Kleiner, Bertha Fried, 1894-1977

Studio portrait of Bertha Fried, wearing a sailor dress.

Bertha Fried (right) and friends stand in a line with their arms around each other's waists.

Bertha Fried Kleiner standing outside a brick building.

Bertha Fried Kleiner at age 82 in Denver, Colorado.

This folder contains business cards, advertisements, financial records and newspaper clippings of Fried's Art and Gift Shop.

For over 85 years, the Fried family in Denver, Colorado owned the Fried's Art & Gift Shop. It was operated by Bela and Kate Fried's daughters Mary Fried, Bertha Fried Kleiner, and Sally Fried. This collection contains the correspondence, legal documents, personal materials of the Fried family, Fried's Art & Gift Shop records, and an embroidered woman's pump that belonged to Sally Fried.

Members of the Fried family stand in front of the Fried's Picture Frame Factory in Denver, Colorado. Kate, Bela and Eugene Fried are standing behind an iron fence while Bela and Kate's daughters, Bertha, Mary and Sally are in front of the fence. A large sign reads, ''Fried's Picture Frame Factory, Frames Made to Order, 4 cents a foot and up, Come In and See Our Stock''.

Photocopies of studio portraits of the three Fried sisters in a frame. Left to right are Bertha, Mary, and Sally Fried.

Mary Fried, Bertha Fried, and Eugene Fried standing in Fried's Gift Shop with two unidentified women. Fried's Picture Frame Factory was the first framing store in Denver and later became an art and gift shop.

Eugene Fried and Mary Fried stand in the Fried Gift Shop with unidentified women customers. Fried's Picture Frame Factory was the first framing store in Denver and later became an art and gift shop.