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Persoonlijke gegevens Emanuel Bernheim 

• Hij is geboren op 25 december 1831 in Haigerloch, Zollernalbkreis, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany.
• Beroepen:
• in het jaar 1864 in J.Bernheim &, Co., Santa Cruz, California, Verenigde Staten.
• in het jaar 1864 in J. Bernheim &, Co (with Emanuel), dry goods, Front Street near the plaza, Santa Cruz.
• in het jaar 1866 in J. Bernheim &, Co (with Emanuel), dry goods, Otto &, Trust brick building, upper Front St, Santa Cruz.Bron 2
• in het jaar 1882 in J. J. Mack, Leemore, Kings, California, Verenigde Staten.
• Hij is overleden op 24 juni 1904 in San Francisco, California, USA, hij was toen 72 jaar oud.
• Een kind van Lazarus Bernheim en Fanny Hochstudter

Gezin van Emanuel Bernheim

Hij is getrouwd met Emma Hirschfelder.

Zij zijn getrouwd te San Francisco, California, USA.

Kind(eren):

1. Maurice H Bernheim  1862-1919
2. William Arnold Bernheim  1865-1924
3. Fannie J Bernheim  1867-1916
4. Alonzo J Bernheim  1883-1962

Notities over Emanuel Bernheim

Emanuel was the third partner in the family firm. His obituary from theSanta Cruz Surf,
June 25, 1904, stated, twenty years ago there were so many Bernheims in this store that it was often difficult to identify them. Emanuel was known as the dark one, his hair and whiskers at that time being jet black. He was a man of quiet disposition, but highly regarded by those who knew him.

The Bernheims general merchandise business was located in the first brick building
on Front Street, then the business center of Santa Cruz. The Front Street building was destroyed in a fire, and they moved to 114-120 Pacific Avenue (now 1375 Pacific Avenue) opening the Bernheim building, erected in 1875. The first story of this Italianate structure was an iron front, one consisting largely of glass and cast iron pilasters. The second story had double, arched windows under broken pediments. Contractor John Williams added bay windows in 1882.
Front Street had been the principal business thoroughfare, however at the time the Bernheims moved, it began to take a downward course. Other Front Street merchants moved to the avenue at the same time. On Pacific Avenue, the business grew into one of the most important and largest in the county, which was well known throughout the state as the Bernheim Company. (34) This company was the first department store in
Santa Cruz, a dry goods, clothing, and grocery store combined. It was also the most extensive mercantile establishment in the county. The business J. Bernheim & Co. was incorporated July 26, 1870, the term of the corporation to exist fifty years. (35) In 1875, a block was named after the family. Bernheim Block Bloch had wooden sidewalks, hitching posts, and wide, protective awnings that marked Pacific Avenue. (36) The November 6, 1875 issue of the Santa Cruz Sentinel describes the block and also the structure, which gives modern day readers an insight into the layout of a dry goods store:

Bernheim & Cos block on Pacific avenue [sic] is completed, and is one of the most imposing edifices in town. It is of brick, two stories high, with solid stone foundation, and measures 60 feet front by 100 feet in depth. The store occupied by the owners is 34 feet wide, and the other 26 feet. Each story is 16 feet high from floor to ceiling and from the pavement to the top of the firewall measures 40 feet. The cellar, 55x100 feet, has a brick floor, cemented on top, is cool and dry, and will be used for the storage of bulky articles and those requiring a lower temperature than the story above. The second story is divided by a partition from front to rear, forming two rooms the size of those below, and in addition to numerous windows in front and rear, is lighted and ventilated by five large
sky-lights two in each room, and one in the ante-room at the head of the stairway. The largest of the rooms on the second story will be fitted up with a stage at the rear, 25 feet in depth, for concert, ball and theatrical purposes, with dressing, retiring and card rooms attached.

Bernheim & Cos store is fitted with shelving and counters on both sides, running rearward about 80 feet, affording ample space for the handling and display of an immense and varied stock of merchandise. There will be a place for everything and everything, when orders succeed the chaos of removal, will be found in its place. A railroad track will be laid from the outer edge of the sidewalk through the center of the store to the patent elevator in the rear. All articles will find their way into the cellar through the front opening on the street; everything required to be withdrawn will be sent up on the elevator and conveyed to the street over the railroad track.
Upstairs from this store was a hall known as Bernheims Hall, which was opened in July 1876. In anticipation of its opening, the Santa Cruz Sentinel of March 25, 1875, stated Workmen are busily engaged in fitting up the second story of Bernheims new building for a theatre. The gallery will seat about 250 persons and extends down the sides nearly to the stage. The lower tiers will accommodate about 350 persons. Bernheims Hall had a small stage and gaudily painted scenery. For many years, until the turn of the century, the hall was the center of social activities, including dances and parties, for the entire Santa Cruz community. Tom Thumb and his troupe once appeared there.

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