Child Labor

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...

Abstract GREATER HARTFORD JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONTape No.: 147 No. of Tapes: Name of Interviewee: Neiditz, Moses Date of Interview: March 9, 1977 Occupation: Real Estate Developer Date of Birth: Circa 1899 Place of Birth: Palestine Transcript (yes/no): Yes No. of Pages: 13Abstract: Mr. Neiditz’s father emigrated to Palestine from Russia in 1880 under the Baron Rothschild plan and stayed there until 1901 when he left for the United States...

Scope and Contents

Folder contains: autobiography by Minnie Solomon, including subjects such as family life in Poland, immigration, family life in Hartford, child labor as a cigarette-roller, and marriage.