About Gilbert C. Harris
Lived 1855 – 1921 (aged 65–66). Gilbert C. Harris was an American wigmaker and businessperson.
Gilbert C. Harris (1853 – 1921) was an American businessperson, community leader and wig maker in Boston, Massachusetts. He served as treasurer of the National Negro Business League.
Life and career Gilbert C. Harris was born in c. 1853, in Petersburg, Virginia. He moved from Virginia to Boston in 1892. A 1918 book documented him as being "mulatto".
He acquired and continued to operate Frenchman M. Alphonse Gilbert's Gilbert & Co. wig business at 732 Washington Street. Charlotte Cushman, and Henry Irving were among his clients.
He co-founded a Colored Odd Fellows Lodge in Boston.
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American businessperson (1853–1921)
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Gilbert C. Harris was born in 1855 in Virginia.
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Gilbert C. Harris died in 1921.
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Gilbert C. Harris was a wigmaker and businessperson.
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