Arthur Rothstein Colorado Photographs Arthur Rothstein made some of the most significant documentary photographs ever taken of rural and small-town America. These images were created during his years traveling throughout the nation on assignment for the US Farm Security Administration, one of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “New
Read more →Early Jewish Colorado Officeholders House Speaker Pro Tempore Isaac Gotthelf (1844-1910), 1879. State/Territorial Representatives and Senators Henry Altman (1841-1931), location unknown, territorial council, 1862. Benjamin Wisebart (1841-95), Gilpin, House, 1872. Edward Pisko (1842-91), Arapahoe County, House, 1876-77, 1883-1884. Isaac Gotthelf
Read more →Early Jewish Mayors in Colorado Between 1876 and 1914, Colorado elected eight Jewish mayors in seven cities, serving nine terms in office. Benjamin Wisebart (1841-1895), a retail merchant and miner, served in Central City, 1876. Samuel Jaffa, a merchant, was mayor and chairman of
Read more →Simon Guggenheim Values Codes I – H – E – P John Simon Guggenheim (1867-1941) (commonly known as Simon) was born into one of the world’s wealthiest families. He moved to Colorado to join the family mining business after college and donated generously to Colorado charities
Read more →Louis Anfenger and Milton Anfenger Values Codes I – H – E – L – P Louis Anfenger (1842-1900) came to America from Bavaria in 1856. He moved to Denver and started a real estate and insurance business in 1871 that thrived for thirty years. Anfenger
Read more →The Jaffa Brothers Values Codes H – I – E – L – P Samuel Jaffa (1842-1909), Henry Jaffa (1846-1901), and Solomon Jaffa (1849-1941), German-born immigrant brothers, settled in Trinidad, Colorado, in the mid-1870’s. Its initial 1870 census had recorded 562 residents. In 1876, Samuel won
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