Dry-goods
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Harris Family Papers and Tin Cup Records
Collection
Identifier: B411
Abstract
Solomon Hirsch and Hannah Levi Hirsch had six sons who immigrated to the United States and changed their last name to Harris. They were born in Fordom, Posen (Poland) and settled in New Jersey. Solomon Harris and his brother Eli went out west and settled in Virginia City, Colorado. The two brothers opened the Harris Bros. Beehive dry goods store by 1880 when Solomon became the town's treasurer. Because of confusion with Virginia City in Nevada and Montana, the town was reincorporated as Tin...
Dates:
Other: circa 1875-1884
Leopold H. Guldman and Golden Eagle Dry Goods Company Records
Collection
Identifier: B092
Abstract
Leopold H. Guldman was born in Harburg, Bavaria in 1853 and immigrated to the United States in 1870. Guldman opened the successful chain of Golden Eagle clothing stores in Leadville, Cripple Creek and Denver. He was one of Colorado's leading merchants and philanthropists. The collection consists largely of business records including correspondence, ledgers, journals, and financial papers related to the Golden Eagle stores.
Dates:
1800-1980; 1879-1941