Streltzer, John E. (Ellis), 1901-1985

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Humanitarian John E. Streltzer was born in Denver on June 2, 1901, the son of Ben and Rebecca Streltzer in Denver's West Side. He met Sarah Safran in 1923 at a club he had helped organize on the West Side. John and Sarah Sreltzer established a wholesale office supply business and he served nearly three terms as a member of the Colorado House of Representatives in the 1950s. During his third term, President John Kennedy appointed John Streltzer Director of Customs for Colorado and Wyoming, a position he held until 1969. John Streltzer then became Vice President of Public Relations at Metrobank. Throughout his life he was involved in many Jewish, general, and medical causes, including Ex-Patient's Home, Israel Bonds, B'nai B'rith, AMC Cancer Research Center (JCRS), Red Cross, United Way, and Allied Jewish Welfare Fund. He died December 16, 1985.

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U.S. Bureau of Customs Flag, between 1950-1970

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Identifier: B185.04.0002.00001

Abstract The U.S. Bureau of Customs flag that hung over the U.S. Customs building between 19th and California, and Stout and 20th in Denver, Colorado. It is a nylon flag with 16 vertical stripes, eight red and eight white, with the arms of the U.S.A. imprinted in blue on a white field on the upper left corner. A strip of light weight canvas with a grommet at each end is stitched along the mounting edge of the flag. The flag belonged to John E. Streltzer, who was the federal district customs...

Dates: between 1950-1970

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B185, John E. Streltzer Papers / Material Culture / Box 2

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