Herman A. Flurscheim
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Herman A. Flurscheim (1851 – August 18, 1914) or Hermann Flürscheim was a partner with Franklin Simon in Franklin Simon & Co.
He had a brother, Michael Flürscheim. His children include: Harry D. Flurscheim; Estelle Flurscheim Loeb; Agnes E., and Helen I. Flurscheim.
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- New York Times; September 25, 1914, Friday; Keeps Firm Alive with his Will; Herman A. Flurscheim Leaves Residuary Estate of $1,000,000. Children are the Heirs. Estate to Continue In Franklin Simon & Co. Bequest of $50,000 to Mme. De Lyteuil. The will of Herman A. Flurscheim, who held a half interest in the co-partnership of Franklin Simon Co., importers on Fifth Avenue, when he died on August 18, was filed for probate yesterday. The residuary estate, estimated at more than $1,000,000, is left to the five children and a granddaughter, Madeline Lindauer.
- Time (magazine); Monday, April 4, 1932; Founder Franklin Simon, no kin to Simple Simon, has little doubt that his Greenwich venture will succeed. He well remembers his early success in penetrating a residential district. In 1903 he opened a store at Fifth Avenue & 37th Street, next to a Presbyterian church. First year it lost $40,000, second year $28,000. Third year the net profit was $84,000. Success was chiefly due to women's clothes imported from France. Franklin Simon, son of a cigarmaker, had learned the clothing business from Stern Brothers. On buying trips abroad he had been impressed by French styles. Until 1914 he was in partnership with a Frenchman named Herman A. Flurscheim, who supplied the store with styles from London, Paris, Vienna. France made Franklin Simon a chevalier of the Legion of Honor for having done more than any other person to put U. S. women into French clothes.
