Interview with Jennie Martucci
IntervieweeInterview with
Jennie Martucci
American, 1911 - 2009
IntervieweeInterview with
Robert Giovino
American, 1940 - 2020
IntervieweeInterview with
Alberta Martucci
InterviewerInterviewed by
Bruce M. Stave
American, 1937 - 2017
InterviewerInterviewed by
Sondra Astor Stave
Date2008 January 29
Mediumdigitized audio cassette tape
DimensionsDuration: 56 Minutes, 11 Seconds
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionAudio cassette tape of an interview with Jennie Martucci. Robert Giovino and Alberta Martucci, Jennie's nephew and niece, were also present at the interview. They were interviewed on January 29, 2008 by Bruce M. Stave and Sondra Astor Stave at Jennie Martucci's home in West Hartford, Connecticut.
Jennie was born on October 14, 1911 in Hartford, Connecticut. She grew up on Front Street. She attended the Brown School on Talcott Street and did not attend high school. In 1925, she started working at G. Fox at the age of 14, in the Housewares Department. She worked at G. Fox for 60 years and was a member of the Moses Fox Club. She describes her memories of Beatrice Fox Auerbach and the store customers. She shares her memories of Hartford. Her sister worked in the Hoisery Department, and some of her nieces and nephews also worked at G. Fox. She describes the dress code and the cafeteria.
Robert describes his memories of being a G. Fox customer. He was a police officer in West Hartford.
Alberta describes her memories of her family members working at G. Fox. She worked in the Jewelry Department from 1955-1956 when she was in high school.
Jennie was born on October 14, 1911 in Hartford, Connecticut. She grew up on Front Street. She attended the Brown School on Talcott Street and did not attend high school. In 1925, she started working at G. Fox at the age of 14, in the Housewares Department. She worked at G. Fox for 60 years and was a member of the Moses Fox Club. She describes her memories of Beatrice Fox Auerbach and the store customers. She shares her memories of Hartford. Her sister worked in the Hoisery Department, and some of her nieces and nephews also worked at G. Fox. She describes the dress code and the cafeteria.
Robert describes his memories of being a G. Fox customer. He was a police officer in West Hartford.
Alberta describes her memories of her family members working at G. Fox. She worked in the Jewelry Department from 1955-1956 when she was in high school.
Object number2009.85.28
NotesSubject Note: From 2006 to 2008, the Connecticut Historical Society carried out an oral history project to collect first-hand impressions of G. Fox & Co. and its long-time president, Beatrice Fox Auerbach. Over thirty former employees, as well as two of Mrs. Auerbach's grandchildren, Dorothy Brooks Koopman and Rena Koopman, contributed their memories in interviews conducted by the Stave Group, Oral History Consultants. Funding Note: In 2006, the Connecticut Historical Society received a grant from the Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving to support the collection of oral histories, the cataloging of G. Fox & Co. materials and Fox and Auerbach family materials, and the creation of web pages. Additional funding for the oral histories was provided by The Prospect Fund, The Brookside Fund, and The Maple Tree Fund. The Connecticut Historical Society gratefully acknowledges these generous supporters. Without such generosity, this project would not have been possible.
Subject Terms
- West Hartford
- Hartford (Conn.)
- Department stores
- Employees
- G. Fox & Co.
- Oral history
- Interview transcripts
- Interviews
- Oral narratives
- Retail trade
- Front Street (Hartford, Conn.)
- Italian Americans
- Fox, Beatrice, 1887-1968
- Christmas
- Drugstores
- Hospitals
- Moses Fox Club
- Friendship
- Shopping malls
- Police officers
- Family
- Labor unions
- African Americans
- Black people
- People of color
- Women
- Interviews and Oral Histories
- G. Fox & Co. Collection
- Remembering G. Fox & Co.
Collections
- G. Fox & Co.
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