S. Hoffnung & Co. Limited records

fonds

1868-1977

9661461

3.96 metres of textual material (22 boxes and 17 out sized boxes and 14 volumes)

S. Hoffnung & Co. Limited was a wholesale merchandiser and importer established in 1852 by Polish immigrant Sigmond Hoffnung. Its products included canned fruits and jams, watches, glass and china, ironmongery, rocking-horses, firearms, iron safes and patent medicines. The store's first location was in Wynyard Square, Sydney though it continually outgrew its premises and by 1871 it was located on a new site in Pitt Street designed by the architect Thomas Rowe. The firm also established other branches in Australia, New Zealand and Fiji with a head office in London.

Following Sigmond Hoffnung's death the company continued for another 76 years until it was taken over by Burns, Philip and Co. in 1980.

Reference
Australian Dictionary of Biography, http://adb.anu.edu.au/ (accessed 19-08-2013)

Collection 1: S. Hoffnung & Co. Limited records, 1870s-1953

Collection 2: S. Hoffnung & Co. Limited further records, 1868-1918

Collection 3: S. Hoffnung & Co. Limited further records, 1877-1977

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