Kaufmann's (eBook)

The Family That Built Pittsburgh's Famed Department Store

Marylynne Pitz, Laura Malt Schneiderman (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
391 Seiten
University of Pittsburgh Press (Verlag)
978-0-8229-8917-2 (ISBN)

Infos

<b>Traces </b><b></b><b>O</b><b>ne </b><b>F</b><b>amily’s </b><b>Outsized I</b><b>nfluence on </b><b>Its </b><b></b><b>C</b><b>ommunity </b><b>and a Century of National Retail Trends in</b><b> the </b><b>D</b><b>epartment </b><b>S</b><b>tore </b><b>I</b><b>ndustry</b><b></b>

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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 Pittsburghs North and South sides, the Kaufmann brothers caught the wave of a new type of merchandisingthe department storeand 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 Pittsburghs 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 Lilianes 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. <i>Kaufmanns</i> recounts the story of one of Pittsburghs most beloved department stores, pulling back the curtain to reveal the hardships, triumphs, and complicated legacy of the prominent family behind its success.

Autor

<b>Marylynne Pitz (Author) </b><br> <b>Marylynne Pitz </b>is an award-winning journalist covering art, architecture, books, and history. She was a member of the news team that won the Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the Tree of Life shooting in 2018. She has won five Golden Quills, an Inland Press Association award for investigative reporting, and a Matrix Award. A native of Indianapolis, she has lived in Pittsburgh since 1980.<br><br><b>Laura Malt Schneiderman (Author) </b><br> <b>Laura Malt Schneiderman</b> is a journalist and web developer in Pittsburgh. She has won seven Golden Quills and was part of a team that won the Scripps Howard Edward J. Meeman Award in 2011. Originally from Saint Louis, she has worked in journalism in Washington, DC, and Pennsylvania.<br><br>

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.10.2022
• Reihe/Serie: Regional
• Verlagsort: PIttsburgh
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• Schlagworte: Albert Einstein • Bear Run • Business history • Civic Arena • Civic Light Opera • Department Store History • department stores • Diego Rivera • Edgar Kaufmann • Emma Kaufmann • Emma Kaufmann Camp • Fallingwater • famous Jewish philanthropists • Famous Jewish Pittsburghers • Famous Pittsburghers • Fox Chapel residents • Frank Lloyd Wright • Frda Khalo • Henry Heinz • Henry Kaufmann • history of Judaism in Western Pennsylvania • Irene Kaufmann • JCC • Jewish community center • Jewish genealogy • Jewish History • Jewish Hospitals • Judaism • Kaufmann clock • Liliane Kaufmann • MoMA • Montefiore Hospital • Montefiore Hospital Board of Directors • Palm Springs • Pittsburgh history • retail history • Richard Neutra • Rodef Shalom • squirrel hill • Western Pennsylvania Jewish history
• ISBN-10: 0-8229-8917-4 / 0822989174
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8229-8917-2 / 9780822989172