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Jews

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5096 Collections and/or Records:

Family Picnic, circa 1951

 Item
Identifier: B315.01.00026
Abstract

Three adults and three children are sitting at a picnic table. There are trees behind them. The children from left to right are Gail Marcus and her cousins Bobby and Linda Tein. The adults from left to right are Anne Levitt Marcus and her mother Yetta Prezant Levitt and her father Isadore (Shea) Levitt.

Dates: circa 1951

Famous Troupe Amuses the Sick at a Famous Sanatorium, 1929 August 4

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Identifier: B296.01.0001.00002.00023
Abstract Newspaper clipping of a photograph of a traveling theater company's performance at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) in August 1929. Caption misidentifies director Maurice Schwarz's New York company, the Yiddish Art Theatre, as the [by-then defunct] Jewish Art Theatre. JCRS Sanatorium superintendent Herman Schwatt, M.D. is shown in the upper row, second from left. The newpaper clipping is from the Jewish Daily Forward, and was found in a scrapbook created by singer and actor...
Dates: 1929 August 4

Fan Shaped Rhinestone Earrings, between 1950-1960

 Item
Identifier: B107.01.0003.00007
Abstract

A pair of fan shaped earrings with simulated blue topaz and crystal rhinestone insets. Originally belonged to Anna F. Ginsberg Hayutin.

Dates: between 1950-1960

Fannie E. Lorber Breaking Ground at the Denver Sheltering Home for Jewish Children, 29 April 1937

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Identifier: B063.03.0011.00004
Abstract

Mrs. Fannie E. Lorber was one of the founders of the Denver Sheltering Home, which opened in 1908. She is shoveling dirt for a groundbreaking of the Lorber Building, with many men and women looking on. From right to left is Arthur J. Kirschstein, Sam Robinson, Tillye Levy, William Cohen, David Harem, Fannie Lorber with shovel, and Sam Grimes. The Sheltering Home began as a home for the children of tubercular patients who came to the sanitoriums in Denver, Colo.

Dates: 29 April 1937

Fannie Levine, between 1880-1900

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Identifier: B063.08.0024.00075
Abstract

Studio portrait of Fannie Levine.

Dates: between 1880-1900

Fannie Lorber at Sheltering Home, between 1940-1960

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Identifier: B063.03.0011.00003
Abstract

Fannie E. Lorber stands between two unidentified men in front of the National Home for Jewish Children. Mrs. Lorber was one of the founders of the Denver Sheltering Home, which opened in 1908.

Dates: between 1940-1960

Fashion Bar and Levy Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B097
Abstract Siblings Hannah, Jack and Edward Levy immigrated to America in the 1920s. Jack Levy came to America in 1923, headed to Denver, and began working at his uncle's business, Hilb and Company. Edward Levy reached Denver in 1925 and also started working for Hilb and Company, eventually becoming the president. After working in New York City for 20 months at menial jobs, Hannah moved to Denver in the fall of 1927. Jack started as a traveling salesman for the Hilb company and Hannah as a shop-girl at...
Dates: 1938-1993; Coverage: 1900-1993

''Fast for Freedom'', 1970

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0002.0012
Abstract Materials related to the "Fast for Freedom." The first protest of the Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry was in 1970 when 33 members of the Colorado group carried out a three-day fast on the steps of the state capitol to commemorate the Night of the Murdered Poets. The Colorado Committee was the first to commemorate this event and continued the protest annually. The Night of the Murdered Poets was the execution of thirteen Soviet Jews in the Lubyanka Prison in Moscow, Russian...
Dates: 1970

''Fast for Freedom'' Correspondence, 1970

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0002.0014
Abstract Correspondence related to "Fast for Freedom" which occurred in Denver, Colorado. The first protest of the Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry was in 1970 when 33 members of the Colorado group carried out a three-day fast on the steps of the state capitol to commemorate the Night of the Murdered Poets. The Colorado Committee was the first to commemorate this event and continued the protest annually. The Night of the Murdered Poets was the execution of thirteen Soviet Jews in the...
Dates: 1970

Federation - Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1970

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Identifier: B005.01.0029.0001
Abstract

Correspondence related to Federations, letters A - Z

Dates: 1970