Businesses & Professions -- Craftsman

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Materials related to Barney and Jennie (Breen) Goldman submitted by their daughter Mrs. Charles (Sarah) Porter

Scope and Contents Materials include: Xerox copy of typed oral transcript; handwritten note by Gloria Bein; Printed copy of Kotler's accunt of surviving the Hartford Cirucs Fire; release form; black-and-white copy of newspaper article summarizing Kotler's account; black-and-white copy of newspaper article about Kotler teaching creative writing; black and white copy of Bristol Press article about Kotler teaching an ESL class; black and white copy of photo of wedding, "Emanuel Syn. 1951 Greenfield...

Subjects Subjects of interview include: early life in Springfield MA; father's settling on being a Peddler; religious observance; work for a newspaper; Springfield Boy's Club; Springfield Chassidim; brother's experience as a military morgue supervisor in Wold War II and as a glazier; Family involvement with zionism; Orthodox burials; funeral services; courtship and marriage; work in sales; membership in Agudas Achim; journey to Israel; Oxies; banking; Emanual Minyanaires; Meals on Wheels; Chevra...

Scope and Contents Folder contains: One supply catalog, "suppliers to the Sheet Metal Trade and Heating/cooling/ventilation contractors", with business card attached; One photocopy of newspaper clipping relating to antiques sellers; ne photocopy of a yearbook page containing entry for Morris Landerman, 1925; Two copies of black-and-white photocopy of photo, "Front Street Hartford May 21 1937, Max Landrman b 1893 d 1963, Jim Rudolph d 1965, John Cardillo born feb 15 1908, Mr Shad, Manuel Libin died Oct...

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Materials in folder include: News clippings related to Lappen business; photocopies of Harry Lappen's obituary; Correspondence from Phyllis Lappen attached to black and white film photographs of Lappen business and related artcles. to photocopy of scrapbook page, and 8x11 photograph of Lappen family admring new fireplace equipment donated to old state house.

Transcript subjects Subjects of transcript include: Jewish family life in Hartford in the early 1900s; crowded conditions of living; street markets; children selling newspapers; immigration; work in a department store; Windsor Street as an integrated neighborhood, the "Pot of Gold"; Fish selling and living above a fish market; Rose's father's struggle to make ends meet as a mender and tinker; various building fires close to Rose's home; children playing in the snow; hasty marriage; a wedding; generosity of a...