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Merchants

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 83 Collections and/or Records:

Bernstein's Dry Goods Store in Walsenburg, Colorado, circa 1890

 Item
Identifier: B063.01.0001.00058
Abstract

Interior of Moritz Bernstein's Dry Goods Store in Walsenburg, Colorado. The owner, Moritz Bernstein, stands with his hand on the counter to the right.

Dates: circa 1890

Blazing the Trail: An Early History of Denver’s Jewish Community, 2009

 Item
Identifier: B230.03.0023.00008
Abstract

Brief description of several early Jewish leaders of commerce, philanthropy, religion, and community as well as several Jewish lawyers, doctors, merchants, and politicians in Colorado.

Dates: 2009

Box 5, between 1904-2015

 File — Box B356.0005: Series B356.02 [Barcode: U186023251191]
Identifier: B356.02.0005
Abstract

Chicago Hide; Mistachkin and Bercu families photographs and documents

Dates: between 1904-2015

Box 6, 1900-1940

 File — Box B356.02.0006: Series B356.02 [Barcode: U186023251214]
Identifier: B356.02.0006
Abstract

Photographs and documents relating to George and Olive Bercu and their immediate family.

Dates: 1900-1940

Box 9, 1925-1940

 File — Box B356.0009: Series B356.02 [Barcode: U186023251248]
Identifier: B356.02.0009

Civilizing the West: Early Colorado Jews in the Arts, 2011

 Item
Identifier: B230.03.0023.00010
Abstract

Brief biographies of Jewish artists, musicians, composers, and conductors in Colorado. Jewish influence on arts in Colorado.

Dates: 2011

Cohen - Harris - Herman - Holstein, 1996

 File
Identifier: B111.02.0002.0010
Abstract

According to Horace Waters, the family of Meyers Harris was in Boulder during the 1870s and 1880s. He and his wife Jeanett had four daughters (Anna, Sarah, Etta, Rebecca), all of whom were born in Michigan before the family moved to Colorado. The families of Benjamin, Moses, and George B. Holstein were in Boulder and Blackhawk during the 1870s and 80s, where they were involved in the clothing and mining industries (specifically the Cohen Lode).

Dates: 1996

Collage of Cook, Battock, and Hayutin Businesses, between 1900-1930

 Item
Identifier: B063.01.0029.0003.00001
Abstract The upper left photograph shows Ida Cook and her daughter standing in front of a house. Harry and Ida Cook owned the Cook's Russian Baths in Denver, Colorado. At night, the Baths served as a mikveh (ritual bath) that was operated for women by Ida Cook. During the day the Baths served as a popular steam bath open to the public, complete with catered kosher meals. The upper right photograph shows Harry Battock, who came to Denver to be treated at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, and...
Dates: between 1900-1930

Collection on Guldman Family and Golden Eagle Dry Goods

 Collection
Identifier: B294
Abstract Leopold H. Guldman was born in Harburg, Bavaria in 1853 and immigrated to the United States in 1870. He was one of Colorado's leading merchants and philanthropists. Guldman came to the Colorado mountains in search of silver, but found it more profitable to open the Golden Eagle clothing stores in Leadville and Cripple Creek. In 1879, Guldman moved to Denver and opened his third and most successful Golden Eagle enterprise, which for many years was Denver's leading popular-price department...
Dates: between 1894-2013

Cwengel Store, circa 1935

 Item
Identifier: B063.01.0009.00055
Abstract

Abraham Cwengel stands at the cash register behind the counter in Cwengel's Grocery Store at 12th and Larimer in Denver.

Dates: circa 1935