Israel and Joseph DeRoy started DeRoy Brothers, a pawnbroking business at 49 Smithfield Street, around 1870. The brothers split in 1898, each starting separate jewelry and pawnbroking businesses downtown with their respective sons.

Date c. 1890s
Identifier Jos._DeRoy_and_Sons_Interior_Photograph
Collection Patricia K. and Ralph L. DeRoy Papers and Photographs (MSS 1200)
Source Rauh Jewish Archives at the Heinz History Center
Family The DeRoy Family : View Family Member