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Cripple Creek (Colo.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File

Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:

From Cotopaxi to Denver: Immigrant Jewish Farmers Become American Urban Community Leaders, 2010

 Item
Identifier: B230.03.0023.00009
Abstract

History of the ill-fated Cotopaxi Colony of Jewish immigrants in Colorado. Brief biographies of the families involved and their contribution to Denver and Colorado after they left the colony.

Dates: 2010

Galters and Johnsons, Mountain Towns, undated

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Identifier: B229.01.0035.0002
Abstract

Silent color film depicting scenes from around Denver, Colorado Springs, Cripple Creek, Aspen, other areas in the Rocky Mountains, and Heritage Square in Golden, Colorado.

Dates: undated

Haskell Cohen, 1964 August 24

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Identifier: B111.02.0002.0011
Abstract Dr. Haskell M. Cohen (1875-1964) was considered a pioneer in Colorado medicine and surgery. After receiving his primary degree from an adjunct college of Columbia Universityin 1899, Cohen went to Vienna and Berlin for advanced medical study, and stayed there from 1904-1911 when he returned to Denver. Cohen was Chief of Surgery at Mercy Hosiptal for many years, and was a founder of Beth Israel Hospital. He also sat on the Medical Advisory Board and Board of Trustees at national Jewish...
Dates: 1964 August 24

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

Kopff and Hirsch Families, 2015

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Identifier: B111.06.0006.0028
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection contains biographical materials, late 19th to early 21st centuries, associated with prominent Colorado Jewish individuals or families and, in a few cases, groups such as Jewish artists, Jewish composers, and Jewish pioneers. Materials include newspaper clippings, obituaries, correspondence, photocopies of legal documents, books, magazines, and essays.



Dates: 2015

Kopff and Hirsch Families

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Identifier: B111.06.0006.0028
Abstract Contains a draft article, "Gold Miners and Saloon Keepers: The Kopffs and Hirsches in Cripple Creek," by Michele Palmer. Jacob Kopff was born in Kiev, Russia and came to the United States at the age of fifteen. He came to Cripple Creek in 1890 after the gold strike. He made money in a silver mine and became the proprietor of the Klondike Mine saloon. In 1904, Isadore Hirsch, the nephew of Jacob Kopff, came to Cripple Creek and also began working in a silver mine. Within a year, Isadore...
Dates: 1879-2008

Loving Cup, 1902, August 5

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Identifier: B167.03.0003.00001
Scope and Contents

Silver loving cup presented to Philip Hornbein by the Cripple Creek District Lodge No 522 International Order of B'nai B'rith on August 5, 1902.

Engraved on side "Presented to Philip Hornbein by Cripple Creek District Lodge No. 522 I.O.B.B. as a token of their love and esteem August 5, 1902."

Dates: 1902, August 5

Michael Goldstein, between 1930-1950

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Identifier: B063.08.0064.00003
Abstract

Michael Goldstein stands in front of his tailor shop, Goldie the Tailor, in Cripple Creek, Colorado.

Dates: between 1930-1950

Michael Goldstein, between 1930-1950

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Identifier: B063.08.0064.00004
Abstract

Michael Goldstein stands outside in Cripple Creek, Colorado.

Dates: between 1930-1950

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Harris, 1913

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Identifier: B063.05.0013.00002
Abstract

Formal studio portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Harris in Cripple Creek, Colorado. On left Harry Harris sits in a chair wearing a suit and bow tie. On right Mrs. Harris stands behind a chair resting her hands on the arms and wears a short sleeved dress with lace overlay.

Dates: 1913