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West Colfax (Denver, Colo.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Anne, Dorothy, and Jack Levitt, circa 1931

 Item
Identifier: B315.01.00019
Abstract

Sisters Dorothy and Anne Levitt are standing on the porch of their home at 15th Street and Dale Court in Denver, Colorado. Dorothy and Anne Levitt are wearing coats and are holding their nephew Jack Levitt. The girls' parents were Isadore and Yetta Prezant Levitt who came from Russia and settled in the Eastern European Jewish neighborhood around West Colfax Avenue in Denver. Jack Levitt's parents were Jerry Milton Levitt and Esther Cohen Levitt.

Dates: circa 1931

Digital Photographs, 1916-1995, 1940-1952

 Series
Identifier: B315.01
Scope and Contents

Series 1 contains digital images of the Levitt family in Denver, Colorado that were scanned from the original photographs. The photographs are of an Eastern European Jewish family in Denver during the twentieth century.

Dates: 1916-1995; 1940-1952

Isadore and Yetta Prezant Levitt 50th Wedding Anniversary, circa 1948

 Item
Identifier: B315.01.00003
Abstract Isadore (Shea) and Yetta Prezant Levitt are standing inside the Congregation Zera Abraham synagogue in a full-length portrait. Yetta Levitt is wearing a dress with a corsage and Isadore Levitt is wearing a suit and hat with a boutonnière. They came from Russia in the early 1900s and settled in the Eastern European Jewish neighborhood around West Colfax Avenue in Denver, Colorado. The Zera Abraham synagogue, at 1560 Julian street, was founded in 1887 by former colonists in Cotopaxi,...
Dates: circa 1948

Levitt Children, circa 1923

 Item
Identifier: B315.01.00005
Abstract

The Levitt children are standing in front of their brick home at 15th street and Dale Court in Denver, Colorado. In the back row from left to right are Morris (Moshe) Levitt, Tillie Levitt (Tein), and Mary Levitt (Rubanowitz). In the front row from left to right are Anne Levitt (Marcus), Edward Levitt, and Dorothy Levitt (Cohen). The children's' parents were Isadore and Yetta Prezant Levitt who settled in the Eastern European Jewish neighborhood around West Colfax Avenue.

Dates: circa 1923

Levitt Sisters with Daughters, circa 1951

 Item
Identifier: B315.01.00009
Abstract

Four Levitt sisters and two of their daughters are standing in front of their parent's house at 1534 Grove Street in Denver, Colorado. From left to right are Anne Levitt Marcus, Mary Levitt (Rubanowitz), Tillie Levitt (Tein) with her daughter Linda Tein, and Dorothy Levitt (Cohen) with her daughter Sharon Cohen. Their parents, Isadore and Yetta Prezant Levitt, settled in the Eastern European Jewish neighborhood around West Colfax Avenue in Denver.

Dates: circa 1951

Mary, Yetta and Tillie Levitt, 1930

 Item
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

Older Levitt Children, circa 1918

 Item
Identifier: B315.01.00006
Abstract

The Levitt children are standing in front of their home on Dale Court in Denver, Colorado. From top clockwise is Sarah Levitt (Richardson), Jerry Levitt, Mary Levitt (Rubanowitz), Moshe Levitt, Anne Levitt (Marcus), Tillie Levitt (Tein), and Nathan Levitt. The children's' parents were Isadore and Yetta Prezant Levitt who settled in the Eastern European Jewish neighborhood around West Colfax Avenue.

Dates: circa 1918

Yetta Levitt with Tein and Marcus Grandchildren, circa 1948

 Item
Identifier: B315.01.00014
Abstract

Yetta Prezant Levitt is standing in front of a brick house with her grandchildren. From left to right are Carole Marcus, Linda Tein, and Bobby Tein. Isadore and Yetta Prezant Levitt came from Russia and settled in the Eastern European Jewish neighborhood around West Colfax Avenue in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: circa 1948