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Guide to the Rubinstein's and Richard's Shoes Records c.1950-2001, MSS 1193

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Title
Rubinstein's and Richard's Shoes Records c.1950-2001
Subject
Rubinstein, David, Rubinstein, Richard, Rubinstein's Shoes (McKeesport, Pa.)., Richard's Shoes (North Versailles, Pa.), Footloose (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Footloose (Mt. Lebanon, Pa.), Temple B'nai Israel (McKeesport, Pa.), McKeesport High School (Pa.), Mon-Yough Area Development Corporation (McKeesport, Pa.), Jews--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Merchants--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Stores, Retail
Description
The Rubinstein's and Richard's Shoes Records documents the promotional and communal efforts of Rubinstein's and Richard's, a pair of family-owned shoe stores in McKeesport, Pa. The collection includes seven scrapbooks of newspaper advertisements and promotional materials and three folders of related files, including information about communal organizations such as McKeesport High School, Temple B'nai Israel (McKeesport) and the Mon-Yough Area Development Corporation (MYAID). Items of note include a register from McKeesport High School's class of 1924 and a program from the class of 1952's ten-year high school reunion. The former is comprised of questionnaires that provide information such as the profession, address, and marital status for each of the former students. The latter lists the students involved in planning the reunion, some of their businesses, and the students who passed before the reunion. Both the register and the program are of value to genealogists as the information in each item provides a link into the family history of those from the McKeesport area., Rubinstein's and Richard's Shoes Records, c.1950-2001, Rauh Jewish History Program and Archives, MSS1193, Thomas and Katherine Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center, Judith and Richard Rubinstein Gift 2018 2018.0211, David Rubinstein opened Rubinstein's Shoes in downtown McKeesport, Pa. in 1933. The store originally occupied the second floor of a downtown building before moving to 319 Fifth Avenue. It served the McKeesport area for 68 years before closing in 2001. Rubinstein's son Richard Rubinstein initially worked for his father before opening Richard's Shoes, which had branches in the Greengate and Eastland malls. Richard Rubinstein also started a shoe store called Footloose, opening a location in Shadyside in 1987 and in Mt. Lebanon in 1992., Gift of Judith and Richard Rubinstein., Processed MSS 1193 04/02/2019 C. Cocuzzi, Finding aid available.
Contributor
Rubinstein's Shoes, Richard's Shoes, Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center (depositor)
Date
1950-2001
Type
Collection, Text
Format
print, 3.0 linear feet
Identifier
oclc:1143504026, pitt:US-QQS-mss1193
Language
eng
Relation
http://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt:US-QQS-mss1193/viewer
Coverage
Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, McKeesport (Pa.)
Rights
Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use., http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
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