Pueblo (Colo.)
Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf
Found in 132 Collections and/or Records:
Pueblo Cemetery, 1981 June 14
Item
Identifier: B063.02.0018.00115
Overview
Gravestone in the Pueblo cemetery in Pueblo, Colorado.
Dates:
1981 June 14
Pueblo Cemetery, 1981 June 14
Item
Identifier: B063.02.0018.00116
Overview
Gravestones in the Pueblo Cemetery in Pueblo, Colorado.
Dates:
1981 June 14
Pueblo Cemetery, 1981 June 14
Item
Identifier: B063.02.0018.00117
Overview
Gravestone of Rachel Block in the Pueblo cemetery in Pueblo, Colorado. Inscription says: "Mother, [Hebrew words], Rachel Block, Age 92, Died May 6, 1928, [Hebrew word]."
Dates:
1981 June 14
Pueblo, Colorado
File
Identifier: B114.02.0002.0003
Overview
The oldest Jewish gravestones in Pueblo date from 1870 and 1871. Pueblo's smelter and steel mill in the late 1800s accelerated growth and attracted immigrants including, at the turn of the century, E. European immigrants via the Galveston (TX) Movement. The first minyan gathered in 1880s, a Hebrew Benevolent Union was formed in 1885, and rival synagogues were organized in 1895 and 1900. Jews were small businessmen and peddlers. Over the years, the community has supported rabbis, schools,...
Dates:
1882-2019
Pueblo Flood, circa 1921
Item
Identifier: B063.02.0018.00057
Overview
River overflowing its banks and a collapsed bridge after the Pueblo Flood.
Dates:
circa 1921
Pueblo Jewish Community Collection
Series
Identifier: B220
Overview
Pueblo, Colorado's Jewish community really solidified in 1886 with the founding of the Hebrew Benevolent Union although Jews had been in Pueblo since the 1870s. The first congregation was started in 1895. In 1900, Temple Emanuel, a reform temple was built and the orthodox later incorporated as B'nai Jacob. In 1950, the United Hebrew Center was formed. Over the century a once sizable Jewish population has dwindled. Temple Emanuel still operates today with about 30 families....
Dates:
1906-2013
Pueblo Metropolitan Museum, 1981 June 14
Item
Identifier: B063.02.0018.00107
Overview
Exterior view of the Pueblo Metropolitan Museum, later renamed Rosemont Museum, the former residence of John A. and Margaret H. Thatcher in Pueblo, Colorado.
Dates:
1981 June 14
Pueblo Metropolitan Museum, 1981 June 14
Item
Identifier: B063.02.0018.00108
Overview
Sign in front of the Pueblo Metropolitan Museum, later renamed Rosemont Museum, the former residence of John A. and Margaret H. Thatcher in Pueblo, Colorado.
Dates:
1981 June 14
Pueblo Metropolitan Museum, 1981 June 14
Item
Identifier: B063.02.0018.00109
Overview
Directional sign in front of the Pueblo Metropolitan Museum, later renamed Rosemont Museum, the former residence of John A. and Margaret H. Thatcher in Pueblo, Colorado.
Dates:
1981 June 14
Pueblo Metropolitan Museum, 1981 June 14
Item
Identifier: B063.02.0018.00110
Overview
Flower garden at the Pueblo Metropolitan Museum, later renamed Rosemont Museum, the former residence of John A. and Margaret H. Thatcher in Pueblo, Colorado.
Dates:
1981 June 14