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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:

Louise Anfenger with Children, circa 1890

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Identifier: B063.05.0013.00022
Abstract

Louise Anfenger of Denver, Colorado sits with a baby on her lap and her five other children at her side. Milton stands left, the other boys are Joseph and Fred. The girls are Flora, Fannie, and Stella. Louis Anfenger (Louise's husband), arrived in Denver in 1870 and was a founder of Temple Emanuel, B'nai B'rith and National Jewish Hospital.

Dates: circa 1890

Man and Woman Standing Outside, 1906

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Identifier: B091.01.0002.00001.00008
Abstract A man and a woman are standing outside in the mountains. The woman has on a large hat. The photograph is on page 78 of Milton Anfenger's scrapbook. It is said that Congregation Emanuel in Denver, Colorado was founded at the bris or circumcision ceremony of Milton Anfenger, the eldest son of Louis and Louise Anfenger. Milton Anfenger became a successful attorney and leader in Denver. He was a president and lifetime board member of National Jewish Hospital and wrote a book about its early...
Dates: 1906

Mary Rubanowitz, Anne Marcus, and Dorothy Cohen, circa 1995

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Identifier: B315.01.00032
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Sisters Mary Levitt Rubanowitz, Anne Levitt Marcus, and Dorothy Levitt Cohen, from left to right, are standing outside. They were the daughters of Isadore and Yetta Prezant Levitt.

Dates: circa 1995

Mary, Yetta and Tillie Levitt, 1930

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Identifier: B315.01.00012
Abstract

Two Levitt sisters and their mother are standing on a porch in front of their home in Denver, Colorado. From left to right are Mary Levitt (Rubanowitz), Yetta Prezant Levitt, and Tillie Levitt Tein. A cat is walking in front of the porch. The sisters' parents were Isadore and Yetta Prezant Levitt who settled in the Eastern European Jewish neighborhood around West Colfax Avenue in Denver.

Dates: 1930

Max Stein as a Mounted Policeman, circa 1910

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Identifier: B063.02.0002.00029
Abstract

Max Stein dressed in a police uniform with a star badge pinned to his jacket. He stands in front of a saddled horse in Pueblo, Colorado.

Dates: circa 1910

Members of the Greeley Hebrew Progressive Club on a Picnic, 1921

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Identifier: B063.04.0004.00001
Abstract

Annual picnic of the Hebrew Progressive Club of Greeley, Colorado. Three men and five women pose in the woods in front of a cabin. Greeley had a modest but socially active Jewish population in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1921

Members of the Greeley Hebrew Progressive Club on a Picnic, 1921

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Identifier: B063.04.0004.00002
Abstract

Annual picnic of the Hebrew Progressive Club of Greeley, Colorado. Three men and five women pose in the woods in front of a cabin. Greeley had a modest but socially active Jewish population in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1921

Memorial Resolution of Milton Anfenger, 1952 December 23

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Identifier: B091.07.0003.0004.00001
Abstract Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Allied Jewish Community Council of Denver. The document ''memorializes through this Resolution his work as a moving force in the Jewish community and the City of Denver, and pays tribute to his memory as one who gave of himself that others may be happy.'' It is said that Congregation Emanuel in Denver, Colorado was founded at the bris or circumcision ceremony of Milton Anfenger, the eldest son of Louis and Louise Anfenger. Milton Anfenger became a...
Dates: 1952 December 23

Milt Anfenger Caricature, 1952

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Identifier: B091.06.0003.00001
Abstract

Caricature by Bob Bowie of Milt Anfenger, ''Denver's Grand Old Man of Baseball.'' Caricature appeared in the Denver Post on August 3, 1952. Milton Louis Anfenger was a member of the Denver Base Ball Club and was owner of the Denver Bears from 1923 to 1932. He was known as Denver's ''Mr. Baseball.'' Milton Anfenger was also a Colorado state senator and an attorney.

Dates: 1952

Milton and Jean Morris Wedding, 1941

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Identifier: B063.05.0052.00047
Abstract

Formal wedding portrait of Milton and Jean Morris. Milton wears a tuxedo with a white jacket. Jean wears a big hat.

Dates: 1941