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Jews

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5096 Collections and/or Records:

Portrait of Israel Friedman, Executive Director of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1941

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Identifier: B063.03.0011.00041
Abstract

Israel Friedman, former Executive Director 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: 1941

Portrait of Jacob S. Potofsky, between 1930-1960

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00026
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Jacob S. Potofsky, President of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Potofsky was a personality and supporter 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 1930-1960

Portrait of Jesse Shwayder, between 1960-1970

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Identifier: B063.01.0001.00016
Abstract

Portrait of Jesse Shwayder in the 1960's. The photograph was possibly taken on his 80th birthday. Jesse Shwayder and his brothers founded the Samsonite Corporation.

Dates: between 1960-1970

Portrait of Jesse Shwayder, between 1960-1970

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Identifier: B063.01.0001.00017
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Portrait of Jesse Shwayder standing behind a table with a bible in his right hand. Jesse Shwayder and his brothers founded the Samsonite Corporation.

Dates: between 1960-1970

Portrait of Kenneth Libo, 1986

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Identifier: B230.02.0006.0001.00001
Abstract

Promotional Photograph of Kenneth Libo, co-author of ''We Lived There Too: A Documentary History of Pioneer Jews and the Westward Movement of America, 1630-1930.'' Kenneth Libo spoke at the Scholar's Conference, which was held on May 20th and 21st in 1986.

Dates: 1986

Portrait of Leona Stroud, Technician of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1940-1960

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Identifier: B063.03.0011.00045
Abstract

Leona Stroud, a technician of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society. 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 1940-1960

Portrait of Leonard Dinnerstein, 1986

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Identifier: B230.02.0006.0001.00003
Abstract

Promotional Photograph of Leonard Dinnerstein, author of numerous books on Jewish Life and Culture in the United States. Leonard Dinnerstein spoke at the Scholar's Conference, which was held on May 20th and 21st in 1986.

Dates: 1986

Portrait of Leopold Mayer, circa 1900

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Identifier: B063.08.0039.00084
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Formal portrait of Leopold Mayer of Saguache, Colorado with a beard, wearing a suit, collar and tie with stick pin.

Dates: circa 1900

Portrait of Louis Anfenger, circa 1890

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Identifier: B063.08.0016.00011
Abstract Louis Anfenger of Denver, Colorado. Born in Bavaria, Anfenger came to the United States in the 1850s, moving west in 1870 to seek his fortune. He started as a clerk and became a highly successful businessman in the area of real estate, as well as a member of the Denver Chamber of Commerce, and was later elected to the state legislature in the 1880s. He built a home at Champa Street and Twenty-ninth Street in Denver. Anfenger was also a founder and supporter of Congregational Emanuel, the...
Dates: circa 1890

Portrait of Louis Anfenger, circa 1890

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Identifier: B063.08.0050.0002.00001
Abstract Louis Anfenger of Denver, Colorado. Born in Bavaria, Anfenger came to the United States in the 1850s, moving west in 1870 to seek his fortune. He started as a clerk and became a highly successful businessman in the area of real estate, as well as a member of the Denver Chamber of Commerce, and was later elected to the state legislature in the 1880s. He built a home at Champa Street and Twenty-ninth Street in Denver. Anfenger was also a founder and supporter of Congregational Emanuel, the...
Dates: circa 1890