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Social life and customs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Private Note: This term is an LCSH subdivision only. Used under places and classes of persons. Consider LCSH: Manners and customs as a heading.

Found in 377 Collections and/or Records:

Exterior of the Ostrover Synagogue, 1979

 Item
Identifier: B063.06.0014.00038
Abstract Exterior of the Ostrover Synagogue or ''Ostrover shul'' in the 1970s, when it was occupied by the Platte Valley Action Center. The synagogue was located in and served the west side Jewish community in Denver, Colorado at 14th Avenue and Lowell Boulevard. In the early 1900s, many Jews from Ostrov in Poland emigrated to Denver and formed a community in west Denver called the Ostrovers. They organized the Congregation Ostrover Beth Jacob in 1908. The blond brick building, shown here, was...
Dates: 1979

Family Picnic, circa 1951

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Identifier: B315.01.00022
Abstract

Four adults and three children are eating at a picnic table. There are cars and trees behind them. The children from left to right are Carole Marcus, who is sticking out her tongue, her sister Gail Marcus, and their cousin Ronnie Rubanowitz. The adults from left to right are Mary Levitt Rubanowitz, Sam Rubanowitz, Linda Tein, and Moshe Levitt.

Dates: circa 1951

Family Picnic, circa 1951

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Identifier: B315.01.00026
Abstract

Three adults and three children are sitting at a picnic table. There are trees behind them. The children from left to right are Gail Marcus and her cousins Bobby and Linda Tein. The adults from left to right are Anne Levitt Marcus and her mother Yetta Prezant Levitt and her father Isadore (Shea) Levitt.

Dates: circa 1951

Fashion Bar and Levy Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B097
Abstract Siblings Hannah, Jack and Edward Levy immigrated to America in the 1920s. Jack Levy came to America in 1923, headed to Denver, and began working at his uncle's business, Hilb and Company. Edward Levy reached Denver in 1925 and also started working for Hilb and Company, eventually becoming the president. After working in New York City for 20 months at menial jobs, Hannah moved to Denver in the fall of 1927. Jack started as a traveling salesman for the Hilb company and Hannah as a shop-girl at...
Dates: 1938-1993; Coverage: 1900-1993

Frances Wisebart Jacobs, between 1880-1890

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Identifier: B148.03.0006.00001
Abstract Frances Wisebart Jacobs in an oval portrait of her head and shoulders. Frances Wisebart Jacobs came to Colorado as a young bride in 1863, and she and her husband, Abraham Jacobs, made their first home in Central City, Colorado. After the family relocated to Denver, Colorado, she became known in the local Jewish and general community and nationally as Denver's ''Mother of Charities'' for her central role in philanthropy. She was an officer in several charitable organizations and helped to...
Dates: between 1880-1890

Frances Wisebart Jacobs, between 1880-1890

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Identifier: B063.08.0016.00002
Abstract

Frances Wisebart Jacobs in a oval photograph of her head and shoulders.

Dates: between 1880-1890

Frank Francone for Colorado Reflections, about 1984, 2006 January 16

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Identifier: couda-francone
Abstract

Born in Silver Plume, Colorado, Frank Francone describes his childhood as a shepherd during the early 1900s, living in a homestead and working in the mines, later moving to Goodrich and Montrose with his family, and finally getting a job with Public Service Company in Denver.

Dates: about 1984; Digitization: 2006 January 16

Fried Family Portrait, circa 1900

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Identifier: B063.05.0005.00031
Abstract

Members of the Fried family stand in front of the Fried's Picture Frame Factory in Denver, Colorado. Kate, Bela and Eugene Fried are standing behind an iron fence while Bela and Kate's daughters, Bertha, Mary and Sally are in front of the fence. A large sign reads, ''Fried's Picture Frame Factory, Frames Made to Order, 4 cents a foot and up, Come In and See Our Stock''.

Dates: circa 1900

Friends of Ray David at a Party, between 1890-1920

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Identifier: B063.05.0005.00016
Abstract

A group of unidentified men and women and a young boy pose together in a doorway. All are dressed in fancy clothing and the women hold roses.

Dates: between 1890-1920

George Toltz Family, circa 1905

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Identifier: B063.05.0005.00027.00001
Abstract

Formal portrait of George (Gedalia) and Minnie Toltz and their children Ida, Israel, and Rose. The family became active members of the west-side East European Jewish community. Ida's married name was Radetsky and Rose's was Mizel.

Dates: circa 1905