Kaufmann's, Pittsburgh, Pa
Author | : Kaufmann's Department Store (Pittsburgh, Pa.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 12 |
Release | : 1977* |
Genre | : Department stores |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Kaufmann's Department Store (Pittsburgh, Pa.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 12 |
Release | : 1977* |
Genre | : Department stores |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Melanie Linn Gutowski |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2017-11-13 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1439663696 |
Kaufmann's Department Store was a force in Pittsburgh retail from its humble beginnings in 1871 until its merger with Federated Department Stores in 2006. The "Big Store" downtown was a landmark shopping emporium with 12 floors of everything from cosmetics and groceries to wedding gowns and lawn mowers. Under the leadership of Edgar J. Kaufmann and his wife, Liliane, the store became a forum for exhibitions of art, cutting-edge technology, and Parisian haute couture. Generations of Pittsburghers hold fond memories of meeting friends and family under the famous Kaufmann's clock to lunch at the Tic Toc Restaurant, pick up cookies at the Arcade Bakery, or peer into the store's enchanting Christmas window displays each December.
Author | : Letitia Stuart Savage |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 171 |
Release | : 2016-11-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1625857764 |
Join Letitia Stuart Savage on a journey to a time of leisurely shopping for the latest fashions complete with a side of Mile High Ice Cream Pie from the Tic Toc Restaurant. In 1871, Jacob and Isaac Kaufmann created a classic Pittsburgh institution. The business grew from a small store on the South Side to a mammoth clothing house downtown that outfitted the community. The removal of the original freestanding clock upset customers, so Kaufmann's added its iconic version in 1913. A redesign of the store's first floor attracted national attention in the 1930s. While most Pittsburghers remember and celebrate the downtown store, others recall the suburban branches - miniatures of the expansive flagship store.
Author | : Kaufmann's Department Store (Pittsburgh, Pa.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1868 |
Genre | : Business |
ISBN | : |
Kaufmann's was founded in 1871 in Birmingham, now Pittsburgh's South Side. They moved to the North Side and then to their present location on Smithfield Street between Fifth and Forbes Avenues. In 1946, they joined the May Company and as of 2003, remain a regional division of May with stores in Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York. The collection is divided into three parts: Kaufmann's Downtown, other Stores and miscellaneous. The records include aadvertising, catalogs, correspondence, histories, ledgers, clippings, pamphlets, postcards and other items. The materials provide insight into the Kaufmann family and business. provide insight into the Kaufmann family and business.
Author | : Kaufmann's Department Store (Pittsburgh, Pa.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1880 |
Genre | : Business |
ISBN | : |
Kaufmann's was founded in 1871 in Birmingham, now Pittsburgh's South Side. They moved to the North Side and then to their present location on Smithfield Street between Fifth and Forbes Avenues. In 1946, they joined the May Company and as of 2003, remain a regional division of May with stores in Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York. The collection consists of advertisements, booklets, a calendar, floor plans, newspaper clippings, shopping bags and other items. Floor plans for the 9th and 10th floor include the office space for Edgar Kauffman and the in-store hospital.
Author | : Marylynne Pitz |
Publisher | : University of Pittsburgh Press |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2022-10-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0822989174 |
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 | : Suzanne Martinson |
Publisher | : University of Pittsburgh Press |
Total Pages | : 569 |
Release | : 2008-09-15 |
Genre | : Cooking |
ISBN | : 0822979373 |
Hailed as the most architecturally significant private residence in the United States, Fallingwater was a welcome retreat for Edgar J. Kaufmann, his wife Liliane, their son, Edgar jr., and their many guests. The Fallingwater Cookbook captures the experience of fine and casual dining at this famed home. Suzanne Martinson, former food editor and writer for the Pittsburgh Press and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, relates recipes from Elsie Henderson, the longtime and last cook for the Kaufmann family at Fallingwater, along with Henderson's memories and anecdotes of life in the renowned house on the waterfall. Henderson's encounters with the Kaufmanns, John Heinz, Senator Ted Kennedy, and Frank Lloyd Wright, among others, are recounted with humor, affection, and surprising detail. The book is rounded out with additional recipes from chef Robert Sendall, who began producing special events at Fallingwater in the early 1990s, Jane Citron, with whom Sendall taught cooking classes, and Mary Ann Moreau, former chef of the Fallingwater Café. Artfully composed photographs of food, architecture, landscape, family, and guests complete the collection, which, like Fallingwater, will be treasured for years to come.
Author | : Michael R. Shaughnessy |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2007-04-18 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1439618518 |
Today, over one-quarter of Pittsburgh's residents claim German heritage, the largest ethnic group in the region. It might be surprising to know that German was an official language of Pittsburgh at one time, and a daily German newspaper was printed from the mid-1800s up through World War II, but Germans have been living in the area since the 1600s, and Pennsylvania saw a dramatic influx of German immigrants in the later part of the 19th century. Without those immigrants, Pittsburgh would be a very different place--German-speaking Pittsburghers include names like H. J. Heinz, Honus Wagner, and the Kaufmanns, and they produced beloved Pittsburgh beers such as Iron City and Penn Pilsner. Today, remnants of the German-speaking community can be found throughout the city, and over 300,000 residents can claim German ancestry. German Pittsburgh explores the multifaceted cultural history of German-speaking immigrants and residents in the Greater Pittsburgh area, and provides an overview of the contributions that this diverse ethnic community has made in the city.
Author | : Donald Hoffmann |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 129 |
Release | : 1993-01-01 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 0486274306 |
Traces the complicated development of Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater, including planning, site selection, and construction
Author | : Kaufmann's (Department store : Pittsburgh, Pa.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1896 |
Genre | : Department stores |
ISBN | : |
The Kaufmann's collection contains invitations to the Peaks of Progress breakfast from 1953 to 1965, an issue of Stamp News, a history of the building of the store and other sundry items.