Acknowledgments

Project Acknowledgments

In 2006 the Connecticut Historical Society received a grant from the Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund Beatrice Fox Auerbach with her sister, Fannie

Beatrice Fox Auerbach (center) with her sister, Fannie Samuels (left) at a Moses Fox Club dinner.
 
Edward Saxe, ca. 1955.
CHS 2007.24.206.

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 these 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.

Oral histories collected and produced by The Stave Group, Bruce and Sondra Stave.

Collection Donor Acknowledgments

Historical materials relating to G. Fox & Co. and the Fox family have been donated to the Connecticut Historical Society by G. Fox & Co., Mr. and Mrs. Richard Koopman, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Schiro, Elizabeth A. Schiro, Dorothy Brooks Koopman, Rena Koopman, the Children of Georgette and Richard Koopman, and numerous former employees and customers of G. Fox & Company.

Collection Donor Credits

All items depicted are a Gift of the Children of Richard and Georgette Koopman, except as noted below:

  • Welcome to G. Fox & Co.: G. Fox & Co. building photo, Gift of G. Fox & Co.; Interior photo with escalator, Gift of Roger Dollarhide; 1847 newspaper ad, CHS Collections.
  • The Fox Family: Gerson Fox portrait, Gift of Dorothy Brooks Koopman; Moses Fox portrait, Gift of Rena Koopman.
  • The Store: Millinery Salon photo, The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund; G. Fox & Co. building exterior (1969), CHS Collections. G. Fox & Co. building exterior (2005), CHS Exhibitions Department.
  • Store Employees: Elevator operators, Gift of Henry Board; Moses Fox Club Pitcher and Pin, Gift of Ruth Berins Collier.
  • Oral History Project: Group photo of Oral History participants, CHS Archives.
  • The Shopping Experience: Wedding dress, Gift of Barbara Doty Kane; Connecticut Room postcard, Gift of Ms. Lorraine Hale; 1965 Connecticut Room menu and 1957 Christmas catalog, CHS Collections.
  • The Collections at CHS: Tonka truck, The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund; Woman's shoes, Gift of Mrs. Howard B. Haylett; Lamp, Gift of the Estate of Hazel E. Martino.

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