TY  - GEN
T1  - Kaufmann's : the family that built Pittsburgh's famed department store
A1  - Pitz, Marylynne
A1  - Schneiderman, Laura Malt
LA  - English
PP  - Pittsburgh, Pa.
PB  - University of Pittsburgh Press
YR  - 2022
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1341260448
AB  - "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."--
CN  - HF5465.U64 K386 2022
SN  - 9780822989172
SN  - 0822989174
SN  - 9780822947455
SN  - 0822947455
KW  - Kaufmann's Department Store : History.
KW  - Kauffman family.
KW  - Kauffman (Famille)
KW  - Kauffman family
KW  - Kaufmann's Department Store
KW  - Kaufmann's Department Store : History
KW  - Department stores : Pennsylvania : Pittsburgh : History.
KW  - Pittsburgh (Pa.) : History : 19th century.
KW  - Pittsburgh (Pa.) : History : 20th century.
KW  - Grands magasins : Pennsylvanie : Pittsburgh : Histoire.
KW  - HISTORY / General
KW  - Department stores
KW  - Pennsylvania : Pittsburgh
KW  - Department stores : Pennsylvania : Pittsburgh : History
KW  - Department stores : United States : History
KW  - Jewish families : Pennsylvania : Pittsburgh : Biography
KW  - Jewish businesspeople : United States : Biography
KW  - 1800-1999
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - History
ER  -