Immigrants -- Colorado -- Denver
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
Abraham Sosne , 1885-circa 1940
Abraham Sosne (Sosny/Sosna) was born in Russia and moved to the United States in the mid 1880s. He married Rachel Sosne, had several children, and passed away in Denver in 1949. The family owned Capitol Wet Wash Laundry on West Colfax in Denver.
Adolf Goldhammer Wholesale Wines and Liquors Jug
Bessie Wedgle Wedding Dress
Ellis and Bessie Ruttman Wedgle were married in Denver in 1914 after a brief courtship.The two arrived in the United States around 1912, Ellis emigrating from Poland and Bessie from Russia. In Denver, Ellis worked as a pawnbroker, and Bessie was a seamstress. They lived in Denver's west-side immigrant community and raised four children there. The collection consists of one item, the wedding dress worn by Bessie Wedgle in 1914.
Box 1, 1992
box contains one [1] file folder from the publications series, which holds a Book Peddler article authored by Jeanne Abrams entitled "The Magic Mountain of the West".
Box 1: Miscellaneous program materials, 2002 - 2004
Box contains one [1] file folder from the events and programming series, which holds materials from three different events in which Jeanne Abrams was either a tour guide or lecturer.
Fred Zadek Salomon , 1872-1978
Hoffman Family History
Hyman Zadek Salomon , 1969
Hyman Z. Salomon was born in 1832 in Posen, Prussia. He moved to what was then the city of Auraria, now Denver, in 1859 and is claimed to be the first Jewish settler in Colorado. He married Cecilia Joel and the couple had two daughters. Hyman originally set up as a mercantile man but he was also involved with the Capitol Hydraulic Company, the Platte River Ditch Company, and several other businesses in Denver along with his brother, Fred Z. Salomon. Hyman passed away on November 21, 1897.