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Denver (Colo.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File

Found in 55527 Collections and/or Records:

Williams Tower, 2004 November 3

 Item
Identifier: U116.01.0001.00889

Wimpel, 1899

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Identifier: B189.01.0002.00001
Abstract

Traditional wimpel made from the swaddling cloths of Yaakov Ben Naftali Kahn from Boppard, Germany. Wimpels are used to wrap around Torah scrolls. The wimpel is ornately embroidered with Hebrew text and flowers. The text on the wimpel translates to, "Ya'akov son of Naftali the Cohen was born with good fortune on Sunday, the 19th of Iyar 5659. May God make him grow to the Torah and the Ḽupah and to good deeds. Amen, selah."

Dates: 1899

Wind Tunnel Demonstration at Engineering Day, circa 1957

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Identifier: U201.01.0087.0021.00006
Abstract

Black and white photograph of an unidentified University of Denver affiliate demonstrating a wind tunnel at Engineering Day at the University of Denver.

Dates: circa 1957

Window to the World, Jewish News, Rocky Mountain Radio Council, undated

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Identifier: B229.01.0005.0004
Abstract

Black and white film depicting the role of the Jewish National Home for Asthmatic Children in the treatment of asthma cases. Opening credit slides read "Jack Weir Lewis Productions presents: A window to the world." Opening credits name Norton Schwartz as the director of photography. Closing credits name Jack Weir Lewis as writer and producer.

Dates: undated

Winning Over Mary, Version 1, 2010

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Identifier: B354.01.0002.00008
Abstract

Art book with a white soft cover, written and designed by Jesse Knapper, a student in Martin Mendelsberg's Visual Sequencing class at Rocky Mountain School of Art and Design. Based on the life of Benjamin Kimmel, a tuberculosis patient at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society.

Dates: 2010