Shwayder, Nellie Weitz, 1886-1977

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Biography

Nellie Weitz married Jesse Shwayder who began trunk company that became Samsonite luggage. Their son King D. Shwayder became president in 1961. Nellie Weitz Shwayder wrote five fictional stories set in Denver, Colorado. Nellie Shwayder was born in Denver in 1886 and died there in 1977.

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Group of Women at a Park, between 1915-1940

Item

Identifier: B063.05.0013.00001

Abstract

Seven women pose together in a group in a park. Left to right are Fanny Milstein, Bessie Balaban (Kindergarten teacher at Cheltenham School), Ida Shwayder, Grandmother Weitz, Doris Ginsberg, Nellie Shwayder, and Minnie Shwartz.

Dates: between 1915-1940

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B063, Beck Archives Photograph Collection / Families and Groups / Box 13

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Subject: Social life and customs X