Fuel trade -- Colorado -- Denver
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: FOR USE AT RESOURCE LEVEL ONLY
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Barbara A. Bloom Papers
Collection
Identifier: B409
Abstract
Sam Bloom was born in Denver, Colorado in 1911. His parents were Pizer and Ida Strait Bloom. Pizer was born in Poland in 1885 and Ida was born in New York City in 1894. The couple opened Downing Coal and Feed store in Denver, Colorado. Sam Bloom married Lillian Gershowitz in 1937 at the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver. They became the parents of three children: Alan Bloom, Barbara Bloom, and Marshall Bloom. Sam Bloom and his parents grew Downing's Hardware Store into the largest appliance store...
Dates:
1915-2018
Siegel Energy Company and Siegel Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: B370
Abstract
The collection contains photographs, records, and news clippings of the Siegel Energy Company and the Siegel family. Ben Siegel founded the Siegel Oil Company in 1927 when he opened a small filling station at Bayaud and Santa Fe in Denver, Colorado. Ben Siegel was later joined by his sons Arnold and Larry Siegel. Siegel Energy Company is now managed by a third-generation of the Siegel family.. The collection gives the history of a Jewish owned family business.
Dates:
1934-2012