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Kantrowitz family, 1905 - 1905

 File — Box 7
Scope and Contents

One negative, Three 8x10 black and white photographs of Anya Pilch, Maternal Grandmother to Gussie Kantrowitz, n.d.. One 8x10 black and white photograph of Yackov and Baila Cooper, parents of Gussie Kantrowitz, 1905. One 5x7 black and white photograph of Frank Rosen, Willamantic, Husband of Bertha Cooper, n. d.

Dates: 1905 - 1905
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / People A-Z, Photographs / Series VII: I-Ki

Kantrowitz, Gussie, October 1968

 File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents

Gussie Kantrowitz reflects on her connection to Sophie Tucker. Her father went to heder with Sophie Tucker's mother back in Aslev, Russia, and they met the Abuza family (Tucker's family) in Hartford through Anna, Tucker's sister.

Gussie came to Hartford when she married her husband Samuel Kantrowitz in 1912, immigrated to America from Russia with her family at the age of 10.

Dates: October 1968
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford People files / Files: H - Ke

Kantrowitz, Gussie_1968, Oral History

 Digital Record
Identifier: kantrowitz, gussie_1968/10
Dates: October, 1968
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford

Kantrowitz, Gussie_1968, Oral History, October, 1968

 Item — Box OHC-1, Box: 3, Box: 1
Identifier: 5
Abstract GREATER HARTFORD JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONTape No.: 5 No. of Tapes: Name of Interviewee: Gussie Kantrowitz (Mrs. Samuel) Date of Interview: October, 1968 Occupation: Homemaker Date of Birth: Circa 1895 Place of Birth: Russia Transcript (yes/no): yes No. of Pages: 13Abstract: Mrs. Kantrowitz came to America at the age of 10 and with her parents settled on a farm in Willimantic, CT. She married at age 17 and moved to Hartford where her...
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

Kantrowitz, Samuel

 Digital Record
Identifier: kantrowitz, samuel_1968
Dates: October, 1968
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford

Kantrowitz, Samuel, October, 1968

 File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents

Sam Kantrowitz discusses his immigration from Russia first to New York then to Hartford to join his sister. He left because of violence and pogroms. He became a furrier, which had been his family's trade in Russia and was the owner of Connecticut Furriers into the 1960s. He met his wife Gussie in 1910 and they married in 1912.

Dates: October, 1968
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford People files / Files: H - Ke

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, Louis “Kid”, 1925 - 2011

 File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents This file covers Louis "Kid" Kaplan's career as a featherwieght boxer as well as his inuction into several halls of fame including the JHSGH Sports Hall of Fame. Kaplan took up fighting in Russia as a boy to defend himself because he was so small and poor (his father was in the junk business and Louis peddled various items), and continuted when his family moved to Meriden, CT when he was 19. His young age led to his nickname "Kid". He became the featherweight champion on January 2, 1925 when...
Dates: 1925 - 2011
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford People files / Files: H - Ke

Kaplan, Samuel and Ethel (Marcus), 1925 - 1933

 File — Box 7
Scope and Contents One negative, one 3.5x5 black and white photo and one 5x7 black and white mounted print of Samuel Louis Kaplan, age 33, ca. 1925. One negative, one 3.5x5 black and white photo and one 5x7 black and white mounted print of Samuel and Ethel Kaplan, joint passport photograph to Palestine, 1925. Photocopy (For original, see Photos/Israel & Zionism/Aliyah-Kaplan, Samuel L.) Lunch on terrace of home in Bet Adam, Haifa. "Villa Nadia"?. (L-R) Samuel L. Kaplan, Ethel M. Kaplan, Gertrude (Mrs....
Dates: 1925 - 1933
Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / People A-Z, Photographs / Series VII: I-Ki

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

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