Jewish women
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Box 1, 1861-circa 1998
File — Box B112.01.0001: Series B112.01; Series B112.02; Series B112.03; Series B112.04; Series B112.05; Series B112.06 [Barcode: U186020742680]
Identifier: B112.02.0001
Abstract
Colorado Jewish Business News- General History 1935-1937
Dates:
Coverage: 1861-circa 1998
Shwayder Family Papers and Samsonite Corporation Records
Collection
Identifier: B245
Abstract
The Shwayder family of Denver, Colorado, is best known for the luggage company Samsonite Corporation, which the family founded and operated. Isaac and Rachel Shwayder had migrated from Manchester, England to Colorado in 1881 and eventually settled in Denver. In 1910 their son, Jesse Shwayder, opened a small luggage factory in Denver with his father along with his brothers Mark, Maurice, Benjamin, and Solomon Shwayder. The company started as Shwayder Trunk Manufacturing Company, was later...
Dates:
1896-2002