C.J. Jacoby and Company.

Furniture store in Alton, Ill.

In 1883, Caspar J. Jacoby, a son of immigrants, opened a furniture store and undertaking business in Bunker Hill, Illinois. He later joined with his 4 brothers and under the name Jacoby Brothers, they eventually opened 3 more furniture stores in Jerseyville, Alton and Wood River. The Alton store continued to operate as a family owned business over a hundred years later, as C. J. Jacoby and Company (dba Jacoby's Furniture), selling furniture and household appliances.

From the description of Business record books [microform], 1899-1939. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 41284039