Harry's
Known Name(s)
Harry's
Address
2574 Main St. Hartford, CT
Establishment Type(s)
Liquor Store
Physical Status
Extant
Detailed History
This store was owned by Harry I. Gipstein, who ran it with his wife, Harriet. The Jewish couple, both of Russian heritage but born in Connecticut, lived a few blocks west of the store at 20 Rockville Street since at least 1940; by 1960 they had moved to West Hartford. In February of that year, the store was robbed by a masked bandit. The newspaper noted that Harry's brother, Nathan, a musician who had also clerked at the store, had been killed in a robbery there in 1941. These events fell on either side of the establishmentŠ²Š‚™s Green Book listing years. Source: 1930s, 1950s Hartford cds; 1940, 1950 federal census; "Liquor Store Robbed," The Bridgeport Post, 3/1/1960 p.26; via ancestry.com
