| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Stearn, Abraham |
| Title: | Abraham Stearn Photographs |
| Dates: | 1870-1920 |
| Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) |
| Abstract: | Abraham Stearn (1847-1921) was a Cleveland, Ohio-born philanthropist and financier. He joined Moses, Levy and Co., a fancy goods and toy store, in 1868. It became Levy and Stearn in 1872 and Stearn and Co., ca. 1905. Stearn was a director of the Society for Savings, the American Savings Bank and other institutions. He was a trustee of the Foundation of Jewish Charities and of the Jewish Orphan Asylum. He married Bertha Rohrheimer in 1876. The collection consists of individual portraits of Abraham Stearn; individual and group portraits of family members, friends, and associates; views of the Abraham Stearn residences on Case Avenue and Magnolia Drive; exteriors of the Levy and Stearn Department Stores on Superior Avenue and on Euclid Avenue;and portraits of the officers of the Federation of Jewish Charities. |
| PG Number | PG 343 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
Abraham Stearn (1847-1921) was president of The Stearn Company and a well-known philanthropist and financier. Born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1847, Stearn joined Moses, Levy, and Company, a fancy goods and toy store, in 1868. The store changed its name to Levy and Stearn in l872 and to Stearn and Company ca. 1905. Stearn was a director of the Society for Savings, the American Savings Bank, and other institutions. He was a founding trustee of the Federation of Jewish Charities, and a trustee of the Jewish Orphan Home.
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The Abraham Stearn Photographs, ca. 1870-1920, consist of individual portraits of Abraham Stearn; individual and group portraits of family members, friends, and associates; views of the Abraham Stearn residences on Case Avenue and Magnolia Drive; exteriors of the Levy and Stearn Department Stores on Superior Avenue and on Euclid Avenue; and portraits of the officers of the Federation of Jewish Charities. The collection includes 38 black and white photographs of varying sizes.
This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of the Jewish community in Cleveland, Ohio; business history; architectural history; and philanthropy and charity.
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Related MaterialThe researcher should also consult MS 4056 Abraham Stearn Papers.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] PG 343 Abraham Stearn Photographs, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
These photographs were removed from MS 4056 Abraham Stearn Papers. Gift of Alan S. Geimer in 1987.
Abraham Stearn Photographs ca. 1870-1920 |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Abraham Stearn and family dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Abraham Stearn residence, 1030 Case Avenue, Cleveland ca. 1900 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Abraham Stearn residence, 1615 Magnolia Drive, Cleveland ca. 1915 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Levy and Stearn Department Store, 163 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, exterior view ca. 1875 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Levy and Stearn Department Store, 194 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, exterior view ca. 1890 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Levy and Stearn Department Store, 246 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland (previously numbered 28-36 Euclid Avenue), exterior view ca. 1900 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Levy and Stearn Department Store, 246 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland (previously numbered 28-36 Euclid Avenue), interior view ca. 1900 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Rohrheimer Tobacco Store (Rohrheimer was once a part-owner of Levy and Stearn) dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Miscellaneous, including views of the officers of the Federation of Jewish Charities dates vary | |||||||||