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Flax, Sam, 1887-1979

 Person

Biography

born January 5, 1887, died in Denver October 21, 1979, M. Bertha J. Flax

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Jewish Communities Outside of Denver, Panel 1 , 2011

 Item — Object B297.02.01.00038: Series B297.02 [Barcode: U186023282574]
Identifier: B297.02.01.00038
Abstract

One of 12 exhibit display panels from the exhibit "Blazing the Trail: Denver's Jewish Pioneers." Panel titled "Jewish Communities Outside of Denver" features more historical information and includes Cohen Family of Fairplay, Issacs of Leadville. Cripple Creek, Sam and Bertha Flax, Abraham Rachofsky of Central City, and Meyer Brothers of Northern Colorado.

Dates: 2011

Oral History Interview with Sam Flax, 1976 November 3

 Item
Identifier: B098.01.0001.00005
Abstract "Sam Flax recounts his early years of growing up in Russia, then later moving to the United States, first to New York City and then to Colorado. He details the jobs he held in New York and later in Cripple Creek and Victor, Colo. He describes his experiences of raising a family in Denver and his real estate ventures.Sam Flax was born in Russia in 1887 and spent his early years there before immigrating to the United States. He lived in New York and later moved to Colorado,...
Dates: 1976 November 3

Sam and Bertha Flax and Their Sons, circa 1915

 Item
Identifier: B063.05.0013.00015
Abstract

East European Jewish immigrants Sam and Bertha Flax stand in front of a building. Sam Flax holds their baby son Leo as Bertha rests her hand on their older son Isidor's shoulder as he stands in front of them.

Dates: circa 1915

Sam Flax, circa 1979

 File
Identifier: B111.03.0003.0015
Abstract Sam [Afsey] Flax (1887-1979, SSI) was born in Kovna, Russia to a large family. He originally intended to study at a local yeshiva, but had to leave for America in 1905 due to Czarist persecution. Flax spent eleven months in New York before following his sweetheart Bertha and her family to Cripple Creek, Colorado. Sam and Bertha were married in Cripple Creek on August 1, 1909. They went back to New York for a brief period, but after finding little success, returned west to Denver, Colorado,...
Dates: circa 1979

Small Town Jews: Creating Colorado Communities, 2014

 Item
Identifier: B230.03.0023.00014
Abstract

Brief biographies of Jewish men and women who grew up in small communities in Colorado. Contains historical photographs and interviews with people describing their childhoods.

Dates: 2014

Wedding Portrait of Sam and Bertha Flax, circa 1909

 Item
Identifier: B063.05.0013.00012
Abstract

Sam Flax wears a three-piece suit, tie and gold watch. Bertha Flax wears a white gown and gold pin.

Dates: circa 1909

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Denver (Colo.) 5
Cripple Creek (Colo.) 4
Central City (Colo.) 2
Colorado 2
Jewish children 2