Shwayder, Isaac, 1855-1916
Person
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Isaac Shwayder, between 1875-1880
Item
Identifier: B063.08.0047.00031
Abstract
Wedding portrait of Isaac Shwayder leaning against a bench.
Dates:
between 1875-1880
Isaac Shwayder Family, circa 1905
Item
Identifier: B063.05.0041.00085
Abstract
Isaac and Rachel Shwayder sit for a formal family portrait surrounded by their ten children: Sol, Jesse, Rachel, Mark, Gertrude, Florence, Maurice, Hannah, Ben and Liebe.
Dates:
circa 1905
Photograph of Isaac Shwayder, 1880
Item
Identifier: B101.01.0001.0003.00001
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains a cd, two original photographs, and photo prints of the Shwayder family.
Dates:
1880
Shwayder Family Papers and Samsonite Corporation Records
Collection
Identifier: B245
Abstract
The Shwayder family of Denver, Colorado, is best known for the luggage company Samsonite Corporation, which the family founded and operated. Isaac and Rachel Shwayder had migrated from Manchester, England to Colorado in 1881 and eventually settled in Denver. In 1910 their son, Jesse Shwayder, opened a small luggage factory in Denver with his father along with his brothers Mark, Maurice, Benjamin, and Solomon Shwayder. The company started as Shwayder Trunk Manufacturing Company, was later...
Dates:
1896-2002
Small Town Jews: Creating Colorado Communities, 2014
Item
Identifier: B230.03.0023.00014
Abstract
Brief biographies of Jewish men and women who grew up in small communities in Colorado. Contains historical photographs and interviews with people describing their childhoods.
Dates:
2014
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