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Social life and customs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Private Note: This term is an LCSH subdivision only. Used under places and classes of persons. Consider LCSH: Manners and customs as a heading.

Found in 377 Collections and/or Records:

Seder at Lehman's Home, circa 1912

 Item
Identifier: B063.05.0051.00051
Abstract

A young boy and four girls sit around a small table at a Passover Seder at David Lehman's house. The three oldest girls lean on their hands. All are dressed up and hold roses.

Dates: circa 1912

Seraphine Pisko 75th Birthday Program, 1936 January 5

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Identifier: B242.02.0001.0002.00002
Abstract Program for Seraphine Pisko's seventy-fifth birthday anniversary dinner held by the board of managers of the National Jewish Hospital at Denver. The Dinner was held at the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver, Colorado. Rabbi William S. Friedman was the toastmaster and a number of people spoke on Seraphine Pisko's career. Seraphine Eppstein Pisko (1861-1942) began working at National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives as a field secretary, fund raiser, in 1900. In 1911 she became the...
Dates: 1936 January 5

Seven Solomon Sisters, between 1910-1920

 Item
Identifier: B063.05.0005.00018
Abstract

Headshots of all seven Solomon sisters: Esther, Deborah, Theresa, Anne, Flora, Ruth, and Goldie.

Dates: between 1910-1920

Shul Baer Milstein Sits with a Long Pipe, circa 1895

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Identifier: B063.08.0008.00003
Abstract

Shul Baer Milstein, wearing a yarmulke and smoking a long pipe, sits at a table with an open Talmud in front of him. A tapestry hangs on the wall behind his chair. Milstein, who immigrated from Russia, was an early leader in Denver's west side Orthodox Jewish community and in Congregation Zera Abraham. He was also a patriarch of the Cotopaxi Colony, an agricultural community located in Cotopaxi, Colorado that failed in 1884. He was a peddler and later opened his own kosher butcher shop.

Dates: circa 1895

Shul Baer Milstein Sits with a Long Pipe, circa 1895

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Identifier: B063.08.0008.00005
Abstract

Shul Baer Milstein, wearing a yarmulke and smoking a long pipe, sits at a table with an open Talmud in front of him. A tapestry hangs on the wall behind his chair. Milstein, who immigrated from Russia, was an early leader in Denver's west side Orthodox Jewish community and in Congregation Zera Abraham. He was also a patriarch of the Cotopaxi Colony, an agricultural community located in Cotopaxi, Colorado that failed in 1884. He was a peddler and later opened his own kosher butcher shop.

Dates: circa 1895

Shul Baer Milstein Sits with a Long Pipe, circa 1895

 Item
Identifier: B063.08.0016.00016
Abstract

Shul Baer Milstein, wearing a yarmulke and smoking a long pipe, sits at a table with an open Talmud in front of him. A tapestry hangs on the wall behind his chair. Milstein, who immigrated from Russia, was an early leader in Denver's west side Orthodox Jewish community and in Congregation Zera Abraham. He was also a patriarch of the Cotopaxi Colony, an agricultural community located in Cotopaxi, Colorado that failed in 1884. He was a peddler and later opened his own kosher butcher shop.

Dates: circa 1895

Shul Baer Milstein Sits with a Long Pipe, circa 1895

 Item
Identifier: B063.08.0039.00001
Abstract

Shul Baer Milstein, wearing a yarmulke and smoking a long pipe, sits at a table with an open Talmud in front of him. A tapestry hangs on the wall behind his chair. Milstein, who immigrated from Russia, was an early leader in Denver's west side Orthodox Jewish community and in Congregation Zera Abraham. He was also a patriarch of the Cotopaxi Colony, an agricultural community located in Cotopaxi, Colorado that failed in 1884. He was a peddler and later opened his own kosher butcher shop.

Dates: circa 1895

Shulman and Saly Children of Central City, Colorado, circa 1897

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Identifier: B063.05.0005.00002
Abstract

Six children from the Shulman and Saly families dressed in clothes of the opposite gender (2nd from right, Tillye Shulman Levy). The Shulman and Saly families were Jewish residents of Central City, Colorado before the turn of the 20th century.

Dates: circa 1897

Silver Calling Card Tray, Early 20th Century

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Identifier: B167.03.0004.00004
Scope and Contents

Silver oval shaped dresser tray with the initial "F" engraved in the center. Irises on each end of the border. American Silver Plate Co, stamped on back. Looks like a tray for holding visiting cards or calling cards.

Dates: Early 20th Century

Sosne Family, circa 1913

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Identifier: B063.05.0005.00008
Abstract

Formal portrait of Rachel Sosne (Mrs. Abraham Sosne) surrounded by her daughters, left to right, Sara Sosne Stein, Lottie Sosne Craig, Anna Sosne Cohan, and Gert Sosne Sigman. Members of the Sosne family ran the Capitol Wet Wash Laundry on West Colfax Avenue in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: circa 1913