Chappell Family and Canteen Company Publications

Joseph Chappel was born in Slonim, Belarus in 1903 and died in Denver in 1992. A history in Yiddish of the town of Slonim, Belarus. contains information and photographs of the Chappell family. The national Canteen Company is vending machine company. The Canteen Company of Colorado was started in Denver by Joseph Chappell when he became a distributor in Denver, Colorado in 1933. His son William Chappell also managed the Canteen Company of Colorado. The bound copies of "Canteen News" 1937-1951, contain references to Canteen Company of Colorado and is dedicated to “Joe” and signed by the employees of Canteen Company of Colorado. These publications relate the business career in Colorado of a Jewish emigrant from Slonim, Belarus.