G. Fox & Co.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Founded in 1847 by Gerson Fox. Sold to the May Company (Filene's) in 1965.Found in 71 Collections and/or Records:
Lassow, Louis and Fannie (Karp), undated
File — Flat_file_folder 4
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...
Dates:
undated
Lotstein, undated
File — Flat_file_folder 4
Scope and Contents
Folder 1 contains: news clippings related to Marsha Lotstein's work with the JHS; news clipping about Dorothy Lotstein's book of Judaic Stitchery; news clipping of Chavurah members praising Rabbi Soffin.
Folder 2 contains: oral history transcript; release form; photocopy of news clipping.
Dates:
undated
Nair, Barbara (Mrs. Howard), 1970 - 1975
File — Flat_file_folder 5
Scope and Contents
Contents of folder include: correspondence; G. Fox clothing sale tag; G. Fox receipt of sale of clothing; Camp Hadar newsletter; correspondence from Camp Hadar; correspondence from Emanuel Synagogue.
Dates:
1970 - 1975
Novarr, Sylvia (See women in service oral history series), undated
File — Flat_file_folder 5
Scope and Contents
Subjects of interview include: Childhood in Hartford; religious observatin of family; part-time work in G.Fox and Company; work at Hamilton Standard Propeller; service in WAVES; Tennis career.
Dates:
undated