Up for sale is a rare, vintage RPPC postcard of prominent Evansville Indiana businessman and civic leader, Silas Ichenhauser (1863-1836) and his second wife MiriamNusbaum Grunsfeld Ichenhauser (1867-1945). They are pictured on January 1, 1931, in Merano, Italy (a popular early 20th century health resort and spa destination).
HISTORICAL GENEALOGY NOTE: This unique 1931 RPPC features Silas Ichenhauser (prominent Evansville, IN merchant and university trustee) and his wife Miriam Nusbaum Grunsfeld Ichenhauser. Miriam was a notable Chicago/Albuquerque philanthropist, suffragist, sister-in-law to Sears leader Julius Rosenwald, and mother to Reina Grunsfeld Rothgerber of Denver, CO. A fantastic, one-of-a-kind original heirloom piece for descendants or regional archives tracking the Ichenhauser, Grunsfeld, Nusbaum, Rosenwald, or Rothgerber family lines.
Historical Context for Collectors & Local HistoriansThis exceptional piece of social history captures a prominent 20th-century Midwestern power couple vacationing at an elite alpine wellness resort in northern Italy on New Year\'s Day, 1931. The photograph shows them beautifully attired in period winter fashion (heavy fur-trimmed coat, cloche hat, tailored three-piece suit, and walking cane).
- Silas Ichenhauser (1863–1936): A foundational titan of the Evansville, Indiana business community. He was the head of Louis Ichenhauser & Sons, the state\'s largest historic wholesale importer of fine glass, china, and pottery. Silas was also a civic leader, a director of the Cleveland Orphanage, and an early trustee of Evansville College (now the University of Evansville).
- Miriam Nusbaum Grunsfeld Ichenhauser (1867–1945): A highly influential philanthropist and women\'s suffragist. Born in New York, her sister Augusta famously married Julius Rosenwald, the billionaire leader of Sears, Roebuck & Co. Miriam lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico, during her first marriage, where she organized women\'s war work during WWI and endowed long-standing academic scholarships at the University of New Mexico (UNM). She later became a prominent high-society cultural benefactor in Chicago.
Genealogy & Institutional AppealThis is a one-of-a-kind original photographic heirloom of immense interest to regional historical societies, university archives, or researchers tracing the following family lines:
- ICHENHAUSER (Evansville, IN)
- GRUNSFELD / STRAUSS (Albuquerque, NM & Chicago, IL)
- NUSBAUM / ROSENWALD (Sears, Roebuck & Co. genealogy)
- ROTHGERBER (Denver, CO legal history via Miriam\'s daughter Reina Grunsfeld Rothgerber)
Examine the photos closely. The postcard pictured is the one you will receive.
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