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Found in 376 Collections and/or Records:

Kantrowitz, Samuel_1968/10, Oral History, October, 1968

 Item — Box OHC-1, Box: 3, Box: 2
Identifier: 6
Abstract GREATER HARTFORD JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONTape No.: 6 No. of Tapes: Name of Interviewee: Samuel Kantrowitz Date of Interview: October 1968 Occupation: Furrier Date of Birth: Circa 1897 Place of Birth: Pinsk, Lithuania Transcript (yes/no): yes No. of Pages: 8Abstract: Mr. Kantrowitz has been in the furrier business known as Connecticut Furriers for 50 years in partnership with Israel Neiditch. He came to America in 1906 at age 17...
Dates: October, 1968
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Oral History Collection / SERIES 1: Interview recordings and transcripts / 1968

Kaplan, Bernard B., 1982 - 1995

 File
Scope and Contents

File gives insight into Kaplan's career in insurance, as well as a little bit of his son's involvement. His obituary also touches upon his growing up in Hartford and going to Weaver, as well as his service in World War II. Kaplan was also very active in the Greater Hartford Jewish community, serving as Federation President among other leadership positions.

Dates: 1982 - 1995
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford People files / Files: H - Ke

Kaplan, Ella (David), 1927 - 1934

 File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents

File discusses Ella Kaplan's continued pursiut of education as well as her travels. Included is a travel document with a photograph from one of her trips to Russia, probably not the one where she visited her homeland of Latvia.

Dates: 1927 - 1934
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford People files / Files: H - Ke

Kaplan Shoe Store (David Kaplan), c. 1910

 File — Box 4
Scope and Contents

All items are of same image of David Kaplan's Shoe Store with two clerks, Morgan Street corner of Front Street, about 1910. Donated by Flora (Kaplan) Dubin.

Dates: c. 1910
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Businesses and Professions collection / Photo Series IV: Business & Professions Photographs: K-L

Karp, Harry, dry goods peddler, 1936 - 1941

 File — Box 4
Scope and Contents

6.5x10.5 and 7.5x12 black and white photograph of Hary Karp with 1929 Hupmobile, used to peddle dry goods during Depression in the CT farmlands, 1936. 7.5x10.5 and 8.5x11 black and white photograph of Harry Karp with 1936 Studebaker selling dry goods in farmlands in CT, 1941.

Dates: 1936 - 1941
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Businesses and Professions collection / Photo Series IV: Business & Professions Photographs: K-L

Karp, Harry, Karp’s Outlet, Hartford, 1947 - 1947

 File — Box 4
Scope and Contents

Both items are of same image of Karp's Outlet: The House of Bargains, a general dry goods and shoe store, Franklin Ave, Hartford, owned and operated by Harry Karp, 1947.

Dates: 1947 - 1947
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Businesses and Professions collection / Photo Series IV: Business & Professions Photographs: K-L

Karpe, Marietta and Dr. Richard, 1898 - 1988

 File — Folder 3
Oral History This interview discusses Marietta's childhood growing up in Pilzen, Czechoslovakia including her experience as a her education, being Jewish, and her involvement in the Jewish Youth movement Techelet Yava, later joining Jewish Youth Movement at University of Prague where she met her husband Richard, who was 14 years her elder, and they married the following year when she was 19. Both got involved in the study of psychoanalysis, which they continued through their life. Also...
Dates: 1898 - 1988
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford People files / Files: H - Ke

Karpe, Marietta_1984, Oral History, February 9, 1984

 Item — Box 18, Box: 324
Identifier: 324
Scope and Contents This interview discusses Marietta's childhood growing up in Pilzen, Czechoslovakia including her experience as a her education, being Jewish, and her involvement in the Jewish Youth movement Techelet Yava, later joining Jewish Youth Movement at University of Prague where she met her husband Richard, who was 14 years her elder, and they married the following year when she was 19. Both got involved in the study of psychoanalysis, which they continued through their life. Also...
Dates: February 9, 1984
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Oral History Collection / SERIES 1: Interview recordings and transcripts / 1984

Kaschmann, Truda

 Digital Record
Identifier: kaschmann, truda
Dates: 1935 - 1987
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford

Kaschmann, Truda, 1935 - 1987

 File — Folder 3
Interview This interview covers Truda Kaschmann's life growing up in Germany, her family's departure upon the Nazi rise to power, and settling into America in both Boston and Hartford. In Hartford, she taught dance to support her family (including her parents and in-laws who came from Germany in 1936). She taught at the Hartford Conservatory starting in 1935 and at the Hartford School for Women starting in 1940. As of the 1982 interview, she was still teaching. Was on many school's dance faculty (Miss...
Dates: 1935 - 1987
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford People files / Files: H - Ke

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