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Alfred Benjamin & Co.
| Name | Alfred Benjamin & Co. |
| Ortssitz | New York City |
| Straße | Broadway 654 |
| Art des Unternehmens | Bekleidungsgeschäft |
| Anmerkungen | Bezeichnet als "Specialists in Fine Clothing". |
| Quellenangaben | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 287] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1877 |
Gründung |
| 1882 |
Verlegung zum Broadway 654 |
| Produkt |
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Bem. |
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Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Bekleidung |
1884 |
[New York's great industries (1884)] |
1884 |
[New York's great industries (1884)] |
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| ZEIT | 1884 |
| THEMA | Firmendarstellung |
| TEXT | From almost insignificant proportions the clothing trade has within the last few years grown to be one of the first in the magnitude of its transactions, and is daily increasing in importance. Until about the year 1870 the sale of ready-made clothing was confined to a very small volume, the goods handled being made of poor materials, badly cut, and in style and finish bore no comparison to the productions of the well conducted establishments of the present day. They were intended to supply the wants of an uncritical class of trade, and were made to sell rather than wear. To-day all this is changed, and the finest productions of the merchant tailor are duplicated by the retail dealer in ready-made clothing, especially if he obtains his supplies from a house like the one under review. In this connection a few facto concerning the history and resources of the leading fine clothing houses in New York, and the extent of their business, cannot fail of being of general interest to our readers. Engaged as specialists in fine clothing, we find the well known and popular house of Messrs. Alfred Benjamin & Co., No. 654 Broadway, which was originally established in 1877, in Thomas Street, and eventually, in consequence of a rapidly increasing business, removed to its present eligible location in 1882. The premises occupied consist of a spacious and splendid eight-storied store, thirty by one hundred and seventy-five feet in area, admirably arranged and equipped with all the latest conveniences and appliances for the prosecution of the business, employment being furnished to about five hundred skilled workmen; a specialty of this firm being that all goods are manufactured on the premises under the immediate supervision and inspection of the proprietors. An inspection of the stock reveals the fact that the specialties in fine clothing shown here is made from the finest productions of foreign and domestic mills by skilled designers and workmen, and that the goods are made up in every particular with the same skill, care and attention which are bestowed upon the same class of goods by merchant tailors to order. The range of sizes is designed to fit all sizes of the human form, while the grades of style and quality are sufficient to meet the most critical and exacting wants of the trade and public. The firm employs ten commercial travellers to represent their interests at the principal centres o£ wealth and population in the United States. The individual members of this flourishing firm are Messrs. Alfred Benjamin, Isaiah Josephi and Otto Rothchild. In addition there are two special partners, viz., Messrs. Ludwig and Edward Rothchild. It is impossible in a short sketch to give a just account of this mammoth establishment, but its manufactures of fine clothing are unsurpassed by any contemporary house in the United States. The house handles but three classes of goods, viz., summer clothing of linen, cotton and silk goods, overcoats and smoking jackets. The articles in these lines manufactured by the house are the finest to be found in the trade, and the smoking jackets in particular surpass in quality and elegance anything of the kind produced in this country. The trade of this house is exclusively first-class, and it stands in the first place in the production of specialties in fine clothing. Messrs. Benjamin, Joseplii and Rothchild, the principal partners, are held in the highest estimation in social and mercantile circles, for their geniality of temperament and strict integrity, and have always been identified with any measure conducive to the benefit and welfare of their fellow-citizens. Mr. Benjamin is one of our oldest merchants, having been connected with the clothing trade for many years, and he has been identified with several of our leading houses as a partner. There is no more competent clothing authority in this country than Mr. Benjamin, and he is looked upon as the leader in his line by the trade. In conclusion, we can but add that this house is an important acquisition to the city, by virtue of the large number of operatives it employs and also in the strictly honorable manner in which all its operations are conducted. |
| QUELLE | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 287] |
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