Gilbert C. Harris

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.[3] Henry Wilson Savage was among his clients.[4] Charlotte Cushman and Henry Irving were among his clients.[5]

He was born in Petersburg, Virginia.[5] He moved from Virginia to Boston in 1892.[4] He co-founded an Odd Fellows Lodge.[3] He acquired and continued to operate Frenchman M. Alphonse Gilbert's Gilbert & Co. wig business at 732 Washington Street.[5]

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

References
  1. "A noble history". The Bay State Banner. February 14, 2012.
  2. "Negro Year Book and Annual Encyclopedia of the Negro". Monroe N. Work. November 18, 1922 – via Google Books.
  3. History, Black Entrepreneur (November 9, 2022). "Gilbert C. Harris - African American Wig Manufacturer".
  4. Daniels, John (November 18, 1914). "In Freedom's Birthplace: A Study of the Boston Negroes. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1914". Johnson Reprint Corporation – via Google Books.
  5. N.Y.), Mercantile Illustrating Company (New York (November 18, 1894). "Boston with Its Points of Interest: With Illustrations from Original Photographs". Mercantile Illustrating Company – via Google Books.
  6. The Mulatto in th United States. Ardent Media.


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