Kaplan Shoe Store and other Businesses in the Pallotti block, 65-75 Morgan Street, Hartford
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1906
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 6 5/16 x 8 1/4in. (16 x 21cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
DescriptionBrick commercial building with wires running along the outside. Signs read: "S. Austin" "M. Kaiser / Painting / Paperhanging / and Kalsomining [sic] / Lowest / Prices" "Killin's / Wine and Liquor House" "Magic Yeast" "Flour / Straw / Hay / Wholesale" "K. Goldberg" "Retail / Grain / Feed / Salt" "Coal" "James Means / Shoe" "Banigan / Rubbers" "Kaplan" "Family / Shoe / S[tore]" Wooden crates, a table, a wash tub, a large block of coal, a small child blurred from movement and two men in suits and hats are on the sidewalk. Trolley tracks are in the street. Theatrical posters are on the walls at the left.
Object number1967.96.38
NotesSubject Note: S.N. Austin was a bicycle repairer at 75 Morgan Street. Morris Kaiser was a painter at 75 Morgan Street. James F. Killin was a dealer in liquors at 73 Morgan Street. Kolman (or Kalman) Goldberg was a coal and grain dealer at 272 Market Street and 67 Morgan street. According to Hartford Jews, a book by Rabbi Morris Silverman, published in 1970, Kolman (or Kalman) Goldberg was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. He came to Hartford in 1890 and established a grain and feed store. He later was a partner in the Goldberg-Castonguay Coal Company. David Kaplan had a shoe store at 65 Morgan Street. David Kaplan was born in Russia in 1871. After coming to Hartford, he was first a merchant peddler, then a bookkeeper at Wise, Smith & Co. In 1898, he was one of the Hartford founders of the B'nai Zion Society, which met at his shoe store on Morgan Street. He was later active as a realtor and insurance agent. He died in 1960. Part of a series of photographs taken of buildings scheduled for demolition during the construction of the Bulkeley Bridge.On View
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