Fried Family Papers

Bela and Kate Fried, Hungarian immigrants, opened their picture framing business in Denver, Colorado in 1898. Fried's Picture Frame Factory was the first framing store in Denver, Colorado. Bela Fried had tuberculosis and died in Denver in 1900. Kate Fried and her brother-in-law opened Fried's Art and Gift Shop in 1903 at 1444 Stout Street in Denver. Many of the Fried family were in involved in operating the store throughout the years, including the three Fried sisters, Mary, Bertha, and Sally. The store sold high-quality porcelain, gift boxes, and other items imported from all over the world. The store closed in 1983 after Sally Fried, who inherited the store from her sisters Mary Fried and Bertha Fried Kleiner in the mid-1970s, opted to shut down after the location at 1437 Welton Street was sold.