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A Grocery Store on Every Corner: Early Colorado Jewish Grocery, 2002
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Identifier: B230.03.0023.00001
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Contains DVDs created by Dr. Jeanne Abrams: A Grocery Store on Every Corner: Early Colorado Jewish Grocers; And Justice You Shall Pursue: Early Colorado Jewish Lawyers; A Legacy of Caring: Early Colorado Jewish Women 1860-1930 (2 copies); From Peddlers to Merchant Princes: Early Colorado Jewish Entrepreneurs; Blazing the Trail: An Early History of Denver's Jewish Community; Growing Up in Early Denver: The Lives of Jewish Children 1860-1940; At Home on the Range: Colorado Jewish Cowboys,...
Dates:
2002
Interior View of the Star Bakery, circa 1920
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Identifier: B063.01.0001.00010
Abstract
Members of the Boscowitz and Rubin families stand in the Star Bakery store surrounded by loaves of bread. Pictured from left to right are Rudy Boscowitz (Boscoe), Elya (Eli) Rubin, Eva Boscowitz Rubin and Sam Boscowitz (Boscoe). Located at 2744 West Colfax in Denver, Colorado, the Star Bread Company (operating as Star Bakery) was founded by East European immigrants Eva and Jacob Boscowitz in 1907. After her husband's death in 1909, Eva Boscowitz continued to operate the store, later marrying...
Dates:
circa 1920
Oral History Interview with Sam Boscoe, 1978 April 2-16
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Identifier: B098.01.0001.00022
Abstract
Sam Boscoe recalls growing up as a young boy on West Colfax Street on Denver, Colorado's west side. He details his family's early ventures into the bakery business and the establishment of Star Bread Co., previously Star Bakery. He also discusses his time in the U.S. Army during World War II, and describes his memories of the 1913 Denver snowstorm and the 100-year flood of 1965. Sam Boscoe was born in Denver in 1905. His father was Jacob Boscoe (European name was Boscowitz), the founder of...
Dates:
1978 April 2-16
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- Boscoe, Rudolph, 1908-1997 2
- Boscoe, Samuel A., 1905-1991 2
- Rubin, Eva Boscowitz 2
- Abrams, Jeanne E., 1951- 1
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- Salomon, Fred Zadek, 1830-1888 1
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