Introduction: "One of New Jersey's most enlightened personalities" -- Baltimore roots, 1855-1887 -- Building an empire, 1892-1911 -- The great white store, 1912-1921 -- One of America's great stores, 1922-1929 -- "A record of his benefactions": Bamberger as a philanthropist -- Bamberger, the face of Newark's Jews -- "Maecenas of all the arts" -- Bamberger, Einstein, and the Institute for Advanced Study, 1930-1944 -- Epilogue: a life well lived.
Summary
Louis Bamberger was the epitome of the merchant prince as public benefactor. Born in Baltimore, this son of German immigrans built his business-- the great, glamorous L. Bamberger and Company department store in Newark, N.J. into the sixth-largest department store in the country.
