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Sigman family

 Family

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Louis J. Sigman, 1931-1953

 Series
Identifier: B300.03
Scope and Contents

This series covers Louis K. Sigman and his company, the K. & B. Packing Company. There are newspaper clippings, a handwritten personal history, and a photograph of Louis K. Sigman.

Dates: 1931-1953

Photographs of Sigman and Related Families

 Collection
Identifier: B441
Abstract Louis K. Sigman, the owner of K&G packing, the largest independent meat packing plant in Colorado, was the son of East European immigrants. Born in 1881 in New York, he moved to Denver as a young boy. Louis began his meat business with just one calf and went on to become a well-known philanthropist active in the founding of Rose Hospital and treasurer of the National Home for Jewish Children. Sigman made headlines when he gave away thousands of pounds of meat to indigent Denver residents...
Dates: 1890-1990

Sigman Family Scrapbooks and Photographs, 1900-1997

 Series
Identifier: B300.02
Scope and Contents

This series contains photographs and papers about the Sigman family and the K. and B. Packing Company in Denver, Colorado. Louis K. Sigman and his sons Sam and Morris Sigman distributed free meat from their company during the depression from 1931-1940. Most of the material consists of digital images that were scanned from two scrapbooks.

Dates: 1900-1997

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