Gilbert C. Harris

Gilbert C. Harris 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. He supplied wigs to theater companies including via a mail order business. Henry Wilson Savage was among his clients. Charlotte Cushman and Henry Irving were among his clients.
He co-founded a Colored Odd Fellows Lodge in Boston.