Evening star., 1907-10-27
ITS 47TH ANNIVERSARY
HOUSE OF LANsBURGH & BRO.
NEARLY HALF CENTURY OLD.
Occasion Noteworthy by Reason of
Special Sale-Dry Goods the
Speciality of Firm.


ing its forty-seventh anniversary. and
/ the occasion is being made a memorable
| one to all of The stores friends and pa
| IRONS by a notable sale in many Of the
| dry goods lines in which the Arm special
ICES.
| Iansburgh & Brother began business in
the District Of Columbia in 1851, and at first
they had two small stores in 7th street,
! one al No. 375, which was then, under
| the old system OF numbering, located near
| street. and the other. No. 5l5, was a few
| doors below the present establishment.
| Far back in the files of The Star LanS-
| burgh q Brother We're giving evidence of
| their dependence on printers ink. and In
| the copy Of a paper of September 30, 1865,
| they advertised q special cloak sale, show
ing the inducements Il had been made pos
stble to give to the public by one of the
members attending great auction sale in
| New York city. Lansburgh q Brother
We're the only firm then advertising in
| The Star still in business in this city.
| From the inception OF their business ca
reer Lansburg & Brother have dealt strict
| ly in dry goods, and despite numerous
! temptations and Inducements to enlarge
| tha establishment the firm has Steadfastly
| refused to branch out in department
| store lines. 1t has become a byword for
| the great shopping population of ladies In
| the District of Columbia to say that
when they cannot find A quality OF goods
! anywhere else It can be had at Lans-
/ burghs This reputation the firm is al
ways on the alert to conserve by CON
stantly seeking TO meet the requirements
! of its patrons.
Independent Business Life
! The brothers Lansburgh, Gustavus and
James We're born OF German parents in
| the city of Hamburg. Germany, and an
early age they came to this country. They
! received their early education in Balti-
| ylf,y ,.Ie
| business as clerks. In 1861 they came to
! Washington and began their independent
| business life. their first small store on
| 7th street being about large as their
! present executive offices. But they pros
| pered to such an extent that within four
years they opened second and larger
store farther south on the same thorough
| fare. In 1882 their business had shown
such d growth that they removed to their
present site f20 TO 426 7th street and AZ
| to 40 Sth street northwest. Since that
date there has never been Il moment when
success has not replied to their business
| like knocking at the door of Fortune and
today the name of Lansburgh is known
far and wide for the quality of its goods
and the reliability of its word.
| There are now nearly $40 persons en-
ployed by the firm, the force OF employees
having been constantly augmented in the
succeeding years to keep pace with the
growing demands Of the business. In con-
necton with the forty seventh anniversary
contest conducted by The Sunday Star,
the firm has prepared and published
neat little booklet containing several hun
ldred of the verses which were composed
around the initial L. In the preface of
| the little volume the statement is made
that more than UOD unsolicited jingles
were received by Lahsburgh x Brother
the first week of the contest all cOuched
in the most complimentary terms, and
all SO clever that 1t was difficult to de-
eide which was best The preface ends
with the following paragraph:
Issues Souvenir Booklet
I'VE publish our sincere thanks to all
of those who paid tribute In their
rhymes, and as token of our apprecia
ton we have compiled this Souvenir Book
let in which are printed some of the
jnEles which were sent US. and which
make very entertaining reading"
| The booklet also contains the follow
Ing. under the caption of "A Birthday
PToClamation:"
Will we see at every turn merchants
Of the present day gathering under one
roof everything needed by mankind. the
house of Lansburgh & Brother has
steadily adhered 70 a principle adopted
| when we launched out In quest of bust
ness To live and let live
| w htle the pressure brought TO bear
upon US has been tremendous at times,
we have refused absolutely every PROPOSE
tlon to change this splendid dry goods
business, carried to its present enviable
position by forty-seven years of honest
effort to a departmental store. We sell
dry goods exclusively now and always
and as long as this house stands. We
have never carried, nor will carry, Shoes
croCkery, tinWare. millinery. groceries,
candies and the IKE. That we can supply
your needs satisfactorily when they re-
late to dry goods, we stand upon our
record
Honorary Roll of Employees.
The last pages of the publication are
devoted to listing an honorary roll of
employees who have seen twelve years
and more of constant service for Lans-
burgh & Brother together with the
respective dates of employment, as fol-
lows:
Louis Goldsmith, first employed in April,
1870; John neily. September. 1871; Charles
Iardella, October, 1873; Sol Rice, March,
1878; Frank Major September. 1873: An
ME O'Bren October. 1878; Fred H. Ho-
hoff April, 1882; Leon Goldsmith, June,
1852; Abram Hart September, 1852: Mag
gle Cramer, September, 1882; William F.
Murphy october. 1882; Sol Lansburgh,
October, 1882; Samuel Hart, September,
1888; Henry Lansburgh, September 1888;
Jonas H. Michaelis, September, 1888:
Julia Wacksmuth, September, 1884; Leon
ard Campbell, December, 1884; Clara
Richardson, April, 1886; William P. Foley,
August. 1886 Edward Bachrach, Novem-
Der. 1885; Harry Wolf. June, 1887; Adolph
Weyl. March, 1885 Jonas A. Michaells,
jr., June, 1888; Maggie Berry. October,
1889; George Trail November, 1880; Max
Hirsh, September 1890 Edward Hell,
September, 1890; E. M. Campbell. Septem-
ber, 1890; Margaret % Brien, September,
1890; L. Holbrook, September. 1891: w G.
Hunter, September 1891; Lena Haas, Feb
ruary, 1892; Wesley Birch. June. 1892;
Mamie Sullivan. September, 1892 E.
Frances O'Brien, October, 1893; Mamie
Boyle. October. 1893: Lucy Sparos Sep
tember, 1894; Cecilia Moiing, October
1894; J. r. Larkin. October 1894; W. s.
Selby, September. 1898; Marx e Kahn,
September, 1896; George McCathran, Oc-
tober. 1895: William Lyell, October. 1895
Colored Help-Wiliam Robinson. April.
1865; Charles Lively, May 1885: Edward
Clarke, May. 1885; John Smith, June 1892.