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| Clifford Spitzer |
After Joseph S. Spitzer died in 1913, the management of his men's clothing store called The Hub Clothing House of Honolulu was assumed by his youngest son, Clifford Spitzer, who was then 22 years old. How the political climate at that time was affecting the business for the store is found in the following news article. [Sorry, I am unable to make this clipping larger.]
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| News article from July 1913 |
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| Advertisement from October 1914 |
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| News article from June 1917 |
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| News article from July 1917 |
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| Hub Clothing House in James Campbell Building on the corner of Fort and Hotel Sts., Honolulu, circa 1919 (Hawaii State Archives) |
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| 1924 Honolulu City Directory |
Clifford Spitzer managed The Hub Clothing Store for nearly 30 years. Over the years, he appeared in passenger lists for ships traveling between Hawaii and California. One to three times a year he made the trip to buy merchandise for the store.
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| Clifford Spitzer |
More on Clifford Spitzer to be posted in the future.
References
Hawaii State Archives Digital Photograph Collection, http://archives1.dags.hawaii.gov/
The Hawaiian Gazette. (Honolulu, Hawaii). 15 July 1913, page 7. <https://www.newspapers.com/image/50261598/?terms=Hub>
Honolulu City Directory, 1924, from U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, Ancestry.com.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin. (Honolulu, Hawaii). 1 Oct 1914, page 6. <https://www.newspapers.com/image/80608038/?terms=Hub>
Honolulu Star-Bulletin. (Honolulu, Hawaii). 20 June 1917, page 2. <https://www.newspapers.com/image/85838761/?terms=Hub>
Honolulu Star-Bulletin. (Honolulu, Hawaii). 5 July 1917, page 9. <https://www.newspapers.com/image/85839943/?terms=Hub>
The Hawaiian Gazette. (Honolulu, Hawaii). 15 July 1913, page 7. <https://www.newspapers.com/image/50261598/?terms=Hub>
Honolulu City Directory, 1924, from U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, Ancestry.com.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin. (Honolulu, Hawaii). 1 Oct 1914, page 6. <https://www.newspapers.com/image/80608038/?terms=Hub>
Honolulu Star-Bulletin. (Honolulu, Hawaii). 20 June 1917, page 2. <https://www.newspapers.com/image/85838761/?terms=Hub>
Honolulu Star-Bulletin. (Honolulu, Hawaii). 5 July 1917, page 9. <https://www.newspapers.com/image/85839943/?terms=Hub>
My great aunts Emma and Jennie Prager were toe shoe dancers from Vienna/New York that toured extensively. Jennie is the one usually identified as Mlle Prager (Emma married Moses Wise, a Shubert manager.) Both ended up in Los Angeles after Moses died. Jennie (Eugenie) Prager taught there from about 1930 on. There were daughters of Julie Krenzer Prager, although it is unclear if she was married to the father of her children (incl. my great grandfather Gustav Prager, brother of the dancers. Julie was herself a 'toe dancer') Gustav's father's name is listed in his marriage record as Sigmund from Switzerland, but all three children were born in Austria and immigrated in the 1890s, and they never lived with a father. My guess is the Marie Dressler Mlle Prager is Jennie. Jerry Prager
ReplyDeleteVery interesting. Did you see the blog on Violet Prager Spitzer's dance days? You can find it on my blog entry of June 25, 2016, entitled "Clifford Spitzer's Bride." I assume you saw it because you refer to Mlle Prager's name in Marie Dressler's show. I didn't know there were other Prager dancers. Do you have any research on which shows Jennie Prager was in?
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