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46-620: The three Schwabacher brothers, natives of Zirndorf , Bavaria, came to the United States in the mid-19th century. The first to cross over was Louis Schwabacher, who came over with the help of his mother’s brother, Isaac Bloch of San Francisco. Louis engaged in business several places in the Southern United States and settled for a time in Mississippi . In 1858 he relocated to San Francisco. Around that time, his brothers joined him. When

92-567: A branch store in Boise, Idaho . The three Schwabacher brothers' only sister, Bobette (Babette) Schwabacher (January 3, 1836 – January 7, 1908), married the brothers' business associate Bailey Gatzert in 1861. The couple headed in 1869 for Seattle—then a town of barely 1,000 people—where Gatzert established a branch of Schwabacher Bros. & Company. Gatzert would go on to become Seattle's first (and, as of 2009, only) Jewish mayor . Schwabacher Bros. & Company became Seattle's first wholesaler , with

138-549: A business opened October 11, 1869. Schwabachers' 1872 Seattle office at Front Street (now First Avenue South) and Yesler Way was the city's first brick building. Under Gatzert's direction, the company also constructed a warehouse, a grist mill, and Schwabacher's Wharf. A September 25, 1871 advertisement in the Intelligencer (predecessor of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer ) boasted that the store "sold everything from

184-490: A free warehouse, a special economic zone is not a building or premises, but a location which has been carefully charted and recorded. Sometimes these areas are known as bonded logistics parks . Depending on different countries, it is difficult to choose what kind of warehouse should be chosen for different situations, for example, goods may be entered for temporary warehouse and afterwards for local consumption or they may be transported outbound to another country and placed in

230-466: A granddaughter Emilie, who married Morton Schwabacher. Babette Schwabacher and Bailey Gatzert had no children. Louis Schwabacher and Belle (or Bella), née Blum, had two daughters, Mina Louise and Jacie. Abraham Schwabacher and Sarah née Lehrberger had five children. Their children were Louis A., Jennie, Frederick, Sophie, and Mina Alice (who married Nathan Eckstein). The Ecksteins had two daughters: Johanna —a noted Seattle philanthropist and patron of

276-666: A major role on many fronts in the city's development. In 1919 the Seattle Post-Intelligencer wrote of the firm on its 50th anniversary: The history of Schwabacher is interwoven with the history of Seattle, not alone in that the firm and the city have progressed in the respective enterprises of business and community development, but in the more intimate relations between the men of the Schwabacher concern and their fellow citizens. True public spirit has never been more constantly exemplified than by all of these, from Mr. Gatzert,

322-431: A needle to an anchor." The store established in-house brands "Colonial" and "Old Faithful." Drawing on the company's Walla Walla experience, the store outfitted miners for the 1879–1880 Ruby Creek / Skagit River gold rush slightly north of Seattle. Schwabacher's Wharf, site of the city's first customs house and first bonded warehouse had the good fortune to be the only wharf on Seattle's Central Waterfront to survive

368-591: A relative with the surname Black, probably originally Bloch), the brothers set up a business in Walla Walla, Washington, in 1860. At that time, Walla Walla was a base for the Orofino Creek gold rush in Idaho , and was accessible only about half the year, when the untamed Columbia River was calm enough for travel; a decade later it was still a chaotic frontier town. For roughly two decades, Sigmund Schwabacher would remain

414-511: A two-year tutelage by Eckstein. Just before his father Leo's death, Morton married his San Franciscan second cousin once removed, Emilie Bloch, who joined him in Seattle; their sole daughter Eleanor married Philip Boren. However, the Schwabacher business dynasty ended with Morton Schwabacher's death in 1977. The Seattle Schwabachers, including Schwabachers-by-marriage Gatzert and Eckstein, were heavily involved in Seattle society, non-profit work, and in

460-423: A warehouse or entered into a warehouse waiting for retailers to transfer them. Under such a complex circumstances, many importers and exporters try to use automation to help manage issues in bonded warehouse which, to some extent, can respond rapidly to customer orders and dispatch products. Bonded store is place where they place those items which are not declared either serviceable or un-serviceable. Previous to

506-538: Is a town, which is part of the district of Fürth . It is located in northern Bavaria , Germany in the Regierungsbezirk of Middle Franconia . The following towns and municipalities share borders with Zirndorf; they are listed in clockwise order, starting in the north: The first mention of the town occurs in a document dated 9 September 1297. The town was virtually destroyed during the Thirty Years' War , though

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552-474: Is also known as Public Customs Bonded Warehouses. Examples of type B customs warehouse in Asian countries include Central Warehousing Corporation, Concor, State Warehousing Corporation, DHL Public Bonded Warehouses, Contegrate Entrepot Public Bonded Warehouses, and Allcargo Custom Bonded Warehouses. Type B warehouses are licensed by the concerned customs authorities to act as custodian and escrow to store goods until duty

598-490: Is paid by the importers. A type C customs warehouse is a private customs warehouse. This means that only the administrator of the customs warehouse (warehouse keeper) can store goods in it, either their own goods or goods stored on behalf of others, the warehouse keeper remaining responsible to customs for the goods kept in storage. The warehouse keeper is also the person who has to provide security to customs. Type C warehouses are importer-specific warehouses wherein goods of only

644-705: The Franconian style. The plans were prepared by the Construction Office of the German Air Force , and work began on the Barracks in the spring of 1938. It was completed in mid-1940. This Spotlight and Anti-Aircraft Barracks as it was then called, was one of the best military training barracks in the Third Reich . In 1945, soldiers of the U.S. 26th Infantry Regiment occupied the barracks. On 11 May 1949, this barracks

690-803: The Great Seattle Fire of 1889. The arrival of the Portland at Schwabacher's Wharf in July 1897, with its "ton of gold", is usually counted as the start of the Yukon Gold Rush , from which the Schwabachers profited greatly as outfitters. Schwabacher's Wharf was also the terminus for Seattle's first shipping trade route to the Orient, connecting to the Great Northern Railway . While Schwabacher's Wharf survived

736-578: The Gulf War in 1991. Shortly thereafter, the Army and Air Force Exchange Service , Europe (AAFES-Europe), headquartered their operations at Pinder Barracks. In the fall of 1993, the 7th Corps Support Group moved its home to Pinder Barracks as well. Within the departure of AAFES-Europe and the 7th Corps Support Group, the chapter of America's presence in Zirndorf came to a close. Although these barracks were abandoned in

782-666: The Seattle Times in 1976, it was at that time the Pacific Northwest's largest wholesaler of hard goods. Pacific Marine Schwabacher sold out to Jensen-Byrd Co. of Spokane, Washington in 1981. The Gatzert-Schwabacher Land Company primarily owned land in Seattle, but also had investments in Anacortes, Washington , and in Skagit , as well as Pierce and Jefferson Counties. With numerous cousin marriages and multiple recurring forenames,

828-511: The brewing industry established in the late seventeenth century helped in its recovery. In the mid-nineteenth century, the toy industry contributed to the town’s industrial development, and remains important today. In 1935 the city of Zirndorf applied to the German Reich Administration to have a caserne built here. The application was approved, with the condition of Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring , that construction must be in

874-431: The state or by private enterprise. In the latter case a customs bond must be posted with the government. This system is widely used in developed countries throughout the world. Upon entry of goods into the warehouse, the importer and warehouse proprietor incur liability under a bond. This liability is generally cancelled when the goods are: While the goods are in the bonded warehouse, they may, under supervision by

920-408: The 1960s when it spent four seasons in the third division Bayernliga . Zirndorf is twinned with: Bonded warehouse A bonded warehouse , or bond , is a building or other secured area in which imported but dutiable goods may be stored, manipulated, or undergo manufacturing operations without payment of duty . They may then be again exported without payment of duty. It may be managed by

966-546: The Great Seattle Fire, their retail store did not. Within 16 days, they had erected temporary one-story brick building at Front Street (now First Avenue) and Madison Street. In 1893, another fire burned out their hardware department, prompting new construction with the hardware department as the separate Schwabacher Hardware Company, headed by Sigmund Schwabacher, who for the rest of his life traveled frequently between San Francisco and Seattle. Upon Sigmund's death in 1900, he

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1012-666: The Schwabacher family genealogy can be confusing. In particularly, there were numerous intermarriages with the Bloch family. The parents of Babette, Louis, Abraham, Sigmund Schwabacher were Loeb Schwabacher (c. 1800 – May 23, 1846) and Mina née Bloch (October 10, 1805 – May 11, 1843). They lived and died in Bavaria. Mina's parents were Feischel Bloch and Sarah née Floss. Mina's sisters Henrietta (Jetta) and Sophie successively married Samuel Lehrberger; Sophie and Samuel Lehrberger's daughter Sarah married Abraham Schwabacher. Mina's brother Isaac Bloch had

1058-646: The Seattle school board and active roles in the Seattle Community Fund (later Seattle United Way , a Washington State tax investigation committee (1921–1922), and the 1925 Seattle City Charter Commission; he was also active in charitable organizations and was a patron of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra . In addition, Jacob Furth, who had come to Seattle under the influence of the Gatzerts, and whose business interests were intertwined with theirs, played

1104-639: The arts, who never married—and Babette, who married twice and had four children. Sigmund Schwabacher and his wife Rosa Schwabacher (an Albany, New York -born relative, although the exact relationship is unclear) had seven children; of these, only their eldest son Leo (and, in turn, his son Morton) figures in the business dynasty in the Pacific Northwest. Sigmund and Rosa Schwabacher's other children were Max, Mina, Lester (who died in infancy), Stella, Franklin (Frank), and Helen Rita. Stella, Frank, and Helen left further descendants. Zirndorf Zirndorf ( German pronunciation: [ˈt͡sɪʁndɔʁf] )

1150-457: The commissioners may approve of, for the payment of the full duties chargeable on any goods warehoused therein, or for the due exportation thereof (s. 13). All goods deposited in a warehouse, without payment of duty on the first importation, upon being entered for home consumption, are chargeable with existing duties on like goods under any customs acts in force at the time of passing such entry (section 19). The act also prescribes various rules for

1196-695: The commissioners of customs, for the deposit of goods for security thereof, and the duties due thereon". By section 12 of the act, the treasury may appoint warehousing ports or places, and the commissioners of customs may from time to time approve and appoint warehouses in such ports or places where goods may be warehoused or kept and fix the amount of rent payable in respect of the goods. The proprietor or occupier of every warehouse so approved (except existing warehouses of special security in respect of which security by bond has hitherto been dispensed with), or some one on his behalf, must, before any goods be warehoused therein, give security by bond, or such other security as

1242-401: The customs authority, be manipulated by cleaning, sorting, repacking, or otherwise changing their condition by processes that do not amount to manufacturing. After manipulation, and within the warehousing period, the goods may be exported without the payment of duty, or they may be withdrawn for consumption upon payment of duty at the rate applicable to the goods in their manipulated condition at

1288-505: The establishment of Reform Judaism in Seattle. Along with Schwabacher protégé Jacob Furth , Bailey Gatzert played a key role in assuring the city a water supply in the 1880s. Gatzert was also a Seattle City Council member and mayor, as well as longtime Seattle Chamber of Commerce head. Gatzert's wife, the former Babette Schwabacher, co-founded Seattle's first charity, the Ladies Relief Society (now Seattle Children's Home ), and

1334-450: The establishment of bonded warehouses in England the payment of duties on imported goods had to be made at the time of importation, or a bond with security for future payment given to the revenue authorities. The inconveniences of this system were many: To obviate these difficulties and to put a check upon frauds on the revenue, Robert Walpole proposed in his " excise scheme " of 1733,

1380-655: The firm's resident partner in Walla Walla. He was director of the First National Bank of Walla Walla, (independent until it was merged into Seattle First National Bank in 1947), and helped raise funds for the Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad . (Despite its ambitious name, the railroad never made it out of King County , where Seattle is located.) The Schwabacher company also operated two grist mills in Walla Walla. In 1872, Sigmund Schwabacher also married his cousin, Rosa Schwabacher; about 10 years later, she convinced him that it

1426-738: The main focus of the brothers' business shifted to the Pacific Northwest , Abraham Schwabacher stayed behind at the brothers' San Francisco headquarters. He married his first cousin , Sara Lehrberger Schwabacher. One Schwabacher enterprise in California was the Stockton Milling Company ( Stockton, California ), of which Sigmund Schwabacher was president. After ventures in San Francisco and in The Dalles , Oregon (where Sigmund worked for

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1472-404: The market, such as the repacking and mixing of tea, the racking, vatting, mixing and bottling of wines and spirits, the roasting of coffee, the manufacture of certain kinds of tobacco, etc., and certain specific allowances are made in respect of waste arising from such processes or from leakage, evaporation and the like. Bonded warehousing exists in much of the developed world. They are of note in

1518-446: The outer ones being iron, the inner cedar…. The interior was 16 feet high, painted white. Its six iron pillars were painted and gilded. In the northwest corner, there was a glass space of 12x16 elevated with a fireplace where Mr. Sigmund Schwabacher could observe and direct the activities. In 1909, H.A. Gardner, J.M. Fitzgerald, and others bought the store, which survived until 1980 as Gardner's Department Store. The Schwabachers also had

1564-650: The payment of customs duties on goods warehoused. These provisions are contained in the Customs Consolidation Act 1876 ( 39 & 40 Vict. c. 36), and the amending statutes, the Customs and Inland Revenue Act 1880 , and the Revenue Act of 1883 . The warehouses are known as "king's warehouses", and section 284 of the Customs Consolidation Act defined them as "any place provided by the crown or approved by

1610-442: The pioneer, to Nathan Eckstein, the present able head of the firm, always attended by generous contribution of time, service and money to every civic need. Seattle and the house of Schwabacher are fond and justly proud of each other—not a doubt of that. Schwabacher Bros. & Company was eventually renamed Pacific Coast Wholesale Grocery and later as Pacific Marine Schwabacher, Inc., which operated in eight western states. According to

1656-433: The specific licensed importers may be stored in the warehouse. Such warehouses are also called Private Bonded Warehouses. Type D and E customs warehouses are private customs warehouses, which means that only the administrator (warehouse keeper) is allowed to store goods in them. A Public Bonded Warehouse is a building or premises guarded and locked by customs. Anyone can store goods within this building or premises. Unlike

1702-460: The storage of goods in a bonded warehouse. Temporary storage premises offer the possibility of storing goods that enter the customs territory of the EU awaiting further customs-approved use or treatment. The type B customs warehouse is a public customs warehouse. This means that the administrator (warehouse keeper) can make the premises available to anyone that wants to store goods under customs control. It

1748-443: The system of warehousing for tobacco and wine . The proposal was unpopular, and it was not until 1803 that the system was actually adopted. That year, imported goods were to be placed in warehouses approved by the customs authorities, and importers were to give bonds for payment of duties when the goods were removed. The Customs Consolidation Act 1853 dispensed with the giving of bonds, and laid down various provisions for securing

1794-421: The time of withdrawal. In the United States, goods may remain in the bonded warehouse up to five years from the date of importation. Bonded warehouses provide specialized storage services such as deep freeze or bulk liquid storage, commodity processing, and coordination with transportation , and are an integral part of the global supply chain . Depending on the country or region, there are various options for

1840-449: The unshipping, landing, examination, warehousing and custody of goods, and the penalties on breach. The system of warehousing has proved of great advantage both to importers and purchasers, as the payment of duty is deferred until the goods are required, while the title deeds, or warrants, are transferable by endorsement. While the goods are in the warehouse ("in bond") the owner may subject them to various processes necessary to fit them for

1886-463: The years after 1999, the name Pinder remained by decision of the city administration as the newly formed city district "Pinder Park". The Brandstätter Group , producer of the Playmobil line of toys, is headquartered in Zirndorf, which also features a Playmobil Funpark . Metz has its head office in Zirndorf. The towns association football club, ASV Zirndorf , experienced its greatest success in

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1932-580: Was active in the early years of the city's Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Society. Various Schwabacher associates played major roles in Seattle's first Jewish congregation, Ohaveth Sholum . Morton Schwabacher was a longtime board member of Temple De Hirsch , vice president of the ecumenical Camp Brotherhood, and president of the Council on Aging. Morton Schwabacher's wife Emily was a board member of Children's Orthopedic Hospital, now Seattle Children's . Nathan Eckstein's extensive volunteer activities included six years on

1978-607: Was renamed in honor of John J. Pinder Jr. , an American soldier who fell in a battle near Colleville-sur-Mer, France , on 6 June 1944. For his bravery, he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor . In the decades since 1945, many American units were stationed at Pinder Barracks. The 22nd Artillery Battalion of the Fourth Armored Division was based there in the late 1950s. The 1st Armored Division's Divisional Artillery (DIVARTY) called Zirndorf home from 1971 until shortly after

2024-516: Was succeeded at Schwabacher Bros. & Company in Seattle by James S. Goldsmith, and then in 1901 by Nathan Eckstein , who in 1902 married Abraham's daughter Mina Schwabacher (October 21, 1877 – October 21, 1945). In 1931, Leo Schwabacher died, and was succeeded at the Schwabacher Hardware Company by his son—the Yale -educated Morton L. Schwabacher (December 12, 1902 – March 26, 1977)—after

2070-411: Was succeeded at Schwabacher Hardware by his son Leopold (Leo) S. Schwabacher (December 26, 1871 – April 6, 1930). Three years later, Leo married Edna Blum of San Francisco; they settled in Seattle. Another fire hit the Schwabacher Hardware Company on February 11, 1905, leading to the construction of a new and even larger store at First Avenue South and South Jackson Street. Bailey Gatzert died in 1893. He

2116-450: Was time to return to San Francisco. Louis Schwabacher worked for a while in Walla Walla; after marrying Bella Blum in 1877, he moved back to San Francisco, managing the eastern Washington stores remotely. The Shwabachers' 1876 building in Walla Walla was described in a 19th-century account as: …the finest building north of San Francisco, its front resplendent with massive iron columns and arches; its seven entrances each with double doors,

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