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Gordon, Leonard , 1916-2008

 Person

Biography

The Gordon Sign Company was founded by Harry A. Gordon in 1904. It is the oldest full-service sign company in the United States. Harry Abraham Gordon was born in Vilnius, Lithuania in 1878 and settled in Denver, Colorado shortly before he founded the Company. He married Ester Nisenbaum on June 4, 1911 in Denver. Harry Gordon died in Denver on March 1949. His two sons, Edward and Leonard Gordon took over the company in the 1940s and later started one of the largest neon sign companies in Colorado. Leonard Gordon was born in Denver, Colorado on May 30, 1916 and died in Denver September 5, 2008. He married his high school sweetheart Selma Lee Katz on August 8, 1937. Two of their granddaughters produced a photography book on the Gordon neon signs.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Attendees at a Reunion of Emanuel Confirmands, 1992 August 23

 Item
Identifier: B063.06.0006.00064
Abstract Several Emanuel Confirmands from 1916-1942 pose together in Temple Emanuel during a reunion. Left to right first row: Joan (Heidenheimer) Travis, Celia (Atlavaick) Meyers, Betty (Fine) Striker, Marjorie (Bernick) Grimes, Dee (Rosenblum) Paul, Patty (Jacobs) Baum, Edna Conner, Bobbie (Milstein) Cook, Mildred (Menkovsky) Karden. Second row: Joan (Goodney) Axelrod, Phyllis (Atlavaick) Reckler, Jean (Hershorn) Segal, Billie (Reichart) Silversmith, Bobbi (Barnett) Tobias, Peggy (Frankel) Crane,...
Dates: 1992 August 23
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B063, Beck Archives Photograph Collection / Religious Life / Box 6

Box 1, 2018

 File — Box B421.01.0001: Series B421.01 [Barcode: U186023258305]
Identifier: B421.01.0001
Abstract The Gordon Sign Company was founded by Harry A. Gordon in 1904. It is the oldest full-service sign company in the United States. Harry Abraham Gordon was born in Vilnius, Lithuania in 1878 and settled in Denver, Colorado shortly before he founded the Company. His two sons, Edward and Leonard Gordon took over the company in the 1940s and later started one of the largest neon sign companies in Colorado. The collection contains a book of photographs of Gordon neon signs, "Gordon Neon: A Family...
Dates: 2018
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B421, Gordon Sign Company / Gordon Neon

Gordon Sign Company

 Collection — Box B421.01.0001: Series B421.01 [Barcode: U186023258305]
Identifier: B421
Abstract The Gordon Sign Company was founded by Harry A. Gordon in 1904. It is the oldest full-service sign company in the United States. His two sons, Edward and Leonard Gordon took over the company in the 1940s and later started one of the largest neon sign companies in Colorado. The company was purchased by investors in 2012, but the Gordon Sign Company name was retained by the successor company. Gabriella Marks and Debra Nichols, granddaughters of Leonard Gordon, published a book in 2018 with...
Dates: 2018
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Gordon Sign Company

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