Montage of Elias Cohen and Family of Aspen, Colorado, circa 1905

Item

Identifier: B063.05.0005.00009

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Abstract

Composite of the Elias Cohen family of Aspen including a formal portrait of Elias Cohen (bottom left); a formal portrait of his wife and two daughters (bottom right); and formal portraits of his in-laws, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weinberg (top). Elias Cohen was a resident of Aspen by 1891, a mine supervisor in, and manager of David Hyman's properties. It was Cohen who suggested the use of deep-sea divers to repair broken mine-pump shafts.

Dates

circa 1905

Digital Repository

Montage of Elias Cohen and Family of Aspen, Colorado

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Extent

1 Items (photograph)

Additional Description

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection contains materials intentionally assembled by the Ira M. and Peryle Hayutin Beck Memorial Archives of Jews in the Rocky Mountain region. The bulk of the photographs are from or related to various towns in Colorado, but the collection also contains photographs from other states in the western United States and other countries. There are some 19th century photograph types represented in the collection, including albumen prints, daguerrotypes, tintypes, post cards, colorized prints, cabinet cards, and cartes-de-visite.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Good 10 x 8 inches black and white

Provenance

Donated by Mrs. Regina Collins

General

Title supplied by archivist. ||Appears in ''Images of America: Jewish Denver 1859-1940,'' by Dr. Jeanne Abrams, on page 120.

Inscription and Marks

On envelope: ''Elias Cohen family of Aspen, 1905.'' Note inside envelope: ''#52 Elias Cohen family - supervisor of mines in Aspen, with his wife and children and his wife's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weinberg Aspen 1905 (Mrs. Elias Cohen, nee Weinberg) donated by Mrs. Regina Collins.''