Cohen, Charles, Barber
Biography
Brother Abraham owns business with Charles. Charles Barbershop on Park Avenue in Bloomfield. Trumpet players in their spare time. Came overseas from Poland in 1929.
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Cohen, Abraham and Charles/Oral History Tape Transcript, 1980
Contents of folder include: oral history transcript
Cohen, Charles and Abe_1980/12/4, Oral History
Cohen, Charles and Abe_1980/12/4, Oral History, December 4, 1980
Subjects covered during interview include: Family, Growing up Jewish in Russia, synagogue, community, music, family history, world history, Poland, Anti-Semitism, education, immigrant, immigration, Hartford, military service, barber shop, kosher, differences, trumpet, orchestra, sports, Zionism, family, organizations
Cohen, Charles and Abraham, 1983 - 1987
Newspaper articles are about the two brothers who own a barbershop but also play trumpet duets
Europe and Holocaust/Poland, Wolkowitz in 1920s, 1918-1928
4 -8 scenes of European life- _ Wolkowitz. Poland.— 1. 1928 - Cohen family before depart.for US 2. 1918 - Max Cohen in front of Barber shop- "Friseur" 3. 1925 - Abe Cohen (Kilikowski) 4. 1925 - Charles Cohen 5. 1922 - Shomer Atzoyen-Jewish Boy Scouts. 6. 1925 - Maccabee Soccer team 7. 1928 - Volunteer Fireman's Band 8. 1927 - Wolkowitz Railroad Band (taken at Lida, Poland - on tour)
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- Immigration 3
- Zionism 3
- Anti-Semitism 2
- Education 2
- Family 2
- Family History 2
- Growing up Jewish in Russia 2
- Hartford, CT 2
- Holocaust 2
- Immigrant(s) 2
- Jewish Community 2
- Keeping Kosher/Kashrut 2
- Military Service 2
- Organizations 2
- Poland 2
- Sports 2
- Sports -- Soccer 2
- Synagogues 2
- World History 2
- pre-Nazi Europe 2
- Growing up in Russia 1
- Orthodox Judaism 1