Montana

Arthur Rothstein Montana Photographs

Arthur Rothstein Montana 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

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Albert Seligman: Helena, Montana Agent for a Famous New York Banking and Mining Family

Albert Seligman Values Codes I – E – L   Albert Seligman (1859-1935) was a nephew of Joseph Seligman, one of America’s most famous nineteenth-century bankers and wealthiest men. The Seligman banking empire invested in a lead and silver mine near Helena, Montana, and sent Albert, then

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The Four Eliel Brothers: Prominent Political Figures in Dillon, Montana

The Four Eliel Brothers Values Codes I – E – L   Brothers Leonard Eliel (1847-1931), Lambert Eliel (1849-1905), and Adolph Eliel (1854-1927) and were born in Germany.   Along the Way . . .  The family emigrated to Indiana before the birth of the fourth brother,

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The Alweis Family and Jasons Men’s Store of Billings, Montana

The Alweis Family Values Codes I – E – L    Jessie Nachman was born in 1882 in London, England. She worked in her father’s tailor shop, where she distinguished herself as a talented seamstress. In the early 1900s, Jessie Nachman and her sisters journeyed to America,

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Sam Vinner: Jewish Jeweler of Billings, Montana

Sam Vinner Values Codes I – E – L    Sam Vinner was born in a town on the Russia-Manchuria border in 1886. His wealthy family of tanners sent him to be educated in London, England.   Along the way . . . After completing a jewelers apprenticeship,

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Alfred Abraham Wagner: Jewish Merchant of Billings, Montana

Alfred Abraham Wagner Values Codes I – E – L    Alfred Wagner was born in Bielitz, Austria, in 1886. In 1901, at the age of 15, he ran away from home because of a strict father, and came to the United States to stay with his uncle.

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