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J. Press Merchant Tailors

J. Press Merchant Tailors

Posted on Mar 15, 2019

Tailoring was almost an accident for my grandfather Jacobi Press, but not quite. He arrived in Boston Harbor with his three sisters in 1896. They were met at the pier by his brothers Max and Harry who had settled earlier, establishing a small custom-tailor shop in Middletown, Connecticut...

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Prep School In The 1950s

Prep School In The 1950s

Posted on Mar 07, 2019

The laws of acceptance and exclusion were epiphanies I experienced during my days at the prep school Loomis (now known as Loomis Chaffee) on its lush campus down the road from the then 1950s Norman Rockwell town of Windsor, Connecticut...

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