The Early History of G. Fox & Company (Hartford, CT)

In this video I talk about the growth and development of G. Fox & Company department store from its early days in 1847 as a small fancy goods store, to a large department store occupying several contiguous buildings. I focus on the various buildings the store occupied. I end by describing the fire that destroyed the store in 1917. In another video I will describe the rebirth of the store and its continued expansion into the 1960s.

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Many images in this video are taken from the collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, including:

Gerson Fox: http://emuseum.chs.org/emuseum/object...

Moses Fox: http://emuseum.chs.org/emuseum/object...

G. Fox & Co. Employees Before 1917: http://emuseum.chs.org/emuseum/object...

W. H. Post Carpet Store and G.O. Sawyer & Co., Main Street, Hartford: http://emuseum.chs.org/emuseum/object...

Exterior of Pratt & Baldwin, 428 Main Street, Hartford: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:9857

Exterior of William H. Post & Company, 428-430 Main Street, Hartford: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:9937

Turkish room at Allyn House, 152 Asylum Street, Hartford: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:18749

Averill building after a fire, 420-424 Main Street, Hartford, January 1887: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:19402

Fire at G. Fox & Co., Main Street, Hartford: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:12251

G. Fox and Co. 1917 Fire, Main Street, Hartford: http://emuseum.chs.org/emuseum/object...

Photograph Album of G. Fox & Co. Fire: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:TMS...

Exterior Views of G. Fox and Co. Building, Main Street, Hartford: http://emuseum.chs.org/emuseum/object...

Exterior Views of G. Fox & Co., Main Street, Hartford: http://emuseum.chs.org/emuseum/object...

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