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Wisebart, Benjamin W., 1841-1895

 Person

Biography

born September 28, 1841 and died in Denver, Colorado December 15, 1895.

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Advertising Card for Ben Wisebart, Clothier, circa 1876

 Item
Identifier: B063.01.0009.00011
Abstract

Advertising card that reads "Ben Wisebart Wide Awake Clothier, 366 Larimer St., Denver, Colorado." Wisebart was elected mayor of Central City, Colo. in 1876. His sister was Frances Wisebart Jacobs. This photograph of the card was taken circa 1978.

Dates: circa 1876

Ben Wisebart with His Children, 1891 January 4

 Item
Identifier: B063.05.0053.00054
Abstract

Ben Wisebart stands outside his house with his four children, Laura, Rosetta, Edna, and Sam, and the family dog.

Dates: 1891 January 4

Benjamin Wisebart, 1882 January 1

 Item
Identifier: B063.08.0024.00007
Abstract

Studio portrait of Benjamin Wisebart wearing a suit and bow tie.

Dates: 1882 January 1

Box 1, between 1869-1996

 File — Box B319.01.0001: Series B319.01 [Barcode: U186020736516]
Identifier: B319.01.0001
Scope and Contents

The book Vale of Cedars; The Martyr by Grace Aguilar (1868) was awarded Celestine Lesem by the Hebrew Bible School in Quincy, Ill. Folder with papers and documents.

Dates: between 1869-1996

Growing up in Early Colorado: The Lives of Jewish Children, 2012

 Item
Identifier: B230.03.0023.00011
Abstract

Brief biographies of Jewish men and women who grew up in Jewish communities in Colorado. Contains historical photographs and interviews with people describing their childhoods.

Dates: 2012

Small Town Jews: Creating Colorado Communities, 2014

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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

Wisebart Family, 1891 January 4

 Item
Identifier: B063.05.0053.00056
Abstract

Four children stand in front of two men and a woman on the porch of a house. The children and one of the men are most likely Ben Wisebart and his children, Laura, Edna, Rosetta, and Sam.

Dates: 1891 January 4

Wisebart Family, 1891 January 4

 Item
Identifier: B063.05.0053.00058
Abstract

The four Wisebart children, Laura, Rosetta, Edna, and Sam, sit on the steps of their home surrounded by their father Ben Wisebart and an unidentified man and woman.

Dates: 1891 January 4

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