Ettenson Family Clothing and Hats

The Ettenson family were Jewish and lived in Denver, Colorado, in the 1890s to the 1980s. Sara Isaacson was born in Mercy Hospital in Denver in 1893 and died in Denver in 1984. Her mother was Minna Isaacson. Sara married Isadore Ettenson and their daughter was Minna Mae. The eight women's hats in the collection were worn by Sara Ettenson and were primarily purchased from Denver department stores. She also owned the lace dress, the velveteen dress and the silk embroidered bed jacket. Her mother Minna Isaacson wore the black lace dress, Isadore Ettenson wore the satin smoking jacket, and their daughter Minna Mae Ettenson Jacobson wore the silk child's dress. The collection shows some fashions of a Jewish family in Denver from the early 1900s to the 1960s.