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Leadville (Colo.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File

Found in 101 Collections and/or Records:

Box 1, 1869-1905

 File — Box B186.01.0001: Series B186.02; Series B186.01 [Barcode: U186020738500]
Identifier: B186.01.0001
Abstract

Contains copies of records of circumcisions performed by Dr. John Elsner in the Rocky Mountain region. His travels included Colorado towns of Boulder, Blackhawk and Leadville. He also performed circumcisions in Wyoming and New Mexico. The xerox copies of the records are faint and difficult to read.

Dates: 1869-1905

Box 1, 1884-1887

 File — Box B135.01.0001: Series B135.01 [Barcode: U186020745971]
Identifier: B135.01.0001
Abstract On July 13, 1884, Horrace Tabor conveyed property, as a gift, to "David May for the Benefit of the Congregation Israel." The congregation was organized primarily by Germanic Jews under the practice of Reform Judaism. The temple cost $4,000 to erect and was dedicated on September 19, 1884. A separate Jewish cemetery was also created. Of Leadville's population of 30,000 in the early 1800s, there were around around 300 Jewish residents. Many Jewish families in Leadville left after the silver...
Dates: 1884-1887

Celia Isaacs with Children, Sadie and Louis, circa 1901

 Item
Identifier: B063.05.0005.00024
Abstract

Formal portrait of Celia (Stager) Isaacs posed behind a prop fence with her children Sadie and Louis.

Dates: circa 1901

Chris Whitacre for Colorado Reflections

 Item
Identifier: couda-whitacre
Abstract Chris Whitacre reflects on her involvement with Historic Denver and writing a book about Molly Brown. Whitacre discusses Margaret Tobin Brown, "the Unsinkable Molly Brown," and her life in Denver. Discusses Brown's rags to riches story, moving to Leadville, surviving the Titanic sinking, and the myths that surround her story. Whitacre discusses the restoration of Molly Brown's Denver home by Historic Denver. Whitacre also discusses Justina Ford, the first Black woman physician in the Rocky...
Dates: Date Not Yet Determined

Circumcision Records, 1869-1905

 File
Identifier: B186.01.0001.0001
Abstract

Contains records of circumcisions performed by Dr. John Elsner in the Rocky Mountain region. His travels included Colorado towns of Boulder, Blackhawk and Leadville. He also performed circumcisions in Wyoming and New Mexico. Most of xeroxed records are faint and hard to read.

Dates: 1869-1905

Civilizing the West: Early Colorado Jews in the Arts, 2011

 Item
Identifier: B230.03.0023.00010
Abstract

Brief biographies of Jewish artists, musicians, composers, and conductors in Colorado. Jewish influence on arts in Colorado.

Dates: 2011

Collapse of Isaac's Hardware Store in Leadville, Colorado, circa 1907

 Item
Identifier: B063.01.0001.00019
Abstract

A crowd of people is gathered around the remains of Hyman Isaac's Hardware Store, 3rd and W. Harrison, Leadville, Colorado. The building collapsed circa 1907.

Dates: circa 1907

Congregation Israel (Leadville, Colo.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: B135
Abstract On July 13, 1884, Horrace Tabor conveyed property, as a gift, to "David May for the Benefit of the Congregation Israel." The congregation was organized primarily by Germanic Jews under the practice of Reform Judaism. The temple cost $4,000 to erect and was dedicated on September 19, 1884. A separate Jewish cemetery was also created. Of Leadville's population of 30,000 in the early 1800s, there were around around 300 Jewish residents. Many Jewish families in Leadville left after the silver...
Dates: Other: 1884-1887

Continental Chief Mine Buildings, between 1889-1892

 Item
Identifier: M353.0001.00028
Abstract

A photograph of buildings at the Contential Chief Mine in Leadville, Colorado.

Dates: between 1889-1892

Continental Chief Mine Buildings in the Snow, between 1889-1892

 Item
Identifier: M353.0001.00027
Abstract

A photograph of men observing the Continental Chief Mine in the snow in Leadville, Colorado.

Dates: between 1889-1892