Interview with Janice F. Breer
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Interview with Janice F. Breer
Interview with Janice F. Breer (Transcript)
Interview with Janice F. Breer
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| Persons | Persons Interviewee (ive): Breer, Janice F., 1937-2019 Interviewer (ivr): Stave, Bruce M., 1937-2017 Interviewer (ivr): Stave, Sondra Astor | ||||||||||||
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| Title | Title Title Interview with Janice F. Breer | ||||||||||||
| Origin Information | Origin Information
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| Parent Item | Parent Item Interview with Janice F. Breer | ||||||||||||
| Resource Type | Resource Type Audio | ||||||||||||
| Digital Origin | Digital Origin born digital | ||||||||||||
| Description | Description Audio cassette tape of an interview with Janice F. Breer. She was interviewed on January 30, 2007 by Bruce M. Stave and Sondra Astor Stave at the Staves' home in Coventry, Connecticut. Janice Breer was born and raised in Manchester, Connecticut. She attended Elmira College for two years, then transferred to Florida State University, graduating in 1958. She discusses the two restaurants at G. Fox & Co., the more casual restaurant and the Connecticut Room. She talks about how she met Beatrice Fox Auerbach when she was a child. She discusses what Hartford was like when she was a teenager. In 1956, she purchased her first wedding dress at the G. Fox Specialty Shop. She explained the differences in the store from a customers point of view after the May Company purchased it. She shopped at G. Fox from the time she was a child until the store closed in 1993. She describes G. Fox at Christmas. She ends the interview discusses where she shopped after G. Fox closed. | ||||||||||||
| Language | Language english | ||||||||||||
| Genre | Genre oral histories digital audio format | ||||||||||||
| Subject | Subject Hartford (Conn.) Christmas Department stores Weddings Restaurants Fox, Beatrice, 1887-1968 Retail trade Interviews and Oral Histories Oral history Interview transcripts Interviews Oral narratives wedding dresses Shopping malls | ||||||||||||
| Geographic Subject | Geographic Subject Coventry (Conn.) | ||||||||||||
| Extent | Extent Duration: 35 Minutes, 14 Seconds | ||||||||||||
| Held By | Held By Connecticut Museum of Culture and History | ||||||||||||
| Rights Statement | Rights Statement IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED | ||||||||||||
| Reformatting Quality | Reformatting Quality preservation | ||||||||||||
| Note | Note
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| Physical Location | Physical Location Connecticut Museum of Culture and History | ||||||||||||
| Local Identifier | Local Identifier 2009.85.22 Ms 100700 |
Metadata
| Persons | Persons Interviewee (ive): Breer, Janice F., 1937-2019 Interviewer (ivr): Stave, Bruce M., 1937-2017 Interviewer (ivr): Stave, Sondra Astor | ||||||||||||
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| Title | Title Title Interview with Janice F. Breer | ||||||||||||
| Origin Information | Origin Information
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| Parent Item | Parent Item | ||||||||||||
| Resource Type | Resource Type Mixed material | ||||||||||||
| Description | Description Audio cassette tape of an interview with Janice F. Breer. She was interviewed on January 30, 2007 by Bruce M. Stave and Sondra Astor Stave at the Staves' home in Coventry, Connecticut. Janice Breer was born and raised in Manchester, Connecticut. She attended Elmira College for two years, then transferred to Florida State University, graduating in 1958. She discusses the two restaurants at G. Fox & Co., the more casual restaurant and the Connecticut Room. She talks about how she met Beatrice Fox Auerbach when she was a child. She discusses what Hartford was like when she was a teenager. In 1956, she purchased her first wedding dress at the G. Fox Specialty Shop. She explained the differences in the store from a customers point of view after the May Company purchased it. She shopped at G. Fox from the time she was a child until the store closed in 1993. She describes G. Fox at Christmas. She ends the interview discusses where she shopped after G. Fox closed. | ||||||||||||
| Language | Language english | ||||||||||||
| Genre | Genre oral histories | ||||||||||||
| Subject | Subject Hartford (Conn.) Christmas Department stores Weddings Restaurants Fox, Beatrice, 1887-1968 Retail trade Interviews and Oral Histories Oral history Interview transcripts Interviews Oral narratives wedding dresses Shopping malls | ||||||||||||
| Geographic Subject | Geographic Subject Coventry (Conn.) | ||||||||||||
| Extent | Extent Duration: 35 Minutes, 14 Seconds | ||||||||||||
| Held By | Held By Connecticut Museum of Culture and History | ||||||||||||
| Rights Statement | Rights Statement IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED | ||||||||||||
| Reformatting Quality | Reformatting Quality preservation | ||||||||||||
| Note | Note
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| Physical Location | Physical Location Connecticut Museum of Culture and History | ||||||||||||
| Local Identifier | Local Identifier 2009.85.22 Ms 100700 |
