Aitken, Robert to John Nicholson containing Aitken’s proposal to sell the printing house property purchased from LudwigLetter from Robert Aitken to John Nicholson, August 14, 1797, containing Aitken’s proposal to sell the printing house property purchased…
Aitken, Robert to John Nicholson regarding money due on property purchased by Aitken from LudwigLetter from Robert Aitken to John Nicholson, July 7, 1797, regarding money due on property purchased by Aitken from Ludwig…
Astor, John JacobOver the course of John Jacob Astor's career, he applied his great entrepreneurial talent to build the first modern American trade empire with partners in Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
BroadwayBroadway, New York. Showing each building from the Hygeian Depot corner of Canal Street to beyond Niblo's Garden. Published by…
Broadway PanoramaA panoramic view of Broadway, New York City (Engraving by Henry Bircher. Published 1854).
DeHaan, ChristelAlthough she grew up struggling in post World War II Germany, in 1996 Christel DeHaan became one of the wealthiest women in the United States when, at the age of fifty-four, she sold her company Resort Condominiums International (RCI) for $825 million.
Gratz, MichaelBrothers Barnard Gratz and Michael Gratz were merchants and land speculators from the Prussian occupied territory of Silesia whose commercial enterprises connected Philadelphia to port cities in other continental American colonies, the Caribbean, and Europe, and to the North American frontier.
Hihn-Younger Archive, Special Collections, University Library, University of California at Santa Cruz.Created By: UC Santa Cruz
Hihn, Frederick AugustusGerman immigrant Frederick A. Hihn arrived in San Francisco as part of the Gold Rush and later amassed vast landholdings in Santa Cruz County. He spent much of his life developing property around existing towns and creating new vacation communities along Monterey Bay.
John Jacob Astor: Business ManCreated By: Kenneth W. Porter Publisher: New York, NY: Russell & Russell, 1931
John Jacob Astor: Der erfolgreichste deutsche AuswandererCreated By: Alexander Emmerich Publisher: Stuttgart: Konrad-Theiss-Verlag, 2009
Kaiser, Henry J. at expansion project for Hawaiian Village Hotel, Honolulu, 1956Henry J. Kaiser at expansion project for Hawaiian Village Hotel, Honolulu, 1956
Keppele, John HenryJohn Henry Keppele was a successful, respected, and well-known butcher, innkeeper, merchant, ship owner, and real estate entrepreneur.