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Chernoff, Lewis Hill, 1890-1982

 Person

Biography

__Received Ph.D. in chemistry from Yale in 1914, was an associate professor at Yale, and worked for the Food and Drug Administration in Denver. Member of the Civic Symphony Orchestra of Denver.

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Civic Symphony Orchestra of Denver in Rehearsal, 1938 November 25

 Item
Identifier: B063.02.0030.0008.00001
Abstract

The members of the Civic Symphony Orchestra of Denver are on stage with their instruments for rehearsal on November 25, 1938. In the top left corner is an insert photograph of the conductor, Horace Tureman. Some members are identified in the margins: George Wagner, Harold Potashnick, Sam Chernick, Lewis Chernoff, Henry Ginsberg, Ethel Bernstone, and Eli Trustman.

Dates: 1938 November 25

Civilizing the West: Early Colorado Jews in the Arts, 2011

 Item
Identifier: B230.03.0023.00010
Abstract

Brief biographies of Jewish artists, musicians, composers, and conductors in Colorado. Jewish influence on arts in Colorado.

Dates: 2011

East Denver High School Class of 1907, 1907

 Item
Identifier: B063.02.0033.0012.00001
Abstract The East High School in Denver, Colorado, class of 1907, is shown sitting and standing in ten rows on the steps leading to the entrance of East High. The boys are attired in suits and the girls in skirts and blouses. Students in the photograph who are identified on the back are: Lewis Chernoff, Genevieve E. Perry, Irene Petersen, Chas. Hezmalhalah, Rowena E. McLennke, Bertha Werner, George F. Kimbrough, Earl Ellis, Baptiste Zimmermann, Earl Cree, Oscar M. Rachofsky, Arthur H. Laws, Claribel...
Dates: 1907

L. H. Chernoff, circa 1890

 Item
Identifier: B063.08.0039.00017
Abstract

Studio portrait of L. H. Chernoff as an infant standing on a chair and leaning on a table in Russia.

Dates: circa 1890

L. H. Chernoff, circa 1890

 Item
Identifier: B063.08.0039.00018
Abstract

Studio portrait of L. H. Chernoff as an infant standing on a chair and leaning on a table in Russia.

Dates: circa 1890

Lewis Chernoff, 1939

 Item
Identifier: B063.08.0047.00094
Abstract

Official Federal Security Agency portrait of Lewis H. Chernoff.

Dates: 1939

Lewis Chernoff Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B191
Abstract

Dr. Lewis Hill Chernoff was an accomplished violinist who played with the Denver Symphony and Carvallo's Symphony. He was also a chemist and worked for the Food and Drug Administration in Denver. Collection contains miscellaneous papers, diplomas and certificates largely relating to Lewis Chernoff and some to Sophie Chernoff.

Dates: 1899-1982

Lewis H. Chernoff, circa 1910

 Item
Identifier: B063.08.0008.00039
Abstract

Studio portrait of a young Lewis Hill Chernoff wearing glasses.

Dates: circa 1910

Lewis H. Chernoff, circa 1915

 Item
Identifier: B063.08.0047.00089
Abstract

Studio portrait of a young Lewis H. Chernoff wearing a suit and tie and pince-nez glasses.

Dates: circa 1915

Lewis Hill Chernoff and Kathy Chernoff, 1894

 Item
Identifier: B063.05.0030.0001.00001
Abstract

Formal portrait of Lewis Hill Chernoff and his sister Kathy taken in New Haven, Connecticut. They are formally dressed and both have button hole boots. They are standing in front of a draped chair and Lewis Chernoff has his arms around his sister.

Dates: 1894

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Archival Object 9
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Subject
Denver (Colo.) 8
Photographs 5
Colorado 4
Jewish children 4
Jewish men 4