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Oral History Interview with Louis Cook, 1977 July 6

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Identifier: B098.01.0001.00011

Abstract

Louis Cook discusses his father's emigration from Russia and describes Jewish life on West Colfax Avenue in Denver, Colorado in the early 1900s. He also discusses Cook's Russian Bath House that his parents Harry and Ida operated and the Cook's Bath baseball team, the early Hebrew Education Alliance, and his early career as a newsboy. Louis Cook was born May 8, 1895 in Denver, Colorado, where he lived all of his life. He married Susie Finer in 1918.... Cook was one of the founders of the Hebrew Educational Alliance and was a member of its board for a number of years. He was also the founder of the Louis Cook Plumbing Co. and continued to work there until 1980. He died on April 9, 1981.

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  • 1977 July 6

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The interview is conducted in English with some Yiddish phrases.

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1 Items (sound tape cassette)

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