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- Founder and President of Dr. Bloom Dentist, Inc. At one time there were seven offices functioning . One was in Brooklyn and the rest were scattered throughout New York City. Practiced from l9l4 - l984
Attended: Townsend Harris High School College of the City of New York - l907 - l9l0 New York College of Dentistry ( N.Y.U.) - l9ll - l9l4 - D.D.S.
Addresses:
1907 - 1910 4l6 Lenox Avenue - NYC
West Norwood, N.J. West ll0 Street - N.Y.C. ll5 West73 Street- NYC 441 West End Avenue, NYC 245 West l04 Street - NYC 5 West 86 Street - NYC 360l Johnson Avenue, Riverdale, N.Y. - l959 345 East 52 Street- NYC - l96l - 62 Miller Avenue, Engleood N. J. Johnson Avenue, - Riverdale, NY l39 West Englewood Avenue - Teaneck, NJ - l963 230 East 79 Street - NYC - Moved here within the year after Mom died, which was in l963. He had lived with us for several months and then in an apartment hotel, before moving to 79 St. That was his last address, although his last days were here and in the Englewood Hospital
Somewhere in my memorabelia about Daddy, you will see a photo of the Opportunity Shop. He had the idea long before John's Bargain Stores. He would go to Auction Sales of failing businesses and buy up "job lots" of almost anything and then sell them at deeply discounted prices.
Apparently, he tried several endeavors. Way back, when he lived in Norwood, and possibly as something for Mom to do, he apparently had a small hotel or Bed and Breakfast enterprise. There is also - and actually this should come under the heading for Dan - but I may never have such a heading and so - I'll stick it in here - The Harrington Shop. Not sure where the name came from. That might have been Dan's contribution, but I wouldn't swear to it. Dan decided to give up Dentistry - I think the competition with Dr. Bloom Dentist was too much for him - and he thought it would be nice or it was always his ambition or something - to have a gift shop. I don't know whether he had actual blue print plans for this but it was to be something nice. Dad went buying with him - of course he couldnt do this alone and before long, he was more involved in the shop than Dan. The shop was located on Fifth Avenue and really had beautiful items. It only lasted a year or two and when it closed we all purchased items - at cost. Believe I still have a Bud Vase and a shot glass (just can think of the name right now) from the shop. One of these days I'm going to put in order all the information I have relating to Dr. Bloom Dentist, Inc. Perhaps when I hear from the people who are looking for photos of "Old New York" similar to the one I found in the Essex House. showing the 46 Street office. I may title the book "The Last Employee of Dr. Bloom Dentist" I did work at the 86 Street office for two years right after we were married Carl still had two more years of Residency at H.J.D. and I needed practice in handling patients since I expected to be working in a Professional Office in the future.
Time has a way of dulling the memory. I think Dan went back into the Dental business after the Harrington Shop. He also worked at 86 St. That didn't last too long. Conflict of personalities, I believe, would be the best way to describe it. Shortly after that he left home to make his way elsewhere. (digressing again) Dad finally closed all of the offices. Gave up the Corporation and went into Private Practice on 73 Street in a Professional Building. He was there for four or five years, I believe and finally gave up in l984. Quite a record, I'd say. l9l4 - l984 - 70 years ! He was still full of life after he retired. It was only about the last year and a half that he began to fail. Up until then he had seen every Play on B'way - every Art Show opening in the Museums and never alone. He almost always had a lady friend to accompany him.
He developed a circulatory condition in his leg and also had a heart attack towards the end. It was the leg that finally "did him in" Hospitalized in the Englewood Hospital, first they amputated a toe and finally went in to see if they could do something about his circulatory condition. It was impossible and they had to amputate just below the knee. He was fine for the first couple of days, but then developed a respiratory problem. Moved to the I. C. U., where he arrested twice. Brought back both times and he was lucid all through. I think the thing that finally happened was that it was all too much for his 94 years and like the "One Horse Shay" just collapsed all at once.
on 1930 census, living at 115 West 73rd Street, they had a live in maid (Maria Schmidt) [2]
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Our Family History
1893 - 1987 (94 years)
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