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Fairplay (Colo.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File

Found in 56 Collections and/or Records:

Citizens of the State: Colorado's Early Jewish Politicians, 2007

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Identifier: B230.03.0023.00006
Abstract This film examines the pivotal role early Colorado Jewish citizens played in the state's political life. Despite their distinction as a religious minority, pioneer Jews in communities throughout Colorado were viewed as a positive and stablitizing influence who upheld morality and order in the new settlements. Virtually every town in Colorado had a Jewish mayor by the turn of the nineteenth century, including Denver, Central City, and Fairplay. Includes brief biographies of Jewish men and...
Dates: 2007

Exterior View of Cohen's Store, circa 1890

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Identifier: B063.01.0001.00035
Abstract

Street view of Fairplay, Colorado. Sam Cohen's grocery store can be seen in the right foreground. Several unidentified individuals stand in the street and on the boardwalks.

Dates: circa 1890

Fairplay Baseball Team, circa 1890

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Identifier: B063.02.0010.00014
Abstract

Fairplay baseball team pose with equipment. Back row left to right: [illegible] Wilson, Joe Cohen, A.A. Dollison, Bill Anderson, Wilson. Middle row left to right: Joe Summers, Martin, William Hill, Bob Foote, Buster Clark. Front row left to right: Verne Clark, Gus Cohen, Louis Cohen, and an unidentified men [names cut off at bottom of print].

Dates: circa 1890

From Peddlers to Merchant Princes: Early Colorado Jewish Entrepreneurs, 2006

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Identifier: B230.03.0023.00005
Abstract Jews played a central role in the development of Colorado through their contributions to economic life and development. Denver's first mercantile store was opened by Jewish citizen Fred Salomon in 1859. Before long, stores run by Jewish merchants and their family members in search of work and wealth flourished on the main streets of most Colorado towns including, Denver, Central City, Leadville, Trinidad, and Fairplay. This film focuses on the lives of a number of early merchants, including...
Dates: 2006

Jewish Communities Outside of Denver, Panel 1 , 2011

 Item — Object B297.02.01.00038: Series B297.02 [Barcode: U186023282574]
Identifier: B297.02.01.00038
Abstract

One of 12 exhibit display panels from the exhibit "Blazing the Trail: Denver's Jewish Pioneers." Panel titled "Jewish Communities Outside of Denver" features more historical information and includes Cohen Family of Fairplay, Issacs of Leadville. Cripple Creek, Sam and Bertha Flax, Abraham Rachofsky of Central City, and Meyer Brothers of Northern Colorado.

Dates: 2011

Oral History Interview with Dr. Edmund Cohen, 1982 July 22

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Identifier: B098.01.0004.00097
Abstract "Dr. Edmond Cohen recounts the life of his grandfather, Samuel Cohen, of Fairplay, Colo. Sam was a Jewish immigrant who had arrived in the United States from England in 1870, originally migrating from Eastern Europe in 1867. He provides background on his family including his father, Joseph, his aunts and uncles, his brother, his wife Helen (née Grauman), and their daughter and grandchildren. He also recalls the time he spent in the service during World War II. Edmond Cohen was...
Dates: 1982 July 22

Pioneering Jews of Colorado, 1987-1988

 File
Identifier: B230.03.0003.0008
Abstract

File folder contains materials about the documentary entitled "A Pioneering Legacy: The Jews of Colorado". The materials include a video orders list, correspondence, program credits, announcement and flyer for film premiere, and a VHS order receipt.

Dates: 1987-1988

RMJHS Bus Trip, 1983 June 26

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Identifier: B063.02.0040.00001
Abstract

Group of men and women in a warehouse during a Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society bus trip to Fairplay and Alma, Colorado.

Dates: 1983 June 26

RMJHS Bus Trip, 1983 June 26

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Identifier: B063.02.0040.00002
Abstract

Group of men and women in a warehouse during a Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society bus trip to Fairplay and Alma, Colorado.

Dates: 1983 June 26

RMJHS Bus Trip, 1983 June 26

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Identifier: B063.02.0040.00003
Abstract

Man and woman point out pipe parts in a warehouse during a Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society bus trip to Fairplay and Alma, Colorado.

Dates: 1983 June 26