The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-05
The House Of Reinach in
Richmond Grew From
a Small Beginning.
MILLINERY AS WE'LL
ASMANUFACTURING
One of the Great Stores Of Rich
Inond, and How 1t Grew-The
House of Reinach Becomes a
Feature of Richmond's Big
Business-A Story Of
Business Success.

Some people th!ni. st IS curious how
Dichmord has attrac led The very best
OF th,ngs in the tradiul; line. but there
is really uothinr curious about t.
FOLKS come along here aometimcs just
10 bc travelling ana seeing sights, and
vhen they get 10 RicamoUd they rec
sights that theY.werc perilaps not look
ing for They :night have come 70
etudy histcrT or 10 see ancient land
inarks and all the Ike OF that, and. u
the rurprise of some % th.m the:
found when they got mere that Rich
rnond was not only - place OF "a tov;c
interest. but ii might. sood OLD town 20
DO business IN. 1 ll,ow OF not less
than two dozen establishments that
lave become moro or icEs famous II ,hc
commercial history ot Richmond tina,
cane about much 81 th.r Wa, But
lave ouly one case iu vie,v s-ht now.
The House 81 n-inrch.
JuLt .IAte.n ycars aso, tat IL Six
teen wears ago to-nociow, young
inan. comparatively youae 'd'oppsi in
10 EirhmonG, just 10 80. u.c siehts.
and without nv ..ea OF looat.n. .ere
This young man was ike Heilacl, and
flc came from Cincinnati. where .c had
been engaged IN tho wl0icaeie !H,liiu-
cry business. Ills stop oVei 81 E.ch
mono wDs. purtiy nccidcntnl. fog nc
was on his wa: u New YORK, Wit. the
with 4 iari-c whOleHaie Iai!Iluery house
iucnnn,J srd i.f.b,,,,ri ,.,tn,e tti.r1
him
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rr,i,,i ri 90 n s,i.c.~f,!lv. This
,t;r,r l-.,.j tor t,,o y,,t. ma ware
,sl., . ,.r.., ,rc J.=trcvAd Tie NIeyor
st.r. riI. t,...,,,,a on f:stcr Mo-
d.y az me ycnr TACO
H., I'M, fn.nuti,tc. ir Kciprch LAD
.,,li.t.d ~. s.-yi,cs oi a good v.ornaI.
mss ~ Cincinnati ana t!ds eood wo-
,non afterwards became M:s. ReIuacn
After trc Never tire Alr and Mr-
Kcinaci leased tic millinery depart
mont OF tho great house II ThaIhimer
Brothers, and FOR TWO years ran that
shop to tho mutual prolt q tho Thai
hiincrs and the Rc!uAcis. At the 81
lirauon OF their contract with the
ricssrs. THalhinIer. feeling that they
wanted i store OF their own, they took
.Ae PREMISES at 4.I Broad street on
(, rs. years lease. IN less than two
wears tAcv found this store too small
and Inc present location OF tie Rein
leascd. ava has since beeu mighty
velI-knoyyn TO The Richmond trading
put,lic csnacieliv III, loltes Nh,
Reinach Comnanv was INCORPORATED,
and = rcv. h,iilding ,rectod .rffis deel
ton,, Mac T., III, f,Ii OF 1en5. ,nd ,I,.
,,,s,n.es ,y,s co,,,yru.d -. , f,.ic,Iv
niIj,crv house until after Mr.. Rein.
Gc!!'s death IN 1909, when Mrs. Hcirach
osx.ir,,.d cr,r,,-oi ~. - Io,,lc 81
conTinued m. h,si,,csa ,jn,il ioIo wLsn
frc,i,,e- thai tho ,n,narrmcrt ri tba
,-ro1yine- hu.in.s. va moro ,ban she
g,,etcd 20 1ooi. agtcr sb" so,s
~. NJ 49, ,ntor..st ~ u. .,...t 80,
-. .i,.. ,,ado ~. u.In.o1, ste.-c
-
90 49,, .,,.n,,,,,,om, Sau
1.oiSS ,''". -, 80. 1900,
hhslai'u' t'e go ~,
nv ,haa n,,,,,te, nj new de-
company ;.a"eo ,'ui''nei
partments 10 the a!FeauF sISa.
There came some !Ihdho''.i ,,.
come years ago. ana III "cp.e iil''si
1913. the entire BUSINESS y - L' $500
BY company known 40 '"c -
Company. Inc.
1t Is no secret that the 'hetiu 90
this company or coFPo,;tl'oi al
England men, WIN uhi,'lltcu "a 10. 80
are manufacturers on II ia. 80 ~. .,''.
the owners OF C.i!I VI -.
extends from Ne" .hsi"H ~ ne -
Charles Miller Is I'!e p'esiue,. ~ 'i.'
company. taIry NcaIne! Is tne -,
urer. X. y. Lldstohe Is ,hc N''cp''esa,
dent and j. u. Iattce - tno .r, ~
manager OF inc lticn"lo'i" 80. ne
president Is also inc Pies!u . ~ VI VIC
New England CioaN anu sun eo.i,,'inS'
of Boston. ana the i-iastoi'e Coilp h ~,