Front Street, Hartford, CT

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Contains newspaper articles from The Hartford Courant and the Connecticut Jewish Ledger featuring stories on Bazilian's clothing store on Park Road in Hartford, CT and its owner, Marc Bazilian. Bazilian's, originally located on Front Street and was founded in 1930 by Joseph M. Bazilian, an immigrant from Vilna.

Interview

Topics discussed include: Various shops in Hartford which were around in his childhood, Growing up in Hartford, family’s dairy business and later Bacon Bottling (soda business), growing up in the South End of Hartford, early death of his father, South End Talmud Torah, Jewish Religious education, his life as an adult, father, and grandfather.

Scope and Contents This file contained a biographical info sheet from a 1997 oral history interview, a packet from the JHSGH 30 years celebration with a summary of Handler's accomplishments, as well as the transcript of an Oral History interview conducted in 1990.1990 Interview covers prohibition/prostitution in Jewish Hartford, discussion of various businesses including I. Finklestein's (Cheap John) clothing store, and a walking tour with reflections of what used to be in the area/his...

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Interview covers prohibition/prostitution in Jewish Hartford, discussion of various businesses including I. Finklestein's (Cheap John) clothing store, and a walking tour with reflections of what used to be in the area/his childhood.

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Herman Holtz discusses his involvement in Ados Israel, detailing the history of that as well as various other shuls in Hartford. Some anecdotes are the dedication of the synogogue (as well as the death of the Rabbi Kram two days later), the floods of 1936 and 1938, and the schnudder book made my Herman's uncle Louis Price.