Browse Items (17 total)

  • Collection: A. Schwab History Collection

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A business card from the earliest days of A. Schwab Trading Co. This card shows H. Hirsch, Abraham Schwab, and S. Hirsch in business together and operating under the name Hirsch, Schwab & Co.

The card reads as follows:

"H. Hirsch, A. Schwab,…

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A bill of sale for items sold by S. & A. Rosenbaum & Schwab to Mr. F.B. Harris.

The location of this store was at No. 106 Broadway in Paducah, Kentucky.

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Personal letter to Sam Schwab from Morris Goldstein. The letter details his family's failed candy business in Boston, Massachusetts. Mr. Goldstein is writing Mr. Schwab to ask him to consider giving him a job in his store in Memphis,…

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The front and back of a personal letter from Morris Goldstein to Mr. Sam Schwab. The letter from Mr. Goldstein to Mr. Sam Schwab details the collapse of his family's candy business in Boston, Massachusetts. Mr. Goldstein is asking for Mr. Schwab to…

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Front and back of an envelope addressed to Mr. Sam Schwab at the Hotel Bristol in New York, New York. The contents of the letter contain correspondence from the Bersted Manufacturing Company of Fostoria, Ohio.

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German postcard sent to Mr. Sam Schwab in 1981.

There are two individuals writing on the postcard; one is in German and the other is in English.

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An Air Mail envelope to Sam Schwab on business in New York City. The contents of the letter include two hand written letters from Leo, Abram, and Elias Schwab about different goods being recieved at the store. The exact author of the letters is…

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A letter to Sam Schwab on business in New York City, New York. The letter is written by an unknown author but is signed by Schwab family members, Leo, Abram Jr., and Elias.

The letter reads:
"Dear Sam,

Underwood Typewriter Co. in Memphis just…

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A letter to Sam Schwab on business in New York City, New York. The letter is written by an unknown writer.

The letter reads:
"Dear Sam,

Recieved the
goods from Rice Lake today.
The gloves are smaller
sizes than the sample
box but we…

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Letter to Miss Eleanor Schwab from the College of Business Administration.

Contents of the letter are as follows:
"Dear Miss Schwab,

According recognition to each student who has achieved a "B" average or better during the preceding term is…
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