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Denver (Colo.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File

Found in 55351 Collections and/or Records:

Sam and Bertha Flax and Their Sons, circa 1915

 Item
Identifier: B063.05.0013.00015
Abstract

East European Jewish immigrants Sam and Bertha Flax stand in front of a building. Sam Flax holds their baby son Leo as Bertha rests her hand on their older son Isidor's shoulder as he stands in front of them.

Dates: circa 1915

Sam and Bud Orlinsky, circa 1916

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Identifier: B063.08.0024.00040
Abstract

Studio portrait of Sam and Bud (Albert) Orlinsky as young boys propped in front of a false window.

Dates: circa 1916

Sam and Ida Bloom in Downing's Hardware Store, between 1930 and 1935

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Identifier: B409.02.00003
Abstract Digitized photograph of Sam and Ida Bloom standing in Downing's Hardware Store. In the store are various hardware items, including paints, samdpaper, spark plugs, Texico roofing materials, watering cans, rifles, silver tea pots, and perhaps lawnmowers. Interior of the Downing's Hardware store on Downing street. Standing in the store left to right: Ida Bloom, Pizer Bloom, unidentified employee, Sam Bloom, and Fern Bloom. Pictured are paints and Celsior paint samples on shelves at the right of...
Dates: between 1930 and 1935

Sam and Ira Beck, between 1939-1945

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Identifier: B063.05.0041.00061
Abstract

Sam and Ira Beck stand in front of the Central Electric Supply Co. during World War II. Ira wears a military uniform.

Dates: between 1939-1945

Sam Barets, circa 1910

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Identifier: B063.08.0065.00056
Abstract

Studio portrait of Sam Barets a member of Independent Order of B'nai B'rith, Denver Lodge No. 171.

Dates: circa 1910

Sam Beck, between 1970-1982

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Identifier: B063.08.0008.00010
Abstract

Portrait of Sam Beck, founder of Central Electric, sitting at his desk.

Dates: between 1970-1982

Sam Beck, between 1970-1982

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Identifier: B063.08.0008.00011
Abstract

Portrait of Sam Beck, founder of Central Electric, sitting at his desk.

Dates: between 1970-1982

Sam Beck and the Peppers, 1942 May 10

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Identifier: B063.05.0041.00054
Abstract

Left to right Sam Beck, Rose Pepper, and Jacob Pepper, father and grandparents of Ira Beck, pose together in front of a house in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1942 May 10

Sam Beck in Formal Pose, 1954

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Identifier: B063.08.0030.0006.00001
Abstract

Sam Beck stands behind a chair in a formal pose. Sam Beck founded the Central Electric Supply Co. and was elected chairman. Located at 500 Quivas Street in Denver, Colorado, Central Electric was a leading wholesale distributor of electrical construction material and lighting equipment in the Rocky Mountain region. Ira M. Beck succeeded his father as the president of the company in 1969.

Dates: 1954

Sam Bock, 1933-1984

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Identifier: B111.01.0001.0015
Abstract Sam Bock (1911-1984) was a noted engineer in Colorado and Maryland. Bock was born in Denver, graduated from the University of Denver in 1932 with an engineering degree, and moved to Maryland during the 1940s. In 1940, he married Charlotte Ginsburg. He worked for the Remington Arms Plant (now the Denver Federal Center) during WWII, and subsequently worked for the Colorado Highway Department, Sinai Hospital (administrative engineer), and the U.S. Department of Defense. Bock was also the...
Dates: 1933-1984