G. Fox & Co.
Oral History Project
Former G. Fox & Co. store employees with two of Beatrice Fox Auerbach's grandchildren (from left to right): D.B. Koopman, C. Candels, A. Uccello, E. Kelly, P. Mullen, R. Blawie, C. Brutto, A.M. Aiello, J. Lichtenbaum, and R. Koopman, 2007.
CHS archives.
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. Transcriptions and audio cassette recordings of the interviews are available in the Connecticut Historical Society's Research Center. If you would like to read or listen to them, contact us at libchs@chs.org.
One of the Pneumatic Tube Rooms, G. Fox & Co. described by Fanny Raptopoulos (not pictured) in her oral history interview.
Unknown photographer, ca. 1918.
CHS 2007.24.82.5.
Oral history participants include:
| Amedeo Michael Aiello | Rena Koopman |
| Mary Barry | Shirley Koplowitz |
| Joseph Biancanelli | Betty Ladd |
| Harry Black | Frank Laraia |
| Bruce Blawie | Jay Lichtenbaum |
| Roslyn Blawie | Jack Litter |
| Jan Breer | Alberta Martucci |
| Carmelo Brutto | Jennie Martucci |
| Carl Candels | Paul Mullen |
| Thea Coburn | Ira Neimark |
| Robert Giovino | John Pontillo |
| Fran Gordon | Fanny Raptopoulos |
| Delia Griffin | Irene Riley |
| Janice Harman | Irma Sobol |
| Eliza Hazel | Joseph Tine |
| Eunice Kelly | Antonina Uccello |
| Dorothy Brooks Koopman | Philip Witham |
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