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Merchants

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 83 Collections and/or Records:

Morris and Harry Berry Delivering Groceries in the 1913 Blizzard, 1913

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Identifier: B063.01.0017.00018
Abstract

Morris and Harry Berry deliver groceries by horse-drawn sled during the 1913 blizzard in Denver, Colorado. Morris Berry later married Hannah Shwayder.

Dates: 1913

Morris Hayutin Family at Balanced Rock, Colorado Springs, 1914

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Identifier: B063.05.0005.00012
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Morris and Anna (Ginsberg) Hayutin sitting in the front seat in the car, Soloman Hayutin is the other man in the car, and Dora and Max Ginsberg sit on the back seat. The car is parked in front of the Balanced Rock in Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Morris Hayutin's niece, Freda Hayutin (child) is also seated in the car. Members of the Hayutin family arrived in Denver in the 1890s.

Dates: 1914

Oral History Interview with Nelson Schachet, 1982 May 18

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Identifier: B098.01.0004.00094
Abstract Nelson Schachet (1903-1992), born and raised in Denver, recounts his family history including ties to Cincinnati and the family's origins in Lithuania, and his life in the West Colfax neighborhood of Denver during the 1920s and 1930s. He talks about his father's business, Schachet Mercantile Co. located on Morrison Road, and other Jewish-owned businesses in the neighborhood. His father brought Manischewitz matzah to Denver. Bugsy Siegel ate at the delicatessen that was part of the Mercantile...
Dates: 1982 May 18

Oral History Interview with Sam Boscoe, 1978 April 2-16

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Identifier: B098.01.0001.00022
Abstract Sam Boscoe recalls growing up as a young boy on West Colfax Street on Denver, Colorado's west side. He details his family's early ventures into the bakery business and the establishment of Star Bread Co., previously Star Bakery. He also discusses his time in the U.S. Army during World War II, and describes his memories of the 1913 Denver snowstorm and the 100-year flood of 1965. Sam Boscoe was born in Denver in 1905. His father was Jacob Boscoe (European name was Boscowitz), the founder of...
Dates: 1978 April 2-16

Phil Brown's Kosher Butcher Shop, circa 1921

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Identifier: B063.01.0001.00002
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Phil Brown in white apron and hat, stands behind meat counter, with a customer in front of the counter. Bare light bulbs, stools in front of the counter and saw hanging on back wall are part of the interior. Phil Brown was a kosher butcher in Denver.

Dates: circa 1921

Portrait of Henry Plonsky, between 1920-1930

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Identifier: B063.08.0016.00025
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Henry Plonsky sits, wearing a suit and holding a document in his hand. Polish-born Plonsky arrived in Denver in 1877. He helped form an Orthodox minyan above his store on Larimer Street. He became a successful shoe and boot merchant in partnership with Leopold Mayer and was instrumental in the establishment of the Orthodox Jewish congregation Ahavey Emunah in 1880 and later the Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol Synagogue and the Beth Joseph congregation.

Dates: between 1920-1930

Portrait of Philip Trounstine, circa 1870

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Identifier: B063.08.0047.00107
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Portrait of Philip Trounstine dressed in a captain's cavalry uniform of the U.S. Civil War. Trounstine married Mollie Wisebart and managed Abraham Jacob's Denver store as well as working as a volunteer firefighter becoming the first fire chief of Denver, Colorado.

Dates: circa 1870

Rae Creamer in Her Store, circa 1910

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Identifier: B063.01.0009.00006
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Rae Creamer standing behind the counter in her grocery store at 738 14th street in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: circa 1910

Sam Cohen, 1894-1983

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Identifier: B111.02.0002.0013
Abstract Samuel Cohen (1845-?) was born in Wloclawek, Warsaw, Poland, and immigrated to New York City in 1866. In 1873, Cohen went west to Denver on the advice of a friend. He found little opportunity in Denver, and went south to Pueblo, where he stayed for a short time. Upon finding little opportunity in Pueblo as well, Cohen traveled to Fairplay, Colorado (in Park County) entirely on foot, where he finally settled. Cohen became one of Fairplay's leading merchants, and invested heavily in mining...
Dates: 1894-1983

Shulman Family, between 1885-1890

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Identifier: B063.05.0013.00013
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Shulman and Saly family members pose together with friends in front of a house. Back row left to right: Robert Shulman, clothier in Central City; Mrs. Robert Shulman; and Michael A Saly. Also in photograph: Mrs. M. A. Saly, Rose Saly, Iska Block, Julius Seidler, Sara Saly, and Nettye Shulman Wolff.

Dates: between 1885-1890