Baltimore Bargain House (Baltimore, MD) records
Collection Overview
Mail order catalog, flier, and order form from Baltimore Bargain House, Baltimore, Maryland.
Dates
- Creation: 1916, undated
Creator
- Baltimore Bargain House (Baltimore, MD) (Organization)
Language of Material
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
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Historical Note
Founded in 1881, the Baltimore Bargain House was a mail-order wholesale business created by Jacob Epstein (1864-1945) primarily serving Jewish merchants in the South. Epstein entered into a co-partnership in 1912 with Nathan Epstein (1876-1956), Abraham I. Weinberg (1863-1932), A. Ray Katz (1877-1938), and Sidney Lansburg (1878-1958). In 1919 the Baltimore Bargain House was sold and became the American Wholesale Corporation, which was sold in 1929, becoming the American General Corporation.
Extent
1 folder (3 items)
Abstract
Baltimore Bargain House, Baltimore, Maryland, mail order catalog, flier, and order form.
Collection Arrangement
Materials are described at the folder level.
Acquisitions Information
Materials were purchased in 2018 by Special Collections, College of Charleston Libraries.
Processing Information
Processed by Josh Minor, July 2023.
Subject
- Baltimore Bargain House (Baltimore, MD) (Organization)
- Title
- Inventory of the Baltimore Bargain House (Baltimore, MD) records, 1916, undated
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by: Josh Minor; finding aid created by: Josh Minor
- Date
- 2023
- Description rules
- Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
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