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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…

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,…

Image of a letter sized envelope. The envelope is from the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation to A. Schwab Inc.

The envelope contains a letter from the Department of Agriculture to Leo Schwab.

A letter from the Beale Street National Historical Foundation, written in honor of the 100th anniversary of the opening of the store. Written on July 31, 1975, the text of the letter is as follows.

"Dear Mr. Schwab,

The Board of Directors of…

A coupon offered by A. Schwab for a free 15c bar of Schwab's Nature Soap, redeemed by J.H. Henderson.

Blue tone paper with logo for Schwab's Nature Face Powder.

Two images of an informational advertising pamphlet with user testimonials for Schwab's Nature Soap. The pamphlet demonstrates the different users of the Nature soap from head to toe and gives the history of the soap a long with user testimonials…

This photograph shows a crowd gathered at the storefront of the A. Schwab Trading Co. in January 1926 for a sale to mark the 50th anniversary of the store's opening.
The store had expanded in the few years previous into 165 Beale, which had held a…

This is a photograph of the storefront at 149 Beale, the second location of A. Schwab Trading Co.

Abraham Schwab, the store's founder, stands in the center of the photograph with his hand on the post.

The young boy, second from the left and in…

This photograph is of the storefront of the A. Schwab Trading Co. on May 5, 1950. Displays in the front windows include merchandise on sale and the latest blues records of the time period.

In the fourth window from the left on the second floor,…