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Denver (Colo.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File

Found in 55527 Collections and/or Records:

West End Press, No. 76, 1935 July 26

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Identifier: B121.02.0019.0002.00028
Abstract

Issue no. 76. News coverage includes: Kneseth Israel Synagog president Benjamin Zinn's death in an automobile accident, and activities of Yeshivath Torath Chaim Synagog, Zera Abraham Synagog, Hebrew Educational Alliance, and Guldman Center Indian Hills Camp.

Dates: 1935 July 26

West End Press, No. 77, 1935 August 2

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Identifier: B121.02.0019.0002.00029
Abstract

Issue no. 77. News coverage includes: an editorial emphasizing the urgent need for new street lighting along West Colfax Avenue, and activities of World Zionist Congress, Cheltenham Sweet Shoppe, Rude Center, and Ostrover Society.

Dates: 1935 August 2

West End Press, No. 78, 1935 August 9

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Identifier: B121.02.0019.0002.00030
Abstract

Issue no. 78. News coverage includes: Councilman Harry Rosenthal's response to an editorial about the need for adequate street lighting on West Colfax Avenue, and activities of West Denver Hebrew School Ladies Auxiliary, Rude Park Community Night, and Beth David Sisterhood.

Dates: 1935 August 9

West End Press, No. 79, 1935 August 16

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Identifier: B121.02.0019.0002.00031
Abstract

Issue no. 79. News coverage includes: announcement of a program by H. Leivick at the Spivak Educational Institute, and Junior Hadassah, Guldman Center, Yad Achas Auxiliary, and the Hebrew Educational Alliance.

Dates: 1935 August 16

West End Press, No. 80, 1935 August 23

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Identifier: B121.02.0019.0002.00032
Abstract

Final issue (no. 80). News coverage includes: increased demand for new street lights on West Colfax Avenue and the announcement that Sylvia Kantrowitz won the Cheltenham Sweet Shoppe's Most Popular Girl on the West End Contest, and activities of Ostrover Synagog, the newly created Institute of Human Relations, Hebrew Educational Alliance, and Junior Hadassah. Includes image of Adolf Hitler speaking at an event in Rosenheim, Germany.

Dates: 1935 August 23

West High 1914, 1914

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Identifier: B063.02.0002.00031
Abstract

Students and their teacher from West High School pose on the steps of a brick building. Sally Fried sits third from the right in the front row.

Dates: 1914

West Side, Denver Cecile Samuelson

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Identifier: B114.02.0003.0014
Abstract This article describes the community of Eastern European Jews who left failed agricultural colonies iin Cotopaxi and Atwood, Colorado, to join other recently arrived Jews along West Denver's lower Colfax Avenue. At first impoverished and struggling, they took advantage of opportunities to educate their children, buy a house, give tzedakah, and live traditional Jewish lives. By 1913 there were multiple synagogues and a close-knit community in a self-selected "ghetto" neighborhood. The...
Dates: 1882-2019

West Side Reunion, circa 1985

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Identifier: B063.02.0048.00001
Abstract

Mr. and Mrs. Sherman at the West Side Reunion picnic and dance.

Dates: circa 1985

West Side Reunion, circa 1985

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Identifier: B063.02.0048.00002
Abstract

Many people stand in a field near large tents at the West Side Reunion picnic and dance.

Dates: circa 1985

West Side Reunion, circa 1985

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Identifier: B063.02.0048.00003
Abstract

Barbara Rollnick Gray at the West Side Reunion picnic and dance.

Dates: circa 1985