Businesses -- Tobacco
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:
Goldman, Robert, 1944 - 2013
File — Flat_file_folder 2
Interview
Family history in Europe and in New York/CT (father from Brest-Litovsk in Poland and mother from Baranovitch, Lithuania)
Father’s family had farm in Hebron from 1910-17, father moved to NY after there was a fire, though Robert’s Grandfather and uncle remained. In the late 1920s, his father (along with him and his mother) returned to the Hebron farm and later moved to Woodstock.
Life on the farm.
Dealing with anti-Semitism/KKK/living in a town with a small Jewish population in...
Dates:
1944 - 2013
Goldman, Robert_1985,Oral History, December 4, 1985
Item — Box 21, Box: 378
Identifier: 378
Interview
Family history in Europe and in New York/CT (father from Brest-Litovsk in Poland and mother from Baranovitch, Lithuania)
Father’s family had farm in Hebron from 1910-17, father moved to NY after there was a fire, though Robert’s Grandfather and uncle remained. In the late 1920s, his father (along with him and his mother) returned to the Hebron farm and later moved to Woodstock.
Life on the farm.
Dealing with anti-Semitism/KKK/living in a town with a small Jewish population in...
Dates:
December 4, 1985
Haas, Louis, undated
File — Box 6
Scope and Contents
8x10 Black and white portrait of Louis Haas, n.d..
Dates:
undated
Hammerslough, Philip, August 30, 1974
File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents
This interview covers his family history in Connecticut/Kansas City, including his connection to the Haas family and other well known Hartford names. His cousin, Julius Rosenthal, was possibly one of the first presidents of Sears and Roebuck. Hammerslough was one of the founding members of Tumblebrook Country Club. Hammerslough also discusses his silver collection and history of both Connecticut and Jewish silver.
Dates:
August 30, 1974
Hammerslough, Philip_1974, Oral History, August 29, 1974, August 30, 1974
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 79
Abstract
JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF GREATER HARTFORD
ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONTape No.: 79
No. of Tapes:
Interviewee: Philip Hammerslough
Date of Interview: Aug. 29,1974
Occupation: Tobacco business
Date of Birth: Jan. 20,1891
Place of Birth: Kansas City, Mo.
Transcript (yes/no): Yes
No. of pages: 22Abstract:
Mr. Hammerslough comes from one of the most prominent families in Hartford. He has one of the largest collections of American silver in the country, and at the time of...
Dates:
August 29, 1974; August 30, 1974
Hillman, Lillian, 2004 - 2011
File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents
The oral histories cover Lillians Hillman's life growing up in Hartford and helping her father in his cattle dealing and butcher business.
Dates:
2004 - 2011