Richman Brothers Men's Vintage Hand tailored Partially Lined Wool Coat 1959-1965

Richman Brothers Men's Tweed Fully Lined Trench Coat Size 38R Vintage 1959- 1965 (Rare) The coat has a very heavy lining and is in really great condition Vintage: Circa 1959- 1965 For your consideration, we're offering this exquisite pre-owned vintage Godfather Richman Brothers overcoat Style is a classic single-breasted 3-button closure, Single Vent Heavy Coat The Richman Brothers Company was originally founded by Jewish-Bavarian immigrant Henry Richman Sr. and his brother-in-law and business partner Joseph Lehman in Portsmouth, Ohio, in 1853. By the 1930s, Richman Bros. billed itself in its advertising as the "World's Largest Manufacturers of Fine Men's Clothing." While the name of the company implies that all three brothers were equally in control of the company, it is Nathan Richman who is credited with maintaining the company’s standards and growing the business into one of the largest men’s clothing retailers in the country. At the time of his death in 1941, two thousand employees gathered at the open-casket services to bid farewell to the last surviving Richman brother After Nathan’s death, the company remained under the ownership of one of his nephews, who continued to successfully grow and expand the business. In 1969, the Richman Brothers merged with F. W. Woolworth Company, keeping the Richman brand viable for another three decades. As the industry changed sharply in the late 1980s. The Company was completely liquidated by 1992 * Coat length 39"