Anfenger family
Family
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Anfenger Family Diaries and Material Culture
Collection
Identifier: B106
Abstract
Louis Anfenger was typical of the young Jewish men who migrated to the Colorado Territory in the state's formative years. Born in Bavaria, Anfenger came to the United States in the 1850s and moved to Denver in 1870 to seek his fortune. He became a highly successful businessman in the area of real estate as well as a member of the Denver Chamber of Commerce and was later elected to the state legislature in the 1880s. He was a founder of Congregation Emanuel, Denver B'nai B'rith, and National...
Dates:
Other: 1861-1989
Blazing the Trail, Panel 1, 2001
Item — Object B297.02.01.00028: Series B297.02 [Barcode: U186023282621]
Identifier: B297.02.01.00028
Abstract
One of 12 exhibit display panels from the exhibit "Blazing the Trail: Denver's Jewish Pioneers." Panel titled "Blazing the Trail: Denver's Jewish Pioneers" features more hisotrical information, a large image of the national Council of Jewish Women’s picnic, the Anfenger family and Schayer family.
Dates:
2001
Michael Family, circa 1885
Item
Identifier: B106.03.0015.0001.00002
Scope and Contents
Family portrait of the Michaels Family.
Dates:
circa 1885
Portrait of the Louis Anfenger Family, between 1895-1900
Item
Identifier: B063.05.0005.00006
Abstract
Louis (1842-1900) and Louise Schlesinger (1847-1938) Anfenger seated front center, with their eight children. Children, back row, left to right: Max, Fannie, Stella, Milton, and Fred. Children front row: Harold, Flora, and Joseph. Louis Anfenger was born in Bavaria and came to the United States in the 1850s. He moved west to Denver, Colorado in 1870, started out working as a clerk, and became a highly successful businessman in the area of real estate. Louise He was also elected to the state...
Dates:
between 1895-1900
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