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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:

Isadore and Yetta Prezant Levitt 50th Wedding Anniversary, circa 1948

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Identifier: B315.01.00003
Abstract Isadore (Shea) and Yetta Prezant Levitt are standing inside the Congregation Zera Abraham synagogue in a full-length portrait. Yetta Levitt is wearing a dress with a corsage and Isadore Levitt is wearing a suit and hat with a boutonnière. They came from Russia in the early 1900s and settled in the Eastern European Jewish neighborhood around West Colfax Avenue in Denver, Colorado. The Zera Abraham synagogue, at 1560 Julian street, was founded in 1887 by former colonists in Cotopaxi,...
Dates: circa 1948

It Pays to Advertise - Aspen High Senior Class School Play, 1923 April 18

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Identifier: B100.03.0001.0003.00005
Abstract

Actors in the Aspen High School senior class play ''It Pays to Advertise'' pose for a group portrait at the Isis Theater in Aspen, Colorado on April 18, 1923. Among the players were Dorothy Kobey as Conessa de Beaurain, Silas Kobey as Ambrose Peale, and Nathan Kobey as Cyrus Martin.

Dates: 1923 April 18

Jacob and Charlotte Gordon and their Daughters, circa 1920

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Identifier: B063.05.0013.00016
Abstract Jacob and Charlotte Gordon stand in front of a building. In front of them are their daughters, Bess (with a large bow), Baila, and Eleanor. A son born later is not shown in the photograph. Jacob, a schohet (a kosher slaughterer in the Jewish tradition), Talmudic scholar, and later a mohel (one who performs the ritual circumcision), migrated to Denver, Colorado, in 1914 from Russia to join his uncle, Velvel Heller. By 1917 Jacob Gordon saved enough to bring his wife and daughter Bess from...
Dates: circa 1920

Joseph Goldfain Family, circa 1900

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Identifier: B063.05.0034.0009.00001
Abstract

Studio portrait of East European Jewish immigrants Joseph and Nettie Goldfain and their children shows the family in Denver, Colorado with Joseph holding The Jewish Gazette, a Yiddish newspaper printed in America. Pictured from left to right are (first row) Rose, Joseph (seated), and Ephraim Goldfain; (second row) George, Samuel, and Nettie Goldfain.

Dates: circa 1900

Julia Butler Goalstone Wedding Portrait, 1925

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Identifier: B063.05.0034.0016.00001
Abstract

Julia Butler Goalstone sits on a couch in her wedding dress and veil and holding a book.

Dates: 1925

Kobey Family Home in Aspen, Colorado, circa 1915

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Identifier: B063.02.0010.00005
Abstract

Exterior of the Kobey family home in Aspen, Colorado.

Dates: circa 1915

Leopold Guldman Holding Pistol, circa 1931

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Identifier: B063.08.0029.0002.00001
Abstract

Leopold H. Goldman is shown pointing a pistol. Leopold Guldman opened the Golden Eagle clothing stores in Leadville and Cripple Creek, Colorado. In 1879, Guldman moved to Denver and opened the successful Golden Eagle Department Store.

Dates: circa 1931

Levitt Children, circa 1923

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Identifier: B315.01.00005
Abstract

The Levitt children are standing in front of their brick home at 15th street and Dale Court in Denver, Colorado. In the back row from left to right are Morris (Moshe) Levitt, Tillie Levitt (Tein), and Mary Levitt (Rubanowitz). In the front row from left to right are Anne Levitt (Marcus), Edward Levitt, and Dorothy Levitt (Cohen). The children's' parents were Isadore and Yetta Prezant Levitt who settled in the Eastern European Jewish neighborhood around West Colfax Avenue.

Dates: circa 1923

Levitt Family Directory, 1989 July 9

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Identifier: B315.02.0001.00002
Abstract

A directory of the extended Levitt family with names, addresses, and telephone numbers. Copy of typed family directory.

Dates: 1989 July 9

Levitt Family Tree, 1876-1988

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Identifier: B315.02.0001.00001
Abstract

Levitt family tree beginning with the parents of Isadore and Yetta Prezant Levitt and following their descendants through 1988. Copy of typed family tree.

Dates: 1876-1988