Schieffelin, JacobJacob Schieffelin, the Philadelphia-born son of a German immigrant businessman, engaged in furnishing stores and provisions for the British Army in Canada, was an entrepreneur who moved vigorously into commerce and real estate speculation wherever he found himself.
Schieffelin, Jacob and Hannah Lawrence SchieffelinJacob Schieffelin and Hannah Lawrence Schieffelin, as pictured in Lawrence Buckley Thomas, The Thomas Book (New York: Henry T. Thomas…
Schiff, JacobA banker and philanthropist, Jacob H. Schiff secured European funding to build America’s railroads, mines, and other enterprises. He helped transform the United States into the world’s leading industrialized economy.
Schiff, Jacob and his Extended FamilyJacob Schiff and his extended family at their summer home in Bar Harbor, Maine. Schiff is seated at the center…
Schiff, Jacob and his Wife Therese (Loeb) Schiff, 1875Jacob Schiff and his wife Therese (Loeb) Schiff around the time of their marriage in 1875.
Schiff, Jacob and his wife Therese, n.d.This photograph shows Jacob Schiff and his wife Therese (née Loeb) walking behind an unidentified man. Schiff, a first-generation German-Jewish…
Schiff, Jacob and President Theodore RooseveltThis undated photograph shows President Theodore Roosevelt reading aloud as a group of dignitaries listens. Jacob Schiff can be seen…
Schiff, Jacob and William Gaynor, 1913Starting in the 1890s and early 1900s, Schiff worked to clean up municipal government and unseat the Tammany machine. To…
Schiff, Jacob at the Liberty Loan Parade, 1917Jacob Schiff supported the American war effort at the Liberty Loan Parade, 1917.
Schiff, Jacob WalkingApproximately 5’3” tall and fit, with a closely trimmed beard and moustache, Jacob Schiff cut a dignified figure. He carried…
Schiff: His Life and LettersCreated By: Adler, Cyrus Publisher: 1928. Reprint, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1968
Schlitz Cenotaph at Forest Home Cemetery MilwaukeeDetail from the Schlitz Cenotaph at Forest Home Cemetery Milwaukee.
Schlitz, Joseph, 1875Joseph Schlitz, 1875. From: The United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men: Wisconsin Volume (Chicago…
Schneider, Alexander of Degussa and Jacob Hasslacher at Niagara Falls in 1892Alexander Schneider of Degussa and Jacob Hasslacher at Niagara Falls in 1892.
Schnell Brewery, ca 1870Christian Heurich purchased this brewery in 1872. He modernized and expanded it until he built a new brewery in a…
