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Levitt, Yetta Prezant, 1881-1955

 Person

Biography

Yetta Prezant Levitt was born in Russia August 15, 1881 and died in Colorado February 2, 1955. She came to the United States in 1906 and married Isadore Levitt. (Information from family tree, photographs, and genealogical records.)

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Dorothy Levitt Cohen, Eddie Richardson, and Yetta Prezant Levitt, circa 1945

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Identifier: B315.01.00025
Abstract

Dorothy Levitt Cohen, her nephew Eddie Richardson, and her mother Yetta Prezant Levitt are standing on a sidewalk. Eddie Richardson is in his navy uniform. Dorothy Cohen was the daughter of Isadore and Yetta Prezant Levitt. Eddie Richardson was the son of George and Sarah Levitt Richardson.

Dates: circa 1945

Family Picnic, circa 1951

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Identifier: B315.01.00026
Abstract

Three adults and three children are sitting at a picnic table. There are trees behind them. The children from left to right are Gail Marcus and her cousins Bobby and Linda Tein. The adults from left to right are Anne Levitt Marcus and her mother Yetta Prezant Levitt and her father Isadore (Shea) Levitt.

Dates: circa 1951

Isadore and Yetta Prezant Levitt, circa 1945

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Identifier: B315.01.00015
Abstract

Isadore (Shea) and Yetta Prezant Levitt are standing on a sidewalk at 15th and Grove streets near their home in Denver, Colorado. Isadore and Yetta Prezant Levitt came from Russia and settled in the Eastern European Jewish neighborhood around West Colfax Avenue in Denver.

Dates: circa 1945

Isadore and Yetta Prezant Levitt 50th Wedding Anniversary, circa 1948

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Identifier: B315.01.00003
Abstract Isadore (Shea) and Yetta Prezant Levitt are standing inside the Congregation Zera Abraham synagogue in a full-length portrait. Yetta Levitt is wearing a dress with a corsage and Isadore Levitt is wearing a suit and hat with a boutonnière. They came from Russia in the early 1900s and settled in the Eastern European Jewish neighborhood around West Colfax Avenue in Denver, Colorado. The Zera Abraham synagogue, at 1560 Julian street, was founded in 1887 by former colonists in Cotopaxi,...
Dates: circa 1948

Levitt Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B315
Abstract Isadore and Yetta Prezant Levitt and their descendants have lived in Denver, Colorado for over a century. Isadore (Shea) and Yetta Prezant Levitt came to Denver, Colorado from Russia in the early 1900s and settled in the Eastern European Jewish enclave around West Colfax Avenue. The Levitt Family Papers contain a family tree, a reunion directory and scanned photographs. The papers reflect the Americanization of an Eastern European Jewish extended family during the twentieth...
Dates: 1876-1995; Majority of material found in 1940-1952

Mary, Yetta and Tillie Levitt, 1930

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Identifier: B315.01.00012
Abstract

Two Levitt sisters and their mother are standing on a porch in front of their home in Denver, Colorado. From left to right are Mary Levitt (Rubanowitz), Yetta Prezant Levitt, and Tillie Levitt Tein. A cat is walking in front of the porch. The sisters' parents were Isadore and Yetta Prezant Levitt who settled in the Eastern European Jewish neighborhood around West Colfax Avenue in Denver.

Dates: 1930

Morey and Anne Levitt Marcus Wedding Portrait, 1940 September 29

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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

Yetta Levitt and Family, circa 1952

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Identifier: B315.01.00007
Abstract

Members of the extended Levitt family are posing in two rows. Front row from left to right: Mary Levitt Rubanowitz, Anna Spector, and Yetta Levitt. Back row from left to right: Ronald Rubanowitz, Marion Spector Levitt, Anne Levitt Marcus, and Margaret Chizewer Levitt.

Dates: circa 1952

Yetta Levitt with Tein and Marcus Grandchildren, circa 1948

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Identifier: B315.01.00014
Abstract

Yetta Prezant Levitt is standing in front of a brick house with her grandchildren. From left to right are Carole Marcus, Linda Tein, and Bobby Tein. Isadore and Yetta Prezant Levitt came from Russia and settled in the Eastern European Jewish neighborhood around West Colfax Avenue in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: circa 1948

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Archival Object 8
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Subject
Colorado 8
Denver (Colo.) 8
Jews 8
Social life and customs 8
Jewish families 6