Gilbert C. Harris Explained
Gilbert C. Harris (? - 1921) was a wig maker in Boston, Massachusetts. He moved to Boston from Virginia.[1] He served as treasurer of the National Negro Business League.[2] He supplied wigs to theater companies including via a mail order business. Henry Wilson Savage was among his clients.[3] Charlotte Cushman and Henry Irving were among his clients.[4]
He was born in Petersburg, Virginia.[4] He moved from Virginia to Boston in 1892.[3] He co-founded an Odd Fellows Lodge.[5] He acquired and continued to operate Frenchman M. Alphonse Gilbert's Gilbert & Co. wig business at 732 Washington Street.[4]
A 1918 book documented him as being "mulatto".[6]
See also
- Mary L. Johnson, maker of the Johnson Hair Food pomade and a wig maker, scientific scalp specialist, and hair "culturist"
- L. C. Parrish, wig maker and hair weaver in Boston
- T. J. Jones (businessman), Boston manufacturer of Lusterine
Notes and References
- Web site: A noble history. February 14, 2012. The Bay State Banner.
- Web site: Negro Year Book and Annual Encyclopedia of the Negro. November 18, 1922. Monroe N. Work. Google Books.
- Web site: In Freedom's Birthplace: A Study of the Boston Negroes. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1914. John. Daniels. November 18, 1914. Johnson Reprint Corporation. Google Books.
- Web site: Boston with Its Points of Interest: With Illustrations from Original Photographs. Mercantile Illustrating Company (New York. N.Y.). November 18, 1894. Mercantile Illustrating Company. Google Books.
- Web site: Gilbert C. Harris - African American Wig Manufacturer. Black Entrepreneur. History. November 9, 2022.
- Book: The Mulatto in the United States . Ardent Media .
