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Haas Brothers records, 1869-1912.
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Haas Brothers records, 1869-1912Creator/Contributor:
Haas Brothers, Inc, creatorCreator/Contributor:
North American Navigation CompanyCreator/Contributor:
Consolidated Quicksilver Mining CompanyCreator/Contributor:
Yuma Improvement CompanyCreator/Contributor:
Klamath Development CompanyCreator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1988.007.Creator/Contributor:
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and LifeCreator/Contributor:
Online Archive of CaliforniaAbstract:
The collection consists of a small number of business records of Haas Brothers of San Francisco, including checks, promissory
notes (1875-1908), partnership agreement and dissolution documents, and materials relating to Haas Brothers' investments in
the North American Navigation Company (1896), the Consolidated Quicksilver Mining Company (1884-1900), the Yuma Improvement
Company (1893-1894), and the Klamath Development Company (1905).
Date:
1869 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caHaas Brothers, Inc. -- Archives
Grocery trade -- California
Jews -- California
Jewish businesspeople -- California
Note:
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1988.007.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Haas Brothers records, BANC MSS 2010/685, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, University of
California, Berkeley.
Charles and Kalman Haas founded Haas Brothers, Inc., a prominent wholesale grocery business in nineteenth-century California.
The profits from the business were invested in mining, utility, and transportation businesses.
Materials in English.
Type:
Financial records-California.Legal documents-California.
Physical Description:
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1 box (.2 linear feet)
Language:
English
Identifier:
2006585594
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.