Business & Commerce

The Bake Shop, Cincinnati

A pink menu from the bake shop listing items for sale alongside prices.

Founded in 1929, the Bake Shop, a Jewish bakery in Cincinnati, employed over thirty women in need of work. Funded by the United Jewish Social Agencies, the Bake Shop served the Walnut Hills and Avondale communities for upwards of forty years. Recipe cards from the Bake Shop, preserved at the American Jewish Archives, reveal Jewish…

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LINCOLN’S PHOTOGRAPHER

Drawing by Ostendorf, 1975, of President Abraham Lincoln with Samuel G. Alschuler in Alschuler's photography gallery. The sign reads, "S. Alschuler's Gallery, Photographic & Printing Studio." The image is captioned, "Abraham Lincoln sits for ambrotype by Samuel BG. Alschuler in the photographer's coat as Judge J.O. Cunningham watches, Urbana, Illinois, April 25, 1858."

President Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous Gettysburg Address during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.  Five years prior to the address, Lincoln – who was campaigning for senator at the time – encountered the Bavarian-Jewish Photographer, Samuel G. Alschuler while representing clients in court in Urbana,…

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THE JEWISH ORIGINS OF A NEW YEARS TRADITION

Black and white photograph of Adolph S. Ochs.

Do you enjoy the Times Square ball drop ushering in the New Year? You have American Jewish newspaper publisher and immigrant Adolph S. Ochs to thank for this beloved tradition. Ochs was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on March 12th, 1858. Ochs began his work in the newspaper business at a very young age, delivering newspapers,…

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