Billhead of M. Oppenheimer & Co., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 8, 1899

Billhead from M. Oppenheimer & Co., located at 811 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, dated November 8, 1899. The billhead features a lithograph of the nine-story Oppenheimer building. This item is part of the Kaufman, Oppenheimer & Co. Archive, a collection of billheads, receipts, and broadsides documenting the evolution of this Jewish manufacturing and wholesale clothing firm from the late 1870s through 1902. Founded as Klee & Kaufman in 1851 by Simon Kaufman and Jacob Klee, the firm became Kaufman, Oppenheimer & Co. in 1865 with the addition of Moses Oppenheimer as a partner. In 1879, Simon Kaufman withdrew, leaving the firm as M. Oppenheimer & Co. The firm's 1879 profile in *Industries of Pittsburgh* reported approximately $8,000,000 in revenue (in 2016 dollars) and 150 employees.

Associated People/Businesses

• Oppenheimer, Moses

Geography

No geographic information available.

Subjects

• Billheads

Physical Location

Ms. Coll. 1410, M, Box 6, Folder 9