Frank & Eileen

Kaufmann's by Marylynne Pitz and Laura Schneiderman (2022, hardcover)

Description: 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.

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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer

All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

Item must be returned within: 30 Days

Refund will be given as: Money Back

Narrative Type: Nonfiction

Book Title: Kaufmann's : the Family That Built Pittsburgh's Famed Department Store

Number of Pages: 280 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

Topic: Industries / Retailing, United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa)

Publication Year: 2022

Item Height: 0.7 in

Genre: Business & Economics, History

Item Weight: 17 Oz

Author: Marylynne Pitz, Laura Malt Schneiderman

Item Length: 9 in

Item Width: 6 in

Format: Hardcover

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