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Ida Bloom at Downings Coal and Feed, 1915

 Item
Identifier: B409.02.00001

Abstract

Digitized copy of photograph of Ida Bloom with bales of hay at Downing Coal and Feed Store on 2800 Downing street. In the storage room there is a ladder, a barrel, a large scale, cubby hole shelving, and filled burlap bags. Sam Bloom was born in Denver, Colorado in 1911. His parents were Pizer and Ida Strait Bloom. Pizer was born in Poland in 1885 and Ida was born in New York City in 1894. The couple opened Downing Coal and Feed store in Denver, Colorado.

Dates

  • 1915

Extent

From the Series: 10.7 Megabytes (Five digital images of the Bloom family and their stores on Downing Street.)

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection contains a memoir by Barbara A. Bloom and five digitized photographs of the Bloom family and Downing's stores. The memoir contains transcipts of oral history interviews.

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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