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Denver (Colo.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File

Found in 55917 Collections and/or Records:

Torah Mantle, circa 1902

 Item
Identifier: B139.01.0002.00001
Abstract

A crimson velvet brocade Torah mantle (cover). The mantle is trimmed with gold fringe, sequins and gold ribbon. There is a white and gold design on the front consisting of a crown, two lions, Hebrew letters standing for ''the crown of the Torah,'' the Ten Commandments in Hebrew and the date in Hebrew (5663). The mantle was used in the Congregation Shearith Israel (Tenth Street Shul) in Denver.

Dates: circa 1902

Torah Shield, 1946

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Identifier: B002.16.0322.00003
Abstract This silver-plated Torah Shield was used at the synagogue of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society. The Torah shield (Torah breastplate) is a shield that in a synagogue is suspended by chains over the front of the Torah. The shield has an eagle on a raised crown with three bells that is between two Lions of Judah. There are two raised columns with three bells each. The columns are symbolic of the columns of the Temple of Jerusalem. Another raised area has two eagles and two hands holding a...
Dates: 1946

Torn Up GCB Lawn, 1983 November 10

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Identifier: U201.01.0031.0002.00004
Abstract

Exterior view of University of Denver in Denver, Colorado. Construction activities shown.

Dates: 1983 November 10

Tower of Hope on JCRS Campus, between 1930-1950

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Identifier: B002.04.0341.0003.00001
Abstract

Tower of Hope entrance to the main building at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. It was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver. Photograph appears in the brochure for the Fifteenth Annual conference of representatives of JCRS Auxiliaries, August 25-29, 1950.

Dates: between 1930-1950

Town Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: B263
Abstract

The Town Club was a Denver Jewish social club located in the historic French Renaissance style Crawford Hill Mansion. In 1953, the Club added replaced the gardens with a swimming pool. The Town Club operated from 1947-1989 when due to dwindling membership the Mansion was sold. Collection contains menus, correspondence, by-laws, membership lists, minutes, computerized lists of members and payment of dues, and ephemera related to the Town Club in Denver from 1947 through 1985.

Dates: 1947-1989

Traditions, between 1950-1961

 File
Identifier: U201.03.0011.0013
Abstract

Black and white print of University of Denver students at a Freshman Picnic in the 1950s.

Dates: between 1950-1961

Traditions - Arbor Day, 1998-1999

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0097.0009
Abstract

3 sets of black and white negatives with contact sheets and 1 medium format black and white negative of tree planting on Arbor Day at City Park in Denver.

Dates: 1998-1999

Traditions - Black African American Celebration, 1998 February

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Identifier: U201.01.0097.0010.00001
Abstract

5 strips, with 25 negatives, on 35 millimeters film of University of Denver's traditions Black History Month's Black African American Celebration on February 1998 in unknown location.

Dates: 1998 February

Traditions - Black History Month, 1998

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0097.0010
Abstract

One set of black and white negatives with contact sheet of images from a Black History Month celebration at the University of Denver.

Dates: 1998

Traditions - Chancellor's BBQ, 1988 May

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0097.0011.00002
Abstract

Set of black and white negatives with contact sheet of images from the Chancellor's Barbeque at the University of Denver in 1988.

Dates: 1988 May