Jesse Shwayder Holding Incendiary Bomb, circa 1940

Item

Identifier: B063.01.0001.00014

Staff Only

Abstract

Jesse Shwayder holds an incendiary bomb manufactured by Shwayder Brothers during World War II. From left to right: Emmet Heisler, Jesse Shwayder, seated, Louis Degen. Two of the men in the photograph are unidentified. The Shwayders founded the Samsonite Corporation.

Dates

circa 1940

Digital Repository

Jesse Shwayder Holding Incendiary Bomb

Rights and Usage Statement

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Extent

1 Items (photograph)

Additional Description

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection contains materials intentionally assembled by the Ira M. and Peryle Hayutin Beck Memorial Archives of Jews in the Rocky Mountain region. The bulk of the photographs are from or related to various towns in Colorado, but the collection also contains photographs from other states in the western United States and other countries. There are some 19th century photograph types represented in the collection, including albumen prints, daguerrotypes, tintypes, post cards, colorized prints, cabinet cards, and cartes-de-visite.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Good 8 x 10 inches black and white

Provenance

Donated by Samsonite Corporation, advertising department.

General

reformatted digital

Title supplied by archivist.

Inscription and Marks

Handwritten on envelope: "# 155 Jesse Shwayder, 1940's." On back of photograph: "#155 Jesse Shwayder holding incendiary bomb manufactured by Shwayder Bros during war c. early 1940's. L-R Emmet Heisler, Jesse Shwayder, seated, Louis Degen, Donor Samsonite Corporation, advertising dept."