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Jewish businesspeople -- Colorado -- Denver

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 74 Collections and/or Records:

Portrait of Louis Anfenger, before 1900

 Item
Identifier: B258.06.0004.00001
Scope and Contents

Portrait of Louis Anfenger in ornate frame.

Dates: before 1900
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B258, Congregation Emanuel Records / Scrapbooks, Photographs, and Paintings / Container 4

Queen City Scrap Iron Co./Goodstein, 1895

 File
Identifier: B112.04.0001.0017
Abstract

File contains one printed copy of a one-page ledger of Queen City Scrap Iron Co. from 1895. The scrap iron company was founded by A. Goodstein in Denver, Colo. in the 1890s.

Dates: 1895
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B112, Beck Archives Businesses Collection / Mining and Metalurgy / Box 1

Radinsky Material Culture and Papers

 File
Identifier: B371
Abstract

The Radisnky family, Lithuania/East European inmmigrants, first settled on Denver's West Side in the 1890. Rabbi David Radinsky was the Rabbi of a small Mogen David synangogue orginally organized in his home. His son, Abraham David (A. D. Radinsky) started the A. D. Radinsky and Sons, Inc rag factory. The collection contains photographs, artwork, ephemera, business cards, business catalogs and family papers related to the Radinsky family.

Dates: 1700 - 1980; c. 17th Century-1980
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Radinsky Material Culture and Papers

Rich Family and Denver Truck Sales Records

 Collection
Identifier: B381
Abstract Eastern European Jewish immigrant Charles Rich (Shopsie Reich) began as a peddler and eventually started a business of buying and salvaging used automobiles called C. Rich Auto Parts. He helped pioneer the used automotive cars, trucks, and parts business in Denver. He and his wife Rebecca became the parents of 10 children. Their youngest son Ken Rich propelled the Denver Truck Sales to become one of the leading manufacturers and dealers of reconditioned used heavy specialty trucks in over 30...
Dates: circa 2005
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Rich Family and Denver Truck Sales Records

Samuel and Sarah Rosenberg

 File
Identifier: B111.08.0008.0014
Abstract

Sam Rosenberg was a founder of the West Colfax Loan Corporation, and he and Sarah ran Rosenberg's Mercantile and Deli, located on West Colfax Ave. and Hooker Street (2731 W. Colfax and later 3200 W. Colfax). They were active in Zera Israel Synagogue. Sam was also one of the founders of the Chevra Kadishim Burial Society. .Earlier, as a soldier in the Russo-Japanese war, Sam was taken prisoner and sent to Manchuria. Sam died in 1943; Sarah died in 1952.

Dates: 1879-2008
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B111, Beck Archives Biographical Materials Collection / Series 8, P-R / Box 8

Schayer Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B239
Abstract Milton M. Schayer was born in Denver, Colorado, in 1876 to German-Jewish parents and died in Denver in 1935. In 1920 he founded the Bankers Building and Loan Association, and served as its first president and treasurer. His son Charles Milton Schayer, born in 1913, married Faye Greenberg in 1941. Milton M. Schayer was active in many civic and religious organizations. He was director of the Denver Chamber of Commerce, which designated him Denver’s “most valuable citizen” in 1925. He...
Dates: 1879-2009
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Schayer Family Papers

Series 1: Photographs and Images, c. 1920 - c. 1982

 Series
Identifier: B347.01
Abstract

This series contains item-level records for sixteen digitized photographs. Five of the images also have their verso scanned. Photographs contain images of Bernstein and Perlmutter families.

Dates: c. 1920 - c. 1982
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B347, Perlmutter and Bernstein Family Digitized Photographs

Shwayder Family Papers and Samsonite Corporation Records

 Collection
Identifier: B245
Abstract The Shwayder family of Denver, Colorado, is best known for the luggage company Samsonite Corporation, which the family founded and operated. Isaac and Rachel Shwayder had migrated from Manchester, England to Colorado in 1881 and eventually settled in Denver. In 1910 their son, Jesse Shwayder, opened a small luggage factory in Denver with his father along with his brothers Mark, Maurice, Benjamin, and Solomon Shwayder. The company started as Shwayder Trunk Manufacturing Company, was later...
Dates: 1896-2002
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Shwayder Family Papers and Samsonite Corporation Records

Squire Shop Garment Bag

 Collection
Identifier: B378
Abstract The Squire Shop in Cherry Creek was started by Harold and Frayde Sobel Leventhal in 1954. The shop later was incorporated as the Young Squire Shop, Inc. in December 1962 by Harold Levenhal, Frayde Leventhal, and Dean Italiano. The shop primarily sold men's and boys' clothing. Harold and Frayde's son Steven Richard Leventhal later became became manager. The Squire Shop closed in January 1998 and the building was leased to Rochester's Big and Tall Clothing based in San Francisco. The black...
Dates: circa 1970
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Squire Shop Garment Bag

Ted E. and Jessie Shwayder Harsham Family Research Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B433
Dates: Other: Date Not Yet Determined
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Ted E. and Jessie Shwayder Harsham Family Research Papers

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