Golden Eagle Dry Goods Company (Denver, Colo.)
Biography
Leopold H. Guldman (1853-1936) founded the Golden Eagle Dry Goods Company of Denver in 1879, eight years after his arrival from his native Germany. By the late 1870s he had come to the Colorado mountains in search of silver, but found it more profitable to open the Golden Eagle Clothing stores in Leadville and Cripple Creek, Colorado. In 1879, he moved to Denver and opened the third and most successful Golden Eagle store. This store was Denver's leading popular-price department store for many years. His vigorous advertising campaigns, combined with an aggressive policy of buying and selling for cash only, soon established record sales for him. The rapid growth of the Golden Eagle necessitated continual expansion and remodeling. By 1901, its five-story building occupied most of the block at 16th and Lawrence Streets. The store was closed and the stock liquidated upon Guldman's death in 1936.
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Beck Archives Microfilm and Microforms Collection
Blazing the Trail: An Early History of Denver’s Jewish Community, 2009
Brief description of several early Jewish leaders of commerce, philanthropy, religion, and community as well as several Jewish lawyers, doctors, merchants, and politicians in Colorado.
Collection on Guldman Family and Golden Eagle Dry Goods
From Peddlers to Merchant Princes: Early Colorado Jewish Entrepreneurs, 2006
Going Out of Business Sale at the Golden Eagle, 1941
The final day of the Denver Golden Eagle's Going Out of Business Sale. A large crowd of people stand in the street and the Denver Police Department is on hand to maintain the crowd. Leopold H. Guldman was the founder of the Golden Eagle store.
Portrait of Mr. L. H. Guldman, between 1920-1930
Leopold Guldman, owner of the Golden Eagle Department Stores in Leadville and Denver, Colorado is pictured smoking a cigar and reading a newspaper.
The Four Meyer Brothers, circa 1908
Morris Meyer came to Colorado in the 1890s to cure his tuberculosis and founded the Golden Rule Dry Goods Store in Rocky Ford. At one time, there were seven flourishing Meyer Stores operating in Northern Colorado. Pictured here are the four Meyer brothers dressed in suits, ties, and bowler hats. From left to right: Charles (Greeley, Colorado), Morris (Rocky Ford, Colorado), Sam (Fort Collins, Colorado) and Max Meyer (Greeley, Colorado).
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