Dress worn by Harriet Samuels on the occasion of the circus fire in Hartford, 1944

Collection comprises mostly loose snapshot photographs of Harriet Samuels as a child and adolescent and of her family before her birth, spanning c. 1915 - 1950. Subjects include Samuels' early childhood birthday parties, travel and tourism with her family, and her high school proms. Few larger photographs include professional portraits and veiws of Samuels' uncle Morris Samuels' restaurant in Sydney, Australia. Some ephemera and mostly blank postcards are included among the photos. In addition to the photographs the collection includes Sidney Samuels' 1911 certificate of graduation from Hartford Grammar Schools, a dress worn by Samuels as a child on the occasion of the Hartford Circus Fire of 1944 and Samuels' mother Esther (Savitt) Samuels' 1928 wedding veil.