Hartford Department Stores: Newberry, Kresge, Steiger's and more

This video is about the early department stores and five and dime stores that existed on Main Street in Hartford between Asylum and Pratt Streets, an area that is today a parking lot. The stores included the Hartford branches of J. J. Newberry Co. and S. S. Kresge Co., as well as Albert Steiger Company.
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I made a previous video about the corner of Main and Asylum Streets: • Site of the First Skys...
This video includes a photograph of the Hills Block from the collections of the Connecticut Historical Society: hdl.handle.net/...
This video includes a photograph of Steiger-Vedder Company from the collections of the Connecticut Historical Society: hdl.handle.net/...
This video includes a photograph of by Richard Welling from the collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Accession Number 2012.284.111
This video features two images of the display windows of C. S. Hills & Co. during World War I from the Dudley Photograph Collection of Hartford During World War I (PG 034) at the Connecticut State Library:
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[@robertsimon4867]

I worked at J.J. Newberry in the mid 1980s.....Shopped G. Fox, Sage-Allen, Brown-Thompson, etc. Great place back in the day. Stephen Simon

[@kathygooden259]

Yes, I was born and raised in Hartford, Connecticut. I remember going downtown. They had everything downtown JJ Newberry love to go in shop sit at the diner inside the store and eat 🥰🥰🥰

[@TT-fl8jt]

I miss these days! Shopping was fun and candy was cheap! Lol

[@kguarnac]

Hartford had so many beautiful buildings that were lost to redevelopment. Just imagine what city would look like if some of those buildings were still standing! Once again, thanks Dan for the great job.

[@historywithdansterner263]

Thanks for watching!

[@michaelmarshall7575]

"A parking lot"...Ouch !! Thanks for the upload !! I the GFOX Parking lot is Still there.. It survived the 1993 store closure..!!

[@junkandthangs]

Thanks Dan… Newberry’s and Jupiter’s were my favorites. I guess Newberry’s was the store that you can exit out the side back near the record shop onto Asylum Street

[@hetmanjz]

Near Greenspon's Hardware!

[@junkandthangs]

@@hetmanjz Greenspon was on Asylum? I only remember Abe’s Fashion, Savitt’s, and Song Hays

[@hetmanjz]

@@junkandthangs Yes, more or less across from Savitt's! Song Hays, a favorite spot for my parents and I when I was growing up. I actually don't remember Abe's Fashion though.

[@junkandthangs]

@@hetmanjz going down asylum towards Trumbull it was on the right, opposite side of Savitt Song Hays etc. as I said out the side door of Newberry’s onto Asylum

[@junkandthangs]

@@hetmanjz that’s why it’s important that we take pictures these days

[@DannyPimienta]

I vaguely remember Newberrys before it closed. G. Fox was a frequent visit for me.

[@jimr513666]

It seems as though Hartford was just one huge retail store location that had many concerns all in competition with one another over the years, constantly building and demolishing trying to get a leg up on their competitors.

[@annegoshdigian5686]

Excellent, Dan!

[@williammacdonnell6965]

Dan another great video. I worked in ‘66 and ‘67 after school for Bakers Shoe store which is shown as Burt’s shoe store. My boss was a great guy Irv Plotkin

[@andyb811]

in the city, we had Woolworth's, HL Green, Kresge's.

[@gilaubin4893]

Thanks for these videos, they all bring back some great memories! I grew up on Woodbridge Street so downtown Hartford was our go-to place. My mother worked at the W,T, Grant store on State Street as a cashier so I knew all the department stores very well. Other fond memories include the Crown Theater, Nateson's Drug Store, the great hobby shop that was on Pearl Street, Sam's Army Navy, the newsstand on the corner of State and Main where I would buy all my 10 cent comic books...
Man, am I old LOL

[@gilaubin4893]

More thoughts - Daley's Market on Main Street, the New System Restaurant (where my parents met!), Parma Restaurant, Honiss Oyster House, Omar(?) Coffee roasters, Mr. Peanut, Savitt's Jewelers. More and more brain cells keep waking up!

[@historywithdansterner263]

Great memories!

[@michaelmarshall7575]

Actually Stigers first started in Holyoke ma..The for store was In.Springfield ma..