[T1S1] parents, Russian immigrants; six siblings, all born in Russia; early residences in Pittsburgh; father, first president, Beth Abraham Cemetery; father's employment at Schenley Park and in the tobacco industry; family life at home; Bar Mitzvah at Beth Hamedrash Hagodol; education, Franklin School and Letsche School; recollections of school days; experience with anti-Semitism in school; medical care; selling newspapers at age sixteen; employment with Princess Dress Company on Fifth Avenue at age seventeen; some history of remodeling Washington Street Synagogue; effects of Prohibition; recollections of playing cards and drinking with other merchants on Fifth Avenue; opinions on the demise of the Fifth Avenue wholesale district; negotiating for purchase of property on Washington Street where Epiphany Church used to stand; Fifth Avenue district in the 1930s and 1940s.
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.121_t1s1
Relation
ais196440.121
"Fienberg, Jacob - February 16, 1974" Metadata
Metadata Details
Title
Fienberg, Jacob - February 16, 1974
Creator
National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Pittsburgh Section
Description
Fienberg, Jacob, owner of a women's dress shop on Fifth Avenue in Pittsburgh, the largest wholesale district between New York and Chicago from the 1930s to the 1960s; year of birth, 1894.
Contributor
Fienberg, Jacob (interviewee), Cohen, Marian (interviewer), University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
1974-02-16
Type
oral histories (literary genre), Sound
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.121
Rights
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