Rubin, Eva Boscowitz

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Jacob Boscowitz was a master baker who immigrated to Denver in 1896 after fire destroyed his bakery in Kobryn, Poland. He brought his wife Eva and family over three years later. Star Bakery was founded by Eva and Jacob Boscowitz (Boscoe) in 1907 at 2744 West Colfax Avenue, under the Colfax viaduct. The bakery was first in a 28 by 75 foot building that served as the bakery, office, and as the Boscoe home. The bakery grew to a modernized complex that filled almost the entire block. After Jacob Boskowitz died in an accident in 1909, Eva married Elya Rubin.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

A Grocery Store on Every Corner: Early Colorado Jewish Grocery, 2002

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Identifier: B230.03.0023.00001

Scope and Contents From the File: Contains DVDs created by Dr. Jeanne Abrams: A Grocery Store on Every Corner: Early Colorado Jewish Grocers; And Justice You Shall Pursue: Early Colorado Jewish Lawyers; A Legacy of Caring: Early Colorado Jewish Women 1860-1930 (2 copies); From Peddlers to Merchant Princes: Early Colorado Jewish Entrepreneurs; Blazing the Trail: An Early History of Denver's Jewish Community; Growing Up in Early Denver: The Lives of Jewish Children 1860-1940; At Home on the Range: Colorado Jewish Cowboys,...

Dates: 2002

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B230, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Records / Publications / Box 23 (DVDs)

Interior View of the Star Bakery, circa 1920

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Identifier: B063.01.0001.00010

Abstract Members of the Boscowitz and Rubin families stand in the Star Bakery store surrounded by loaves of bread. Pictured from left to right are Rudy Boscowitz (Boscoe), Elya (Eli) Rubin, Eva Boscowitz Rubin and Sam Boscowitz (Boscoe). Located at 2744 West Colfax in Denver, Colorado, the Star Bread Company (operating as Star Bakery) was founded by East European immigrants Eva and Jacob Boscowitz in 1907. After her husband's death in 1909, Eva Boscowitz continued to operate the store, later marrying...

Dates: circa 1920

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B063, Beck Archives Photograph Collection / Businesses / Box 1

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Subject: Colfax Avenue (Colo.) X