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Denver (Colo.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File

Found in 55843 Collections and/or Records:

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, 1985-1989

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Identifier: B429.03.0015.0028
Scope and Contents

Contains a sermon delivered by Rabbi Manuel Laderman at the reunion, registration form and program, and a Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Notes article about the West Side Reunion.

Dates: 1985-1989

West Side Reunion, circa 1985

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Identifier: B063.02.0040.00101
Abstract

Large group of people at the Westside Reunion picnic and dance.

Dates: circa 1985

West Side Reunion, circa 1985

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Identifier: B063.02.0040.00102
Abstract

Large group of people at the Westside Reunion picnic and dance.

Dates: circa 1985

West Side Reunion, circa 1985

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Identifier: B063.02.0040.00103
Abstract

Unidentified man, a physio therapist formerly of Rose Hospital, Westside Reunion picnic and dance.

Dates: circa 1985

West Side Reunion, circa 1985

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Identifier: B063.02.0040.00104
Abstract

Elsie T. sits with a group of unidentified men and women under a tent at the West Side Reunion picnic and dance.

Dates: circa 1985

West Side Reunion, circa 1985

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Identifier: B063.02.0040.00105
Abstract

Men and Women stand around a tent at the West Side Reunion picnic and dance. A sign says: "High School Reunion, 1926-1929."

Dates: circa 1985

West Side Reunion, circa 1985

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Identifier: B063.02.0040.00106
Abstract

Miriam Goldberg and Jeanne Abrams stand under a tent at the West Side Reunion picnic and dance.

Dates: circa 1985