Pettit, Steven
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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Blazing the Trail: An Early History of Denver’s Jewish Community, 2009
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Identifier: B230.03.0023.00008
Abstract
Brief description of several early Jewish leaders of commerce, philanthropy, religion, and community as well as several Jewish lawyers, doctors, merchants, and politicians in Colorado.
Dates:
2009
From Peddlers to Merchant Princes: Early Colorado Jewish Entrepreneurs, 2006
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Identifier: B230.03.0023.00005
Abstract
Jews played a central role in the development of Colorado through their contributions to economic life and development. Denver's first mercantile store was opened by Jewish citizen Fred Salomon in 1859. Before long, stores run by Jewish merchants and their family members in search of work and wealth flourished on the main streets of most Colorado towns including, Denver, Central City, Leadville, Trinidad, and Fairplay. This film focuses on the lives of a number of early merchants, including...
Dates:
2006
Growing up in Early Colorado: The Lives of Jewish Children, 2012
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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
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- Trinidad (Colo.) 2
- Aspen (Colo.) 1
- Auraria (Denver, Colo.) 1
- Businesspeople 1
- Cripple Creek (Colo.) 1
- Education 1
- Fairplay (Colo.) 1
- Floods 1
- Fort Collins (Colo.) 1
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- Mikveh 1
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