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Bernstein, Moritz, 1866-1918

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Biography

Mortiz Bernstein was born in Koenigsburg, Prussia in 1866 and died in Denver, Colorado in 1918. He came to Walsenburg, Colorado in about 1885 and after working as an empoyee, he bought the store. His wife was Theresa Altschul Bernstein and their daughter was Eva Bernstein Stark.

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Bernstein Family at Seven Falls, Colorado, 1910 June

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Identifier: B063.05.0013.00018
Abstract Theresa (Mrs. Moritz) Bernstein (second from left) and her daughter Eva (young girl on far left of image) ride on burros in front of the waterfalls at Seven Falls, Colorado Springs, Colorado, during a tour. The other individuals in the photograph are unknown. Another man stands behind the group beside a taxidermized elk. All five of the men and women are wearing hats. Moritz Bernstein had a dry goods store in Walsenburg, Colorado, where the family lived and in other southern Colorado...
Dates: 1910 June

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