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West Colfax (Denver, Colo.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 789 Collections and/or Records:

West End Press, No. 77, 1935 August 2

 Item
Identifier: B121.02.0019.0002.00029
Abstract

Issue no. 77. News coverage includes: an editorial emphasizing the urgent need for new street lighting along West Colfax Avenue, and activities of World Zionist Congress, Cheltenham Sweet Shoppe, Rude Center, and Ostrover Society.

Dates: 1935 August 2

West End Press, No. 78, 1935 August 9

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Identifier: B121.02.0019.0002.00030
Abstract

Issue no. 78. News coverage includes: Councilman Harry Rosenthal's response to an editorial about the need for adequate street lighting on West Colfax Avenue, and activities of West Denver Hebrew School Ladies Auxiliary, Rude Park Community Night, and Beth David Sisterhood.

Dates: 1935 August 9

West End Press, No. 79, 1935 August 16

 Item
Identifier: B121.02.0019.0002.00031
Abstract

Issue no. 79. News coverage includes: announcement of a program by H. Leivick at the Spivak Educational Institute, and Junior Hadassah, Guldman Center, Yad Achas Auxiliary, and the Hebrew Educational Alliance.

Dates: 1935 August 16

West End Press, No. 80, 1935 August 23

 Item
Identifier: B121.02.0019.0002.00032
Abstract

Final issue (no. 80). News coverage includes: increased demand for new street lights on West Colfax Avenue and the announcement that Sylvia Kantrowitz won the Cheltenham Sweet Shoppe's Most Popular Girl on the West End Contest, and activities of Ostrover Synagog, the newly created Institute of Human Relations, Hebrew Educational Alliance, and Junior Hadassah. Includes image of Adolf Hitler speaking at an event in Rosenheim, Germany.

Dates: 1935 August 23

West Side Reunion Insert, June 28, 1985

 File
Identifier: B264.01.0006.0005
Abstract

Folder contains a forty page section in the Rocky Mountain Jewish News with articles about growing up on the West Side of Colfax in Denver, the 1985 reunion, and congratulatory advertisements.

Dates: June 28, 1985

West Side Reunion Records

 Collection
Identifier: B264
Abstract A group of Jewsish friends, who had grown up on Denver's Jewish West Side neighborhood, organized a pinic. The Denver West Side Reunion Picnic was held on July 15, 1979. High school classes of 1955 through 1958 were invited. Roberta Greengard, chair of the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society, prepared questionnaires. Plans were made to have a larger reunion and invite people who had been part of the Jewish West Side. The West Side Reunion was held July 4-6, 1985. Reunion members again...
Dates: 1936-1985

West Side Reunion Skit and Interviews, 1979 July 15

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Identifier: B098.01.0002.00044
Abstract

Recording of a skit performed at the West Side Reunion on July 15, 1979 and oral histories conducted at the event with individuals who grew up on the West Side, reminisces of block parties and neighborhood activities in the 1950s and 1960s. Interviewees discuss the relationship between the West Side and the East Side Jewish communities.

Dates: 1979 July 15

William Goldblatt and Family, 1914

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Identifier: B063.05.0038.00001
Abstract

William Goldblatt and his family stand on the porch of their home at 1473 Newton Street in Denver, Colorado. Goldblatt followed an unusual profession for a Denver Jewish citizen when he became a local fireman. Later, he became a Denver police officer and wore badge number one. He is pictured here in police uniform with his wife, Helen, and children Ruth and Marvin.

Dates: 1914

X-Ray Equipment at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1920-1950

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Identifier: B063.03.0003.00035
Abstract

Interior of the x-ray room and equipment, on the campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. The sanatorium was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.

Dates: between 1920-1950