Brooklyn and New York City business catalogs collection 1870-1937

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Brooklyn and New York City business catalogs collection 1870-1937

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/bhs/arms_1986_047_business_catalogs/arms_1986_047_business_catalogs.html

This collection contains sales catalogs of businesses located in Brooklyn and New York City, including Bellows & Company Wines, E.W. Bliss Company, South Brooklyn Moulding Mill, Abraham & Straus, and the Bedell Company.

0.21 Linear feet; in one half manuscript box.

Center for Brooklyn History (2020-)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6329947

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Bellows & Company

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E. W. Bliss Company

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Bedell Company.

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South Brooklyn Moulding Mill (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.).

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Abraham & Straus

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Abraham & Straus was a major department store founded in Brooklyn by Abraham Abraham and Joseph Wechsler in 1865. Originally called Wechsler & Abraham and located at 285 Fulton Street, the store was so successful that it moved to a new and larger location at the corner of Fulton and Hoyt Streets in 1885. The name of the store changed to Abraham & Straus in 1893 when the Straus family, partners of Macy's department stores, bought out Wechsler's interest in the store. By 1965, Abraham ...