Marylynne Pitz
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

In 1868, Jacob Kaufmann, the nineteen-year-old son of a German farmer, stepped off a ship onto the shores of New York. His brother Isaac soon followed, and together they joined an immigrant community of German Jews selling sewing items to the coal miners and mill workers of western Pennsylvania. After opening merchant tailor shops in Pittsburgh's North and South sides, the Kaufmann brothers caught the wave of a new type of merchandising--the department store--and launched what would become their retail dynasty with a downtown storefront at Fifth Avenue and Smithfield Street. In just two decades, Jacob and his brothers had ascended Pittsburgh's economic and social ladder, rising from hardscrabble salesmen into Gilded Age multimillionaires.

Generous and powerful philanthropists, the Kaufmanns left an indelible mark on the city and western Pennsylvania. From Edgar and Liliane's famous residence, the Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece called Fallingwater, to the Kaufmann clock, a historic landmark that inspired the expression "meet me under the clock," to countless fond memories for residents and shoppers, the Kaufmann family made important contributions to art, architecture, and culture. Far less known are the personal tragedies and fateful ambitions that forever shaped this family, their business, and the place they called home. Kaufmann's recounts the story of one of Pittsburgh's most beloved department stores, pulling back the curtain to reveal the hardships, triumphs, and complicated legacy of the prominent family behind its success.



Author: Marylynne Pitz, Laura Malt Schneiderman
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 10/18/2022
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.32lbs
Size: 9.35h x 6.37w x 1.04d
ISBN: 9780822947455

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