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Kaufmann’s early store

Collection
Kaufmann Department Store Records
Source
Rauh Jewish Archives at the Heinz History Center
Family
The Kaufmann Family
Date
c.1885

J. Kaufmann & Brothers built a four-story store at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Smithfield Street in 1886.  They later demolished the building to make room for modern facilities. The early store boasted the “largest clothing floor in the country.”

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