Moise, Ward, Grierson ad In 1845 pharmacist Philip M. Cohen (1808–1879) was described as “a Jew . . . doing a large fine bus[iness who] has made [considerable] money. In[dustrious] and indefatigable.”1 This evaluation comes not from a letter or a newspaper article, but rather, from America’s earliest credit reports. In 1841 the Mercantile Agency began […]
Seymour Lynch, 1950s, enjoyed sitting in the sun outside his liquor store at 120 Central Avenue, Summerville, SC, while waiting for customers. He was in the habit of stacking boxes on the sidewalk to show he was open for business. Courtesy of the Lynch family. The first settlement of Summerville, known as Pineland Village, began after the American Revolution, its development fueled […]
The Schneider family celebrated Albert and Fannie’s 50th wedding anniversary in 1960 at Temple Beth Elohim, Georgetown, SC. Left to right, front: Fannie and Albert Schneider; middle: Anne, Jean, and Dorothy Schneider, and Cecil, Harold, and Philip Schneider. Courtesy of Deborah Schneider Smith. My grandfather Albert Max Schneider arrived in Georgetown around 1906 at the invitation […]