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Sam’s Umbrella Shop, formerly Tim’s

Collection
Jewish Criterion
Source
The Pittsburgh Jewish Newspaper Project
Date
September 5, 1919

After apprenticing in his father’s umbrella shop, in 1919 Sam Cohen bought the Tim and Son umbrella shop at 635 Penn Avenue.

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