Clothing trade

An unidentified model walks the runway at a fashion show in the GUM department store. GUM was the state owned chain of department stores in Russia. The note on the back of the photograph reads: "Dress show."

President Harry S. Truman (right) with former business partner Eddie Jacobson in Mr. Jacobson's clothing store in the Westport area of Kansas City, Missouri. This photograph from the album "Mr. President, His Family and Friends."

Street car with advertising for Eddie Jacobson's Men's Wear store painted on the side. The center of the sign reads, "Eddie Jacobsons Men's Wear - Main at 39th St. Shop Every Night till 9 PM. Park Free. SW Corner 29th & Main." The writing in the black box on the left reads, "Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothing." The writing in the black box on the right reads, "Botany 500 Suits Topcoats." In the upper left window is a small sign indicating that this is a "Special" bus today. From: Elinor Borenstine.

Westport Men's Wear Company owned by Eddie Jacobson was at the corner of 39th and Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri. The sign over the door reads, "Arrow Shirts" and below that, "Botany 500." The signs above the awnings are the same both left and right. They read, "Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes" and "Eddie Jacobson." A nighttime photo is 2008-270. Photo 2008-277 shows the interior. From: Elinor Borenstine.

Eddie Jacobson showing hats inside his store at 39th and Main in Kansas City. He shows a large array of hats with hat boxes stored above the racks. In the lower left of the photo, you can see some of the shirts and ties he has for sale. For the exterior of the store see photos 2008-269 and 2008-270. Mr. Jacobson was a friend of Harry S. Truman and a former business partner. From: Elinor Borenstine.

Eddie Jacobson (left) and Harry S. Truman (right) and two unidentified men (center) in the Truman-Jacobson Haberdashery in Kansas City, Missouri. From: Truman home.

Edward (Eddie) Jacobson, ex-partner of Harry S. Truman in the haberdashery business, now runs the Westport Men's Wear Company at 39th and Main in Kansas City, Missouri. He has two daughters. One is married to a Major in the Medical Corps in ETO, the other daughter played the piano with Mr. Truman when he used to visit them.

Truman and Jacobson Haberdashery shop at the northwest corner of 12th and Baltimore street, Kansas City, Missouri. The business was owned by Harry S. Truman and Eddie Jacobson.

Harry S. Truman as a young man in the clothing store he and Eddie Jacobson owned. The name of the store was the Truman and Jacobson Haberdashery, located at 12th and Baltimore (104 West 12th) Kansas City, Missouri The store was opened in 1919 and it failed in 1921. L to R: Harry S. Truman, Francis Berry, Mike Flynn, and Kelsey Cravens. This photograph was from the files of the Kansas City Star, but they did not originate the photograph.

An interior view of the Truman & Jacobson Haberdashery at 104 W. 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri. In the store, left to right, are: Harry S. Truman; Francis Berry (a corporal in the 129th); Mike Flynn (a Lieutenant in Battery "D"); and Kelsey Cravens (a friend of Truman). The store served as a gathering place for men of the 129th Field Artillery from November, 1919 to 1922. Edward Jacobson, who was a sergeant in Truman's Battery, was the President's partner in the business. From: Montgomery Photo-V-5326.