Horne, Joseph (1826-1892)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1826-1892
Biography
Joseph Horne was an American business man who was the founder of the Pittsburgh department store chain Joseph Horne Company. Horne began his career in business working for Christian Yeager as trader. He moved on to the F.H. Eaton store where he became a partner, and in 1849 purchased the store and renamed it The Joseph Horne Company. With his business partners Christian B. Shea and A. P. Burchfield, the store brought an elegance to department stores that had never been equaled in Pittsburgh. In 1881, they expanded the store by opening a second location, and in 1891 sold the wholesale division of the store to the Pittsburgh Dry Goods Company.
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Fred Pomerantz interview, 1981 October 29 and November 5, 1981 October 29 and November 5
Item
Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.1.8
Scope and Contents
Fred Pomerantz, long-time CEO and founder of Leslie Faye, discusses his start in the ready-to-wear business at age 10. Although he was briefly fired for insubordination, by age 18 he was running all of M.B. Kaufman. He then went into business with his brother, Michael. Pomerantz Brothers sold fur coats, and Fred talks colorfully of his sales methods. After enlisting as a teen during World War I, Fred attended a training camp. He talks about being the only Jewish person there and how, after...
Dates:
1981 October 29 and November 5