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Jewish families

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 550 Collections and/or Records:

Miezinger Family

 File
Identifier: B111.07.0007.0008
Abstract

Walter Mielziner moved to Denver in 1953 and collected information about his family hisory in 1998.

Dates: 1879-2008

Milstien / Shames Family Tree

 File
Identifier: B111.07.0007.0014
Abstract

The Milstein and Shames families were among the Russian Jews who attempted to farm in Cotopaxi, Colorado in the late 19th century.

Dates: 1879-2008

Miriam Rachofsky Kobey and Grandchildren, circa 1905

 Item
Identifier: B100.03.0001.0003.00002
Abstract Miriam Rachofsky Kobey and her grandchildren (from left to right, Rebecca, Miriam holding Silas, Philip, and Leon) pose in front of an ivy-covered trellis in Aspen, Colorado. Immigrants Abraham and Miriam (Mary) Kobey began their life in Colorado in Central City. The devout couple became vegetarians for a time while living there because kosher meat transported from Denver often arrived spoiled. After they moved to Denver, Abraham worked as a rabbi and sofer, or scribe, and Miriam became a...
Dates: circa 1905

Mirror and Decorations in the Nathan Miller Family Home, 1980 October

 Item
Identifier: B063.02.0002.00024
Abstract

Mirror in the Nathan Miller family home in Leadville, Colorado. A number of decorations and children's artwork are pictured at the bottom and sides of the mirror.

Dates: 1980 October

Miscellaneous Photographs, 1941, circa 1980

 File
Identifier: B392.01.0003.0008
Abstract

Two unidentified photographs: (1) Older women, looks like it may be Gerald’s mother, in Talkeetna Alaska and (2) black and white photo of three men with fish in front of a store, man in center looks like Gerald.

Dates: 1941, circa 1980

Moishe and Ruchel Zinn Family

 Collection
Identifier: B440
Abstract Marlene Zinn Connors was born to the Zinn/Rosenfield family in Denver in 1947. She attended college in Washington, DC, lived in New Haven, and had a career in New York City. With her husband, Jim Connors, left New York in 1992 to travel. The couple traveled to over 65 countries and 50 states. They then settled in the center of Washington, DC where Marlene resumed her social justice involvement. Discovering her Great Great Grandfather Moishe, led to a decade of researching her Zinn family...
Dates: 2022

Montage of Elias Cohen and Family of Aspen, Colorado, circa 1905

 Item
Identifier: B063.05.0005.00009
Abstract

Composite of the Elias Cohen family of Aspen including a formal portrait of Elias Cohen (bottom left); a formal portrait of his wife and two daughters (bottom right); and formal portraits of his in-laws, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weinberg (top). Elias Cohen was a resident of Aspen by 1891, a mine supervisor in, and manager of David Hyman's properties. It was Cohen who suggested the use of deep-sea divers to repair broken mine-pump shafts.

Dates: circa 1905

Morey and Anne Levitt Marcus, 1940 July 4

 Item
Identifier: B315.01.00018
Abstract

Morey and Anne Levitt Marcus are standing together on grass next to a car. There are trees behind them.

Dates: 1940 July 4

Morey and Anne Levitt Marcus Wedding Portrait, 1940 September 29

 Item
Identifier: B315.01.00004
Abstract

Morey and Anne Levitt Marcus are standing in a synagogue in a full-length portrait. Anne Marcus is wearing a wedding dress with a veil and Morey Levitt is wearing a suit and hat.

Dates: 1940 September 29

Morey Marcus, 1934 January 27

 Item
Identifier: B315.01.00002
Abstract

Morey Marcus is dressed in a suit and tie in a head and shoulder portrait. He was confirmed at Temple Emanuel in Denver, Colorado in about 1932. He married Anne Levitt on September 29, 1940.

Dates: 1934 January 27