Businesspeople
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:
Gordon Sign Company, between 1910-1920
Item
Identifier: B063.01.0009.00062
Overview
Interior view of the Gordon Sign Company with men and boys at work. Third from the left is Leo Gordon and man seated second from the right is Harry Gordon. The others are unidentified. Harry Gordon migrated from Lithuania to New York before settling in Denver.
Dates:
between 1910-1920
Gordon Sign Company, circa 1905
Item
Identifier: B063.01.0009.00064
Overview
Three unidentified men stand in front of the Gordon Sign Company. Harry Gordon migrated from Lithuania to New York before settling in Denver, where he founded the Gordon Sign Company in 1904.
Dates:
circa 1905
Gordon Sign Company Traveling Billboard, between 1930-1940
Item
Identifier: B063.01.0009.00063
Overview
Unidentified man standing beside the Gordon Sign Co. traveling billboard. Advertised on the billboard is ''Dave Shade vs. Al Webster, 10 Rounds 10, To-night, Stockyards.'' Top of billboard says, ''For advertising on this traveling billboard call the Gordon Sign Co. 'Everything under the sun in signs' 1714 Arapahoe St. phone Champa 828.'' Harry Gordon migrated from Lithuania to New York before settling in Denver, where he founded the Gordon Sign Company.
Dates:
between 1930-1940
Harry and Morris Hoffman Standing Inside Hoffman Liquor Store, circa 1955
Item
Identifier: B063.01.0001.00042
Overview
Harry Hoffman and his father, Morris, pictured in the 1950s, stand next to a display at Denver's landmark Hoffman Liquor Store. The liquor establishment was founded in 1937.
Dates:
circa 1955
Interior of Londoner's Store, Denver, Colo., circa 1890
Item
Identifier: B063.01.0009.00051
Overview
Canned goods and staples inside the Londoner Store located at 15th Avenue and Arapahoe Street in Denver, Colorado. The Londoner grocery store was owned by Wolfe Londoner, mayor of Denver from 1889 to 1891.
Dates:
circa 1890
Opening of Dave Cook Sporting Goods Store, Denver, Colo., 1936
Item
Identifier: B063.01.0001.00043
Overview
The staff of Dave Cook Sporting Goods stand in front of the counter next to baskets of flowers, celebrating the grand opening of the store at 1601 Larimer Street, Denver, Colorado. From left to right: Nate Bernstone, Dave Cook, Jane Cook, Herb Cook, and Belle Smernoff. In 1924, Dave and Max Cook went into the sporting goods business, operating the first major sports store in Colorado.
Dates:
1936
Sam and Anna Grimes Wedding Portrait, 1892
Item
Identifier: B063.05.0013.00005
Overview
Sam Grimes wearing a suit and bowler hat sits with Anna Grimes who wears a wedding dress and veil. A fan is attached to Anna Grimes' dress. Sam and Anna Grimes were one of the early East European Jewish couples to be married in Denver, Colorado.
Dates:
1892
Silver, Harold F
File
Identifier: U201.02.0141.0014
Overview
Black and white print of headshot of businessman and inventor Harold F. Silver, member of the Board of Trustees at the University of Denver.
Dates:
1864-
Sosne Family, circa 1913
Item
Identifier: B063.05.0005.00008
Overview
Formal portrait of Rachel Sosne (Mrs. Abraham Sosne) surrounded by her daughters, left to right, Sara Sosne Stein, Lottie Sosne Craig, Anna Sosne Cohan, and Gert Sosne Sigman. Members of the Sosne family ran the Capitol Wet Wash Laundry on West Colfax Avenue in Denver, Colorado.
Dates:
circa 1913
Typing Students, 1940-1959
Item
Identifier: U201.01.0049.0002.00003
Overview
Still image of two female secretarial students from the Business Administration department. Both are seated at typewriters and appear to be transcribing from notebooks propped up on desks to their left.
Dates:
1940-1959