2-358-630 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Ernest Cognacq, French retailer, 1912. Together with Marie-Louise Jay, whom he later married, Cognacq (1839-1828) founded the La Samaritaine department store in Paris in 1869. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L'Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1925, 9th album, Editions MD, Paris.