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Jewish businesspeople

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 407 Collections and/or Records:

Striking Liquid Gold: Colorado Jews in the Oil Business, 2016

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Identifier: B230.03.0023.00016
Scope and Contents From the File: Contains DVDs created by Dr. Jeanne Abrams: A Grocery Store on Every Corner: Early Colorado Jewish Grocers; And Justice You Shall Pursue: Early Colorado Jewish Lawyers; A Legacy of Caring: Early Colorado Jewish Women 1860-1930 (2 copies); From Peddlers to Merchant Princes: Early Colorado Jewish Entrepreneurs; Blazing the Trail: An Early History of Denver's Jewish Community; Growing Up in Early Denver: The Lives of Jewish Children 1860-1940; At Home on the Range: Colorado Jewish Cowboys,...
Dates: 2016

Subsidiaries, Divisions, Officers and Transfer Agents of Pak-Well, circa 1950-1970

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Identifier: B112.03.0001.0016.00019
Abstract

The Pak-Well Corporation's list of wholly owned subsidiaries, divisions, officers and transfer agents.

Dates: circa 1950-1970

Tennis: Milstein

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Identifier: B132.01.0001.0004
Abstract Brothers Sam and Sid Milstein were born to eastern European immigrants in the early 1900s in Denver, Colorado. Their father Harry Milstein raised cattle. In 1928, they became charter members of the Denver Tennis Club. The brothers won doubles chamipionships in the 1930s and 1940s. Sam won his first tennis tournament at age 14 and reached the quarterfinals in the European Senior Championships in Italy in 1958. They opened the Aspen Leaf ski and tennis shop in downtown Denver which later moved...
Dates: 1920-1990

The Four Meyer Brothers, circa 1908

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Identifier: B063.05.0013.00021
Abstract

Morris Meyer came to Colorado in the 1890s to cure his tuberculosis and founded the Golden Rule Dry Goods Store in Rocky Ford. At one time, there were seven flourishing Meyer Stores operating in Northern Colorado. Pictured here are the four Meyer brothers dressed in suits, ties, and bowler hats. From left to right: Charles (Greeley, Colorado), Morris (Rocky Ford, Colorado), Sam (Fort Collins, Colorado) and Max Meyer (Greeley, Colorado).

Dates: circa 1908

The Kortz Jewelry Co., between 1950-1960

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Identifier: B063.01.0009.00080
Abstract

View of the front of The Kortz Jewelry Co. in Denver, Colorado. Harry Kortz founded the jewelry in 1892.

Dates: between 1950-1960

The May Company/David May, 1952-1979

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Identifier: B112.03.0001.0010
Abstract

File contains a history/biography by M.A. student Byron Bronstein on ''The Gladiator of Low Prices: the Saga of David May in Early Colorado'' from Spring 1979. File also contains a "Special Edition of the Mayfare" entitled "The May Co. Celebrates Sevelty-Five Years of Progress. 1877 - 1952".

The May Company was founded by David May in 1877.

Dates: 1952-1979

The Shwayder Brothers Standing on a Samsonite Suitcase, circa 1910

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Identifier: B063.01.0001.00018
Abstract

The five Shwayder brothers stand on a board that is balanced on a Samsonite suitcase to demonstrate the strength of the suitcase. Jesse Shwayder is pictured second from the right. Other Shwayder brothers are: Mark, Maurice, Benjamin and Solomon. The Shwayder brothers owned Shwayder Trunk Company, which later became known as the Samsonite Corporation. The photograph was used to advertise Samsonite luggage.

Dates: circa 1910

The Shwayder Brothers Standing on a Samsonite Suitcase, circa 1910

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Identifier: B063.01.0009.00002
Abstract

The five Shwayder brothers stand on a board that is balanced on a Samsonite suitcase to demonstrate the strength of the suitcase. Jesse Shwayder is pictured second from the right. Other Shwayder brothers are: Mark, Maurice, Benjamin and Solomon. The Shwayder brothers owned Shwayder Trunk Company, which later became known as the Samsonite Corporation. The photograph was used to advertise Samsonite luggage.

Dates: circa 1910

Three Unidentified Executives of the Rockmont Envelope Company, between 1950-1970

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Identifier: B063.01.0017.00038
Abstract

Three unidentified executives of Denver's Rockmont Envelope Company. One executive is displaying a poster to the other two.

Dates: between 1950-1970

Tivoli Building, between 1995-2005

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Identifier: B063.01.0009.00082
Abstract

Exterior view of the Trivoli building in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The Trivoli Building was owned by Sam Marchick and housed his clothing store.

Dates: between 1995-2005