JAMES LEVI AND COMPANY

Photo courtesy: Bob Reding and the Center for Dubuque History, Loras College

Photo courtesy: National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium-Captain William D. Bowell, Sr. River Library-James Wall-Wild, Registrar

JAMES LEVI AND COMPANY. The 1875-1876 Dubuque City Directory located James Levi, a clothier, at 698 Main.

James Levi and Company in the 1880s stood at the corner of 6th and Main STREETS. The company offered a ready-to-wear department.

An immigrant from Alsace like Alexander LEVI, his uncle, James Levi was a brilliant retailer. He was the major stockholder in both the High Bridge Company DUBUQUE WAGON BRIDGE and UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY.

When he died, so many people wanted to attend the funeral (more than 600) that they could not be accommodated in the local temple. The visiting Rabbi from Chicago was invited to deliver his service from the pulpit of SAINT JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

Liquidation of the James Levi Company. Photo courtesy: Cathy's Treasures, 156 Main, Dubuque

The 1909 Dubuque City Directory , 1913 Dubuque and Dubuque County Directory and the 1916-1917 White's Dubuque County Directory gave this business address as 672-698 Main.

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Source:

Pritikin, Karin. "Family & Community History- a Serendipitous Quest." Adapted from “Jewish History, Writ Large and Small” presented August 23, 2008, 2:30 PM at Temple Beth El, Dubuque