Beck, Ira M., 1922-1975

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Morris Hayutin and Anna Hayutin stand behind a long table surrounded by their children during their 35th anniversary dinner. Left to right are Syma Sigman Hayutin, Irving Hayutin, Anna Ginsberg Hayutin, Morris Hayutin, Peryle Hayutin Beck, Ira M. Beck, Elaine Goldberg Hayutin, and Arthur B. Hayutin.

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Morris Pepper and Ira Beck pose together in front of a house. Ira is wearing his World War II military uniform. Rose Pepper stands in the doorway behind them.

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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Sam and Ira Beck stand in front of the Central Electric Supply Co. during World War II. Ira wears a military uniform.

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

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Three photographs from a scrapbook of the Beck and Hayutin families.

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A souvenir type hatchet made of wood and mother-of-pearl, commonly purchased by tourists. It is marked ''Manitou Colo''. Originally belonged to Ira M. Beck.

Abstract A tefillin (phylactery) for the hand consisting of a black leather box with a brown leather strap. This view shows the orange sticker on the top of the box with ''shel yad'' (for the hand). The leather boxes are those which Jewish men from the age of 13 bind with leather straps on the crest of their foreheads during the morning prayers. The leather box contains parchments on which are written the four sections of the Torah in which they are mentioned: ''And you shall bind them for a sign...