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- Title
ALICE B. TOKLAS' FAMILY: A MERCHANDISING EMPIRE IN PUGET SOUND, WASHINGTON, JUNEAU AND SKAGWAY, ALASKA.
- Authors
Freedman, Debbie; Fisch, Victoria
- Abstract
The article discusses the family history of writer Gertrude Stein's lover Alice B. Toklas, focusing on the entrepreneurial ventures of her Jewish ancestors in Puget Sound, Washington, and Junea and Skagway, Alaska in the late 19th century. The author describes the lives of various members of the Toklas family, and argues that their histories represent characteristic trends found in pioneer Jewish merchants in America including settlement in regions typified by developing transportation and natural resources, political activity, and a strong Jewish identity. The families' emigration from Prussia to the Pacific Northwest of the United States is described, and various business ventures by family members including Markas (Max), Feibel (Ferdinand), and Nathan Toklas are discussed.
- Subjects
PUGET Sound (Wash.); JUNEAU (Alaska); SKAGWAY (Alaska); WASHINGTON (State); ALASKA; UNITED States; JEWISH families; JEWISH pioneers; JEWISH merchants; TOKLAS, Alice B.; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; TOKLAS, Nathan; NINETEENTH century; JEWISH history
- Publication
Western States Jewish History, 2012, Vol 45, Issue 1, p3
- ISSN
0043-4221
- Publication type
Article