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Citizens of the State: Colorado's Early Jewish Politicians, 2007
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Identifier: B230.03.0023.00006
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This film examines the pivotal role early Colorado Jewish citizens played in the state's political life. Despite their distinction as a religious minority, pioneer Jews in communities throughout Colorado were viewed as a positive and stablitizing influence who upheld morality and order in the new settlements. Virtually every town in Colorado had a Jewish mayor by the turn of the nineteenth century, including Denver, Central City, and Fairplay. Includes brief biographies of Jewish men and...
Dates:
2007
Civilizing the West: Early Colorado Jews in the Arts, 2011
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Identifier: B230.03.0023.00010
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Brief biographies of Jewish artists, musicians, composers, and conductors in Colorado. Jewish influence on arts in Colorado.
Dates:
2011
From Peddlers to Merchant Princes: Early Colorado Jewish Entrepreneurs, 2006
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Identifier: B230.03.0023.00005
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Jews played a central role in the development of Colorado through their contributions to economic life and development. Denver's first mercantile store was opened by Jewish citizen Fred Salomon in 1859. Before long, stores run by Jewish merchants and their family members in search of work and wealth flourished on the main streets of most Colorado towns including, Denver, Central City, Leadville, Trinidad, and Fairplay. This film focuses on the lives of a number of early merchants, including...
Dates:
2006
Growing up in Early Colorado: The Lives of Jewish Children, 2012
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Identifier: B230.03.0023.00011
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Brief biographies of Jewish men and women who grew up in Jewish communities in Colorado. Contains historical photographs and interviews with people describing their childhoods.
Dates:
2012
Small Town Jews: Creating Colorado Communities, 2014
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Identifier: B230.03.0023.00014
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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
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- Salomon, Fred Zadek, 1830-1888 3
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- Anfenger, Louis, 1842-1900 2
- Anfenger, Milton L. (Milton Louis), 1874-1952 2
- Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol (Denver, Colo.) 2
- Congregation Emanuel (Denver, Colo.) 2
- Friedman, William S., Rabbi, 1868-1944 2
- Guggenheim, Meyer 2
- Hattenbach, Leon 2
- Hattenbach, Michael 2
- Hattenbach, Nathan 2
- Hirschfeld, A. B. (Abraham Bernard), 1888-1957 2
- Hornbein, Philip, 1879-1962 2
- Independent Order of B'nai B'rith. Denver Lodge No. 171 (Denver, Colo.) 2
- Jacobs, Abraham, 1834- 2
- Jaffa Mercantile Company 2
- Jaffa, Henry 2
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- Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.) 2
- Kauvar, C. E. Hillel, Rabbi, 1879-1971 2
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- May, David, 1848-1927 2
- Meyer, Forrest, 1911-2005 2
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- Anfenger, Louise Schlesinger, 1847-1938 1
- Appel, Elaine Monderer 1
- Artists' Club (Denver, Colo.) 1
- Baby Doe, -1935 1
- Berry, Dokes (Dorothy Kobey), 1905-2009 1
- Berry, Hannah Shwayder, 1895-1986 1
- Bezman, Morris 1
- Billie Stein's Harmony Girls Band 1
- Bonfils Theatre (Denver, Colo.) 1
- Boy Scouts of America 1
- Byers, William 1
- Caston, Saul, 1901-1970 1
- Central High School (Denver, Colo.) 1
- Cheltenham Elementary School (Denver, Colo.) 1
- Chernoff, Lewis Hill, 1890-1982 1
- Cohen, Sam 1
- Congregation Sons of Israel (Colorado Springs, Colo.) 1
- Congregation Zera Abraham (Denver, Colo.) 1
- Cook, Harry 1
- Cook, Ida 1
- Cook’s Russian Baths (Denver, Colo.) 1
- Damrosch, Frank 1
- Denver Artists Guild 1
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- Dickenson Branch Library (Denver, Colo.) 1
- East High School (Denver, Colo.) 1
- Elitch Gardens (Denver, Colo.) 1
- Elsner, John (John Leopold), Dr., 1844-1922 1
- Elsner, Lena, 1848-1929 1
- Feingold, Lipa, 1878-1945 1
- Finer, Chisha, 1865 or 1866-1908 1
- Finer, Jake (Yankel), 1868-1941 1
- Flax, Bertha, 1888-1974 1
- Flax, Sam, 1887-1979 1
- Fogel, Marshall 1
- Foster, Joyce C. (Joyce Cohn), 1944- 1
- Friedenthal, Hattie Schayer, 1867-1922 1
- Ginsburg, Helen J. 1
- Golden Eagle Dry Goods Company (Denver, Colo.) 1
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- Grossmayer family 1
- Grossmayer, Dolce 1
- Guldman, Leopold Henry, 1852-1936 1
- Handler, Ruth Mosko, 1916-2002 1
- Harris, Harry M., 1874-1945 1
- Hausmann, Marianne Pisko, 1880-1969 1
- Hebrew Educational Alliance (Denver, Colo.) 1
- Herskovitz, Emanuel 1
- Hilb, Greta, 1904-1998 1
- Hornbein, Flora Anfenger, 1888-1964 1
- Hornbein, Philip, Jr., 1915-1987 1
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