Isaac Vail Brokaw

Isaac Vail Brokaw was a pioneer New York City clothing merchant who headed Brokaw Brothers. Brokaw went into business with the cloth importing firm of Wilson G. Hunt & Co. In 1856, Brokaw organized a clothing firm with his brother which they called Brokaw Brothers. The business sold: Boys' and children's outfits in every style; men's garments of all kinds, adapted to all seasons, load the long counters and the immediate shelves of this extensive establishment. Each season finds them changing their make and style to suite the various wants of the time, and nothing which the most fashionable custom houses in the City produce is wanting to the stock of Brokaw Brothers. Brokaw was a Republican in politics, though he never held office. He was a member of the Union League Club and the Huguenot Society. After Brokaw's death in 1913, his son Howard became president and head of the clothing firm.