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Gift of the children of Richard and Georgette Koopman, 2007.24.206
Moses Fox Club Dinners
Gift of the children of Richard and Georgette Koopman, 2007.24.206

Moses Fox Club Dinners

PhotographerPhotographed by Edward Saxe American, died 1975
PhotographerPhotographed by Lindsay Studios, Inc. American
PhotographerPhotographed by Dick Spafford American, 1921 - 2013
PhotographerPhotographed by Ted Kosinski American
Date1939-1965
MediumPhotography; silver gelatin prints on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 8 1/4 x 10 1/8in. (21 x 25.7cm) and smaller
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the children of Richard and Georgette Koopman
DescriptionGroup of photographs showing several different Moses Fox Club dinners. Views show men and women eating, dancing, and talking. A couple views show the room set up prior to the party. Some views are posed shots of men and women seated and standing with Beatrice Fox Auerbach as new members or new inductees in the 40- or 50-year club. Several views show the presentation and cutting of the Moses Fox Club cake.

Individuals pictured include: Beatrice Fox Auerbach, Fan Fox Samuels, Leslie R. Samuels, Dorothy Auerbach Schiro, Rose S. Tierney, Max Shapiro, Thomas A. McCaffrey, Jennie M. Martucci, William C. Murray, Mary A. Kravies, Rudolph G. Wolf, Domonic J. Perone, Julia L. Moriarty, Francis I. Getchell, Theodore W. Chesick, Florence D. Archer, William S. Hayes, Margaret G. Marks, Mary E. McNally, Max P. Slonim, Katherine M. Ahern, Bessie Kadis, Emma M. Nichols, Anna J. Kelleher, Agnes M. Fagan, Alice F. O'Brien, Vito Piacente, Mary F. Oates, Bessie P. Frisch, Katherine B. Burgess, Goldie Herbert Tendler, Eleanor C. Haupt, Ann C. McCarthy, Elizabeth M. Brennan, Henry A. Neivert, Joseph L. Marcus, Homer C. Bronson, Sophie Y. Mackenzie, Anna Rohowsky Cohen, Loretta A. Courtney, Mae Yanowitz, Ida Raphael, Samuel Weiss, Julius Epstein, Ruth C. Lannon, Anna Kadis, William J. Melley, Dorothy Rosenfeld, Minnie Minke, Solomon Elsner, Joseph Klein, Elizabeth G. Cahill, Robert Fiorey, and Joseph Eifes.
Object number2007.24.205-.249
MarkingsSeveral stamped on verso in black ink, "HARTFORD TIMES PHOTO BY / Dick Spafford", others stamped on verso in blue ink, "HARTFORD TIMES PHOTO BY / Ted Kosinski"; others stamped on verso in red or pink ink, "PHOTO BY / EDWARD SAXE / 700 Main St. / Hartford, Conn. / TEL. 2-7762 / Job No. ____ Neg. No. ___"; a few stamped on verso in black ink, "ON PUBLICATION / PLEASE CREDIT / LINDSAY STUDIO / 983 MAIN ST., HARTFORD 3 CONN."; some stamped on verso in red ink, "NOTICE / This picture is the property of the Hartford / Courant and may be used only for the purposes / of reproduction when authorized by the owner. / It may not be syndicated, rented or loaned, or / used for advertising purposes or for the purposes / of trade. / The following credit must be printed under / each reproduction of this picture: / Photograph by THE HARTFORD COURANT / A Connecticut Institution since 1764 / Photo by ______ Dept. ______ Date _____", one of these also stamped on verso in red ink, "MAURICE P. MURRA[Y?] / Photographer"InscribedSome are inscribed on the verso with the year the Moses Fox Club was held while others have the names of the individuals written on the verso or typed on paper and taped to the verso. Most are not inscribed.NotesSubject Note: The Moses Fox Club was created in 1939 by Beatrice Fox Auerbach, president of G. Fox & Co., in honor of her father, Moses Fox. Employees who had worked at G. Fox & Co. for 25 years or more were invited to join the Moses Fox Club. Every subsequent year, new members who had reached 25 years of employment with the company were inducted into the Club at the annual Moses Fox Club dinner and were given a pin engraved with their initials and the year they began their employment with the company. (Harbeson 10/17/2007)
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  • G. Fox & Co.
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