Beck, Ira M., 1922-1975

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Studio portrait of Ira Beck's family. Ira as a young boy stands left wearing a sailor shirt, Sam Beck stands behind, and Belle Pepper Beck sits right.

Abstract Confirmation class of 1928 at Congregation Beth Ha Medrosh Hagodol. Twenty eight young men and women stand on either side of Rabbi Kauvar. Most are identified, Pearl Steinberg, Julia Mendelson Ackerman, Helen Rosenthal Steinberg, Cecilia Lehrman Bedz, Elsie Phillips, Rabbi Kauvar, Gertrude Phillips, Ruth Goldstein, Rebecca Reinveitz Rosenthal, Frayda Tannenbaum Karsh, Rowena Akers Weinstein, Ruth Richman Golden, Ira Beck, Irving Friedland, Al Cook, Max Rifkin, Sam Fortner, Stanley...

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Candid photographs of Ira and Belle Beck.

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Left to right Peryle Beck, Devra Beck, and Ira Beck at a restaurant.

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A young Ira Beck seated on a bicycle outside a brick building.

Abstract Peryle Hayutin Beck (1914-2006) recalls her family history, including the Ginsbergs' and Hayutins' origins in the Russian Empire; their arrival in America in the late 19th century; the loss of several relatives in World War I; her family's ties to the Lower East Side Jewish community in New York City and Memphis, Tennessee; the arrival of Dora Ginsberg, her paternal grandmother, in Denver, Colorado for health reasons; and the extended family's gradual move from New York to Denver. She also...

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Ira M. Beck (left) his grandmother Rose Pepper, and his uncle Morris R. Pepper in a formal portrait. Ira Beck is wearing a sailor blouse and Morris Pepper is wearing a tie and a striped shirt.

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Ira M. Beck (left) his grandmother Rose Pepper, and his uncle Morris R. Pepper in a formal portrait. Ira Beck is wearing a sailor blouse and Morris Pepper is wearing a tie and a striped shirt.

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Scrapbook page from the Pepper Family containing two photographs of members of the Pepper and Beck families.