Businesses -- Grocery

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Contents of folder include: photocopy of commemorative plaque; photocopy of photograph of Matt; photocopies of book pages about Jewsih orphans; photocopy of advertisement for book; 2 copies of newslatter column; sealed envelope; oral history transcript.

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Folder contains: Press release/obituary of Mott composed as biography; news clippings related to Mott's business dealings.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection is strongest in recent materials; it contains relatively little early material. One very interesting component of this collection is the material relating to Sophie Tucker whose mother, Jennie Abusa, and friends in Hartford supported the Home and arranged for her to do benefit shows here. Another useful component is the photos and printed material that show the Home residents during the early 20th century, giving a sense of some of the religious observance that obtained...

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Oversized black and white mounted print of Marie P. Jess' grandfather's buidling, Henry Kahn's store on Mather St., Hartford, CT. n.d..

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Subjects of Interview include: Growing up Jewish in Russia before World War I; experience with a Pogrom related to the unrest of 1905; immigration to Hartford; Hartford jewish culture

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Subjects of interview include: travels in Israel and Europe; jumping from one business to another during the depression; baseball career; involvement with B'nai B'rith.

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Folder contents include: mylar binder sleeves containing Eulogy for Lewis by Rabbi Isaac Avigdor, photocopy of handwritten bio, and photocopy of newspring photograph; plastic binder sleeve containing newspring photograph mounted on blue paper, with mhandwritten biography on reverse.