Businesses -- Shoes

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Subjects covered in interview include: Family, Growing up Jewish in Hartford Jewish Community, Husband, Religious Organizations, Vacationing on the beach

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Subjects covered in interview include: Family, Growing up Jewish in Hartford Jewish Community, Husband, Religious Organizations, Vacationing on the beach

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All items are of the same image, the grand opening handbill for New England Boot & SHoe, Hirshberg & Samuels, Main Street, 1905.

Scope and Contents Subjects of interview include: Mother's family/parents history in Europe/Connecticut, particularly their involvement in Yiddish Theater and socialism. Father worked as a Tailor/Furrier. She also discusses her childhood growing up in Hartford. Husbands, married twice, Children File contains various poems and short stories written by Doris Hurwitz, as well as a Yiddish poem by her mother. Also are several newspaper articles, including on where Doris models chicken soup, as well as...

Abstract GREATER HARTFORD JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONTape No.: 80 No. of Tapes: Name of Interviewee: Doris Hurwitz (Mrs. James) Date of Interview: Oct. 29,1974 Occupation: Date of Birth: Dec. 13,1902 Place of Birth: Hartford, Ct. Transcript (yes/no): yes No. of Pages: 38Abstract: A native of Hartford, Mrs. Hurwitz has written books about her childhood life in Hartford and is presently writing a book about her parents. Her father, whose original name was...

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All items are of same image of David Kaplan's Shoe Store with two clerks, Morgan Street corner of Front Street, about 1910. Donated by Flora (Kaplan) Dubin.

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Both items are of same image of Karp's Outlet: The House of Bargains, a general dry goods and shoe store, Franklin Ave, Hartford, owned and operated by Harry Karp, 1947.

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8x10 black and white photograph of Shoe Store, Bristol, Connecticut, owned and operated by Harry Karp, 1922.