Prominent Tucson Businessmen
O.P. Chronicle, April 15, 1921

Shown above, Leo and Alfred Goldchmidt, brothers, were charter members of the Old Pueblo Club and figured prominently in the development of Arizona business enterprises and cultural development. They were uncles of Monte Mansfield, who served eight consecutive terms as OPC President, from 1931 to 1939. They were great uncles of Mrs. Emery C. Johnson (OPC). who is schooled in Tucson's history and has been a prime mover in the preservation of Tucson's history. She has received numerous honors for her work in that preservation. Leo Goldschmidt established the first "modern" furniture store in Arizona, shipping fine furniture, draperies, wallpaper, and Persian rugs "around the horn" to Tucson, or by boat and wagon train from San Francisco. Assisted by his brother, Alfred, Leo built the Eagle Milling Co. into the most modern milling firm in the Southwest. Leo's furniture store later became the furniture department of the Zeckendorf and Steinfeld department store. the Goldschmidt brothers brought European culture to Tucson and helped establish music, opera and other arts here. Leo was a batchelor. Alfred and is wife, Louise, built a home on the southeast corner of 6th Avenue and First Street which has been kept in prime condition. The two men died in Tucson and are buried here.