Table of Contents

The Story of Karpen: An Overview

Introduction

 Part I

1823-1872: “Tischler Karpen”

1993-2017: The Karpens’ Ancestral Home

1872-1880: From the Old World to Chicago

Part II

1880-1884:  The Founding of S. Karpen & Bros.

1880-1892: The Karpen Family in America

1885-1886: First Steps

1887-1888: Nine Brothers in the Business

1889-1891: Overcoming a Tragedy

1888-1891:  The Karpen Nine—A Part of Baseball’s Lore

1892-1893: The First Karpen Building on Michigan Avenue

1891-1893: First Prize at The World’s Columbian Exposition

1893-1901: The Karpen Family in Chicago

1894-1898: Creating the Karpen Brand

1894-1898: Makers of New Patterns

Part III

1899-1910: Introduction

1899-1902: The Great Expansion

1898-1904: Automating the Furniture Industry

1900-1910: The Manufacturing Process

1900-1910: Manufacturing: Coverings and Upholstering

Part IV

1900-1910:  More Real Estate on Michigan Avenue

1901:  Revolutionizing Furniture Marketing: Selling the Karpen Name

1900-1905: Selling to the Customer-Especially the Female Customer

1904: Julius Karpen on Karpen Furniture Advertising

More chapters to Come:

1900-1905:  Entering the National Stage

1905-1910:  Success on the Nation Stage

1910-1920:  A Plastic Called Redmanol

1920-1930: The Roaring 20s

1930-1940: The New Reality

1940-1951: The Sale of S. Karpen & Bros.