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1900s Cork Glass Embossed Bottle Embossed Kaufman Straus Co Louisville, KY
$ 7.39
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1900s Cork top.. Embossed Bottle Kaufman Strauss Co Louisville, KY. advertises a Dept Store..not sure what the store sold in a 2 ounce.... 3 1/2' tall.. hand blown mold glass bottle.....Has a chip top opening edge..picture shows..Kaufman-Straus
was a local department store that operated in
Louisville, Kentucky
, from 1879 to 1969. In 1879, local
retail clerk
Henry Kaufman opened the first store on Jefferson between 7th and 8th. Four years later, Benjamin Straus entered into partnership with Kaufman. In 1887, the Kaufman-Straus store moved to South 4th Street in space leased from the
Polytechnic Society of Kentucky
. The new flagship store opened in 1903, at 533-49 South 4th Street, designed by local architect
Mason Maury
. I