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Jewish merchants

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 135 Collections and/or Records:

Schachet Mercantile Company, circa 1978

 Item
Identifier: B063.01.0009.00009
Abstract Exterior view of the Schachet Mercantile Company on West Colfax Avenue in Denver, Colorado. The building was originally built as a saloon in 1896, rented by Eli Schachet and his sons in 1918 and served as the headquarters for their meat and fish store until it closed in 1981. Schachet came to Denver for his health and served the Jewish West Colfax neighborhood for many years as a ''schochet'' (ritual slaughterer for kosher meat). With his sons, he expanded his business to include smoked fish...
Dates: circa 1978
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B063, Beck Archives Photograph Collection / Businesses / Box 9

Schayer Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B239
Abstract Milton M. Schayer was born in Denver, Colorado, in 1876 to German-Jewish parents and died in Denver in 1935. In 1920 he founded the Bankers Building and Loan Association, and served as its first president and treasurer. His son Charles Milton Schayer, born in 1913, married Faye Greenberg in 1941. Milton M. Schayer was active in many civic and religious organizations. He was director of the Denver Chamber of Commerce, which designated him Denver’s “most valuable citizen” in 1925. He...
Dates: 1879-2009
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Schayer Family Papers

Two Men with Pelts, between 1916-1922

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Identifier: B356.02.0005.0004.00006
Abstract

George Bercu and another man are standing behind a large pile of pelts. Additional pelts are hanging from the ceiling. The unidentified man has a briefcase and a hat. Genorge Bercu is standing directly behind the pils of pelts. George Bercu founded the Chicago Hide, Fur, and Wool House in Douglas, Wyoming.

Dates: between 1916-1922
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B356, Bercu Gross Family Collection / Bercu Mistachkin Family and Chicago Hide / Box 5 / Photographs

Various Exteriors of the Central Electric Supply Company's Buildings, after 1953

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Identifier: B063.01.0001.00003
Abstract

Various buildings occupied by The Central Electric Supply Company through its first fifty years from before 1934 to after 1953. Sam Beck founded the Central Electric Supply Co. and was elected chairman. Ira M. Beck succeeded his father as the president of the company in 1969.

Dates: after 1953
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B063, Beck Archives Photograph Collection / Businesses / Box 1

Wagon With Bundles, between 1916-1922

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Identifier: B356.02.0005.0004.00003
Abstract

Three men stand in front of a wagon with large bundles of hides or fur. One man is sitting on the bundles in the wagon. George D. Bercu founded the Chicago Hide, Fur, and Wool House in Douglas, Wyoming.

Dates: between 1916-1922
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B356, Bercu Gross Family Collection / Bercu Mistachkin Family and Chicago Hide / Box 5 / Photographs

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