Showing Collections: 1 - 4 of 4
Anfenger Family Diaries and Material Culture
Collection
Identifier: B106
Abstract
Louis Anfenger was typical of the young Jewish men who migrated to the Colorado Territory in the state's formative years. Born in Bavaria, Anfenger came to the United States in the 1850s and moved to Denver in 1870 to seek his fortune. He became a highly successful businessman in the area of real estate as well as a member of the Denver Chamber of Commerce and was later elected to the state legislature in the 1880s. He was a founder of Congregation Emanuel, Denver B'nai B'rith, and National...
Dates:
Other: 1861-1989
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Ettenson Family Clothing and Hats
Collection
Identifier: B178
Abstract
The Ettenson family lived in Denver, Colorado, and the collection consists of various clothing items and hats that the family wore. There are eight women's hats, three dresses, a silk embroidered bed jacket, a man's smoking jacket, and a child's dress dating from the early 1900s to the 1960s.
Dates:
1900-1970
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Sophie Peterman Wedding Dress
Collection
Identifier: B249
Abstract
Sophie Miller Peterman was born in 1900 in Denver, Colorado. She was the daughter of Lithuanian immigrants Anna and Robert Lazar Miller, who were pioneers of Denver's Jewish community. In about 1920, Sophie Miller married Joseph (Joe) Peterman, and they had a daughter named Norma. Sophie Peterman died in Denver in 1986. The collection consists of one ivory satin wedding gown worn by Sophie Peterman on her wedding day.
Dates:
1915-1920
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Weinstein Family Papers and Material Culture
Collection
Identifier: B412
Abstract
Sam Weinstein was born on the west side of Denver, Colorado in 1912. He attended the University Of Denver (DU) as an undergraduate and graduated from the law school in 1932. He was an attorney in Denver for many years. Rowena Mae Akers was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1911 and her family moved to Denver in the 1920s. Rowena Mae Akers Weinstein earned a degree in social work from DU and worked for the City and County of Denver. Sam Weinstein and Rowena Mae Akers were married in 1935. Sam...
Dates:
circa 1900-1955
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Filter Results
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Denver (Colo.) 2
- Jewish clothing and dress 2
- Clothing and dress 1
- Diaries 1
- Event photographs 1
- Fashion 1
- Fraternal organizations 1
- House furnishings 1
- Immigrants 1
- Jewish college students 1
- Jewish hospitals -- Colorado -- Denver 1
- Jewish lawyers -- Colorado -- Denver 1
- Men's clothing 1
- Military uniforms 1
- Needlework 1
- Politicians -- Colorado 1
- Synagogues -- Colorado -- Denver 1
- Textiles (visual works) 1
- Universities and colleges -- Colorado -- Denver 1
- Weddings 1
- Women's hats 1
- World War, 1939-1945 1 + ∧ less
- Names
- Anfenger family 1
- Anfenger, Louis, 1842-1900 1
- Anfenger, Louise Schlesinger, 1847-1938 1
- Anfenger, Milton L. (Milton Louis), 1874-1952 1
- Ettenson family 1
- Ettenson, Isadore (Isaac) 1
- Ettenson, Sara Isaacson 1
- Hornbein, Flora Anfenger, 1888-1964 1
- Jacobson, Minna Mae Ettenson 1
- Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America 1
- Michael, Stella Anfenger, 1877-1948 1
- Peterman, Joseph, 1898-1962 1
- Peterman, Sophie Miller, 1900-1986 1
- Rinds, Fannie Anfenger, 1885-1965 1
- United States. Army. Infantry 1
- University of Denver 1
- Weinstein, Joy 1
- Weinstein, Rowena Akers, 1911-2000 1
- Weinstein, Sam, 1912-1998 1 + ∧ less
∨ more
∨ more