Store/Shop

Adolph Meyer Trier was born in Copenhagen on September 24, 1817. His parents were the banker and merchant Meyer Seligmann Salomon Trier, born in Copenhagen on August 29, 1770, and Esther Trier, née Lazarus, also born in Copenhagen in July 1780. Adolph Meyer Trier had ten other siblings. His sister Rose (1802–1890), who was 15 years older, was married to the silk and textile merchant Bendix Meyer Goldschmidt (1791–1874).

The Berlin address book of 1925 contains the following entry: Lachman,Jungnickel & Co., Backfisch-,Mädchen- u. Knabenkonfektion, Wallstr.11-12.

In 1907, Alois Eckstein, born in 1883 near Marienbad, acquired an old building in a corner location in Potschappel to open his own department store. Eckstein had previously worked as an employee in Dresden. His store opened on September 27, 1907 and offered a wide range of goods. As there were previously only a few large shopping opportunities for the growing population of the Düren basin, Eckstein quickly generated large profits, so that he had a more representative and larger building erected from June 1913.

The address book of the city of Munich from 1889 contains the following entries: Billigheimer & Cie, Bettfederngeschäft en gros, Fabrik und Lager, Nockherstr. 2 u. 3 -  Billigheimer Julius ( Billigheimer & Cie ), Kaufmann, Prielmeierstr. 18. - The following entry can be found in the 1896 address book: Billigheinmer & Einstein, bed feathers & down en gros, factory and warehouse Nockherstr. 2 and 3, Billigheimer Julius (Billigheimer & Einstein) merchant, Steinsdorfstr.18 Bel`Etage r.

The Munich address book of 1860 contains the following entry: Steinhardter Samuel, Rauhwaaren-Händler, Marienplatz 2 - The address book of the city of Munich from 1891 contains the following entries: Steinharter S., Großhdl. in Häuten, Fellen u. Wolle, Compt. Corneliusstr.6, (T) Lagerhaus - äuß. Birkenau 3 (T). - Steinharter Alex, wholesaler in company S. Steinharter Corneliusstr. 6, - Steinharter Bertha, Privatiers-Wttw. Corneliusstr.6, - Steinharter Josef, wholesaler in company S. Steinharter am Einlaß1, - Steinharter Sigm., wholesaler in company S.

In 1868, Salomon Wetzlar (1836-1895) from Gudensberg took over the workshop and store of his father-in-law Hirsch Klein (1809-1871). After the death of Salomon Wetzlar, his widow Pauline, née Klein, continued the business unchanged. His parents were later succeeded by their son Max Wetzlar, who was appointed purveyor to the court of Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria in 1907. The business was in a prominent location, first at Lange Strasse 34, then later at Lange Strasse 12.

The cloth and country goods shop of Heinrich Silbermann (1812-1881) had been in existence since 1863 at the latest. The business was probably closed after his death.

In the address book of the trading bodies and factories of the imperial and royal capital and residence city of Vienna, then of several provincial cities for the year 1845, the following entry can be found: Mr. Epstein Lazar, from Prague, under the company name recorded here and in Prague: L. Epstein;  has the defeat of his k. k. privil. The brothers Israel and Ephraim Epstein from Prague laid the foundations for the economic rise of the Epstein family towards the end of the 18th century. They specialized in the printing of cotton fabrics, known as calico printing.