Jewish women
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Isaac Shwayder Family, circa 1905
Item
Identifier: B063.05.0041.00085
Abstract
Isaac and Rachel Shwayder sit for a formal family portrait surrounded by their ten children: Sol, Jesse, Rachel, Mark, Gertrude, Florence, Maurice, Hannah, Ben and Liebe.
Dates:
circa 1905
Photograph of Rachel Kobey Shwayder, 1881
Item
Identifier: B101.01.0001.0003.00003
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains a cd, two original photographs, and photo prints of the Shwayder family.
Dates:
1881
Rachel Leah Kobey Shwayder, between 1875-1880
Item
Identifier: B063.08.0047.00032
Abstract
Wedding portrait of Rachel Leah Kobey Shwayder leaning against a bench.
Dates:
between 1875-1880
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
Sisters Rachel and Betsy Kobey, between 1880-1889
Item
Identifier: B063.05.0021.00071
Abstract
Sisters Rachel Leah Kobey Shwayder and Betsy Kobey Rachofsky pose together in front of a painted scene in Central City.
Dates:
between 1880-1889