Blank and Strosser
Organization
Biography
Name from photograph of Jesse Shwayder taken in New York.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Jesse Shwayder Formal Portrait, circa 1929
Item
Identifier: B063.08.0031.0004.00001
Abstract
Formal portrait of Jesse Shwayder standing with his hands in his pockets. In the early 1900s, Jesse Shwayder opened a small luggage factor in Denver with his father, Isaac, and brothers Mark, Maurice, Benjamin, and Solomon. Together they turned it into one of the largest luggage producers in America, the Samsonite Corporation.
Dates:
circa 1929