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Bloom, Ida Strait, 1894-1987

 Person

Biography

Ida Strait was born in New York City in 1894 after her parents emigrated from Poland to the United States. Ida Strait's parents were from Warsaw, Poland, and settled in Atwood, Colorado, before returning to Poland. After they encountered persecution they came back to the United States and settled in Denver, Colorado. Ida worked as a laundress in the Brown Palace Hotel. Ida Strait married Pizer Bloom in 1910 and by 1914, the couple had saved enough money to open a store 2800 Downing Street in Denver and sold coal and feed. Their son Sam was born in Denver in 1911 and helped his parents run the Downing's Coal and Hardware Store at 33rd and Downing streets. The store grew into a large appliance store.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Barbara A. Bloom Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B409
Abstract Sam Bloom was born in Denver, Colorado in 1911. His parents were Pizer and Ida Strait Bloom. Pizer was born in Poland in 1885 and Ida was born in New York City in 1894. The couple opened Downing Coal and Feed store in Denver, Colorado. Sam Bloom married Lillian Gershowitz in 1937 at the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver. They became the parents of three children: Alan Bloom, Barbara Bloom, and Marshall Bloom. Sam Bloom and his parents grew Downing's Hardware Store into the largest appliance store...
Dates: 1915-2018
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Barbara A. Bloom Papers

Digital Images, 1915-1960

 Series
Identifier: B409.02
Abstract

Contains five digitized jpg images of photographs of the Bloom family and their stores on Downing street.

Dates: 1915-1960
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B409, Barbara A. Bloom Papers

Downing's Hardware Store Interior, 1927

 Item
Identifier: B409.02.00002
Abstract Interior of the Downing's Hardware store on Downing Street. Standing in the store left to right: Ida Bloom, Pizer Bloom, unidentified employee, Sam Bloom, and Fern Bloom. Pictured are paints and Celsior paint samples on shelves at the right of the image, a ladder, roll of packaging paper, different sizes of wire, scale with a scoop, watering can, and shelves filled with unkown same size materials. Sam Bloom was born in Denver, Colorado in 1911. His parents were Pizer and Ida Strait Bloom....
Dates: 1927
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B409, Barbara A. Bloom Papers / Digital Images

Sam and Ida Bloom in Downing's Hardware Store, between 1930 and 1935

 Item
Identifier: B409.02.00003
Abstract Digitized photograph of Sam and Ida Bloom standing in Downing's Hardware Store. In the store are various hardware items, including paints, samdpaper, spark plugs, Texico roofing materials, watering cans, rifles, silver tea pots, and perhaps lawnmowers. Interior of the Downing's Hardware store on Downing street. Standing in the store left to right: Ida Bloom, Pizer Bloom, unidentified employee, Sam Bloom, and Fern Bloom. Pictured are paints and Celsior paint samples on shelves at the right of...
Dates: between 1930 and 1935
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B409, Barbara A. Bloom Papers / Digital Images

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