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Jewish businesspeople -- Colorado

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: FOR USE AT RESOURCE LEVEL ONLY

Found in 51 Collections and/or Records:

Digital Container 3, c. 2011

 File
Identifier: B401.02.0003_dig
Abstract

This is a digital container with no associated physical materials. All listed digital materials are available by contacting an archivist at the Beck Archives.

This folder contains 3 books produced by Essie Perlmutter for her husband Jordon Perlmutter on the occasion of his 80th birthday. They are titled: "Jordon Perlmutter: A Tribute to His Meaningful Life Vol 1", "Jordon Perlmutter: A Tribute to His Meaningful Life Vol 2", "Jordon Perlmutter" and loose scrapbook pages.

Dates: c. 2011

Eighty Years Story by Donald Meyer, 1985 August 27

 Item
Identifier: B098.01.0005.00128
Abstract Donald Meyer reads "Eighty Years" which he wrote about his life. Judge Donald H. Meyer, the son of Morris Meyer, describes the early life of the Meyer brothers, Morris, Sam, Max, and Charles, who emigrated from Poland in the late 1800s. He talks about his father Morris' early business efforts in Wisconsin as well as his father's marriage to his mother, a German immigrant. He also recounts the couple's move to Colorado after his father was diagnosed with tuberculosis. He further describes the...
Dates: 1985 August 27

Exhibit Materials, 1943 - 1956

 Series
Identifier: B367.05
Abstract

This series contains materials used for exhibits on the Oberfelder concert series.

Dates: Coverage: 1943 - 1956

Frankel Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B149
Abstract Henry Franke (1861-1909) was born in Manchester, England, but settled in Chicago, Illinois. He married his wife Lulu Kline (1865-1932) in 1882, and the couple had three children: Louis, Suzy and Henry (Henny). In 1900, the family moved to Denver (Lulu's birthplace) for Henry's health. Henry and Lulu opened Frankel Staionary store in 1906, which under the guidence of Henry Frankel Jr. eventually became the Frankel Manufacturing Company. The company produced typewriter ribbons as its first...
Dates: 1961-1984

Fried Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B150
Abstract

For over 85 years, the Fried family in Denver, Colorado owned the Fried's Art & Gift Shop. It was operated by Bela and Kate Fried's daughters Mary Fried, Bertha Fried Kleiner, and Sally Fried. This collection contains the correspondence, legal documents, personal materials of the Fried family, Fried's Art & Gift Shop records, and an embroidered woman's pump that belonged to Sally Fried.

Dates: 1880-1984

Goldberg Brothers Tinners, 2022

 File
Identifier: B112.04.0001.0029
Abstract

This folder contains two pictures of the Golberg Brothers Tinners within the magazine, "Mountain Living." Two photographs of the business can be found within the Beck Archives photograph collection (B063) and are linked to this record.

Dates: 2022

Harry Harris Coal and Wood Co.

 File
Identifier: B112.06.0001.0026
Abstract

File contains one envelope with "Harry Harris Coal & Wood Co. 2121 16th St., Denver, COLO." printed on it in green, as well as "Wadge or Pinnacle Coal" with a logo picture.

Dates: 1918-2015

Hyman Zadek Salomon , 1969

 File
Identifier: B111.09.0009.0002
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1969

Isidor Rothschild Biography and Diary Transcript

 Collection
Identifier: B327
Abstract

Isidor Rothchild was a Jewish business man who worked in the grocery trade in Greeley, CO. He owned and operated the I. Rothchild Produce Company. Collection contains a biography and diary transcript from Isidor Rothschild.

Dates: Coverage: 1861-1922