Hartford's Old East Side: Front Street (from State Street to Morgan Street)

This video is about the now lost Front Street, that was the heart of the old East Side of Hartford, Connecticut, a neighborhood that was once home to generations of immigrants but was torn down to make way for redevelopment in the mid-twentieth century. In this video you can revisit the area that was home to Wachtel’s Department Store, Heimovitch Brothers Furniture, Barney’s Office Furniture, Pippie’s Pizza, Star Hardware & Plumbing Supply, B. DePasquale & Sons, and more!
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You can learn more about the Italian-American History of Front Street at Casa Emigranti Italiani: http://casa-emigranti-italiani.org/

You can learn more about the Jewish history of Front Street at the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford: https://jhsgh.org/

They have an oral history with Barney Wachtel: https://jhsgh.org/omeka-s/s/oral-histories/item/32
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Many of the photographs used in this video are from the William H. Thompson Collection at the Connecticut State Library: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ctarchives/albums/72157629011956367

The photograph of the 1936 flood by Oliver W. Means is from the Robert S. Cox Special Collections and University Archives Research Center at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst: https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums830-s07-hrt-i001

Many of the photographs used in this video are from the Hartford History Center, Hartford Public Library, including:

Italian-American Grocery: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/50002:967

Traffic on Front Street: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/50002:7218

Pushcarts on Front Street: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/50002:893

Laraia's Cafe and other businesses: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/50002:666

Kilbourn Street: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/50002:3310

Morgan Street in 1920 before widening: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/50002:2364

Morgan Street in 1920 after widening: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/50002:2372

Many of the photographs used in this video are from the Connecticut Historical Society, including:

A photo of the Flood of 1936: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:19217

Charles Street Chicken Market: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:18665

Rabbi at Charles Street Chicken Market: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:18663

Clark and Company: http://emuseum.chs.org/emuseum/objects/23544/clark-and-company-corner-of-front-and-ferry-streets-hartfo;jsessionid=01783B5DEC00A6149585F2F0C10AF9C2

L. L. Ensworth and Son flatbed truck: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:13770

Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association Vice Campaign Photographs: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/30002:22229777

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Видео Hartford's Old East Side: Front Street (from State Street to Morgan Street) канала History with Dan Sterner