Anfenger, Milton L. (Milton Louis), 1874-1952

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Milton Louis Anfenger was born in Denver, Colorado, September 3, 1874. It is said that Congregation Emanuel in Denver, Colorado was founded at the bris or circumcision ceremony of Milton Anfenger, the eldest son of Louis and Louise Anfenger. He married Essie Wolfshon in 1911. Milton Anfenger became a successful attorney and leader in Denver. He was a lifetime board member of National Jewish Hospital and wrote a book about its early history. Anfenger was active in state politics and was elected to the Colorado state senate in 1904. From 1923 to 1932, he was the owner of the Denver Bears baseball club. Milton Anfenger was a humanitarian, and civic leader in Denver, president of the Denver Western Baseball Club, and a member of the Elks, Masons, Shriners, and B'nai B'rith. Milton Anfenger died in Denver in 1952.

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Graduating Exercises of the Denver High School, 1892 June 9

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Identifier: B091.01.0001.0002.00001

Abstract The Denver High School (later East High School) graduating program for 1892. The high school was begun in 1875 and a building was constructed on Stout street between 19th and 20th streets in Denver, Colorado. The first page of the program has drawings of a young man, young woman, and the high school and the title of the program. The second page has the ''Order of Exercises,'' the third page has the ''Class Ode'' and the ''Honor Record in General Scholarship,'' and the last page lists the...

Dates: 1892 June 9

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B091, Milton Louis Anfenger Papers / Scrapbooks, Photographs, and Ephemera / Box 1 / Ephemera

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