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Levitt family

 Family

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

Anne and Dorothy Levitt, circa 1925

 Item
Identifier: B315.01.00001
Abstract

Sisters Dorothy and Anne Levitt are standing in front of a building. Dorothy Levitt, standing on the left, is wearing a necklace and Anne Levitt has ribbons on her dress. The girls' parents were Isadore and Yetta Prezant Levitt.

Dates: circa 1925

Anne, Dorothy, and Jack Levitt, circa 1931

 Item
Identifier: B315.01.00019
Abstract

Sisters Dorothy and Anne Levitt are standing on the porch of their home at 15th Street and Dale Court in Denver, Colorado. Dorothy and Anne Levitt are wearing coats and are holding their nephew Jack Levitt. The girls' parents were Isadore and Yetta Prezant Levitt who came from Russia and settled in the Eastern European Jewish neighborhood around West Colfax Avenue in Denver. Jack Levitt's parents were Jerry Milton Levitt and Esther Cohen Levitt.

Dates: circa 1931

Digital Photographs, 1916-1995, 1940-1952

 Series
Identifier: B315.01
Scope and Contents

Series 1 contains digital images of the Levitt family in Denver, Colorado that were scanned from the original photographs. The photographs are of an Eastern European Jewish family in Denver during the twentieth century.

Dates: 1916-1995; 1940-1952

Dorothy Levitt Cohen and Eddie Richardson, circa 1945

 Item
Identifier: B315.01.00024
Abstract

Dorothy Levitt Cohen and her nephew Eddie Richardson are standing on a sidewalk. Eddie Richardson is his navy uniform. Dorothy Cohen was the daughter of Isadore and Yetta Prezant Levitt. Eddie Richardson was the son of George and Sarah Levitt Richardson.

Dates: circa 1945

Dorothy Levitt Cohen, Eddie Richardson, and Yetta Prezant Levitt, circa 1945

 Item
Identifier: B315.01.00025
Abstract

Dorothy Levitt Cohen, her nephew Eddie Richardson, and her mother Yetta Prezant Levitt are standing on a sidewalk. Eddie Richardson is in his navy uniform. Dorothy Cohen was the daughter of Isadore and Yetta Prezant Levitt. Eddie Richardson was the son of George and Sarah Levitt Richardson.

Dates: circa 1945

Eddie Richardson in Navy Uniform, circa 1945

 Item
Identifier: B315.01.00017
Abstract

Eddie Richardson is posing in his navy uniform. He was the son of George and Sarah Levitt Richardson.

Dates: circa 1945

Isadore and Yetta Prezant Levitt 50th Wedding Anniversary, circa 1948

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Identifier: B315.01.00003
Abstract Isadore (Shea) and Yetta Prezant Levitt are standing inside the Congregation Zera Abraham synagogue in a full-length portrait. Yetta Levitt is wearing a dress with a corsage and Isadore Levitt is wearing a suit and hat with a boutonnière. They came from Russia in the early 1900s and settled in the Eastern European Jewish neighborhood around West Colfax Avenue in Denver, Colorado. The Zera Abraham synagogue, at 1560 Julian street, was founded in 1887 by former colonists in Cotopaxi,...
Dates: circa 1948

Levitt Children, circa 1923

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Identifier: B315.01.00005
Abstract

The Levitt children are standing in front of their brick home at 15th street and Dale Court in Denver, Colorado. In the back row from left to right are Morris (Moshe) Levitt, Tillie Levitt (Tein), and Mary Levitt (Rubanowitz). In the front row from left to right are Anne Levitt (Marcus), Edward Levitt, and Dorothy Levitt (Cohen). The children's' parents were Isadore and Yetta Prezant Levitt who settled in the Eastern European Jewish neighborhood around West Colfax Avenue.

Dates: circa 1923

Levitt Family Directory, 1989 July 9

 Item
Identifier: B315.02.0001.00002
Abstract

A directory of the extended Levitt family with names, addresses, and telephone numbers. Copy of typed family directory.

Dates: 1989 July 9

Levitt Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B315
Abstract Isadore and Yetta Prezant Levitt and their descendants have lived in Denver, Colorado for over a century. Isadore (Shea) and Yetta Prezant Levitt came to Denver, Colorado from Russia in the early 1900s and settled in the Eastern European Jewish enclave around West Colfax Avenue. The Levitt Family Papers contain a family tree, a reunion directory and scanned photographs. The papers reflect the Americanization of an Eastern European Jewish extended family during the twentieth...
Dates: 1876-1995; Majority of material found in 1940-1952

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Archival Object 17
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Subject
Denver (Colo.) 17
Jews 17
Colorado 16
Social life and customs 16
Jewish families 13