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Selling History: Advertisements of Leadville Jewish Businesses

This exhibition was initially installed the summer of 2015 and expanded the summer of 2017. This expansion occured to complete the timeline that was initiall planned for the active period of Jews in Leadville. The timeline goes from the 1870s to the 1920s with most of the focus between 1879 and 1923.

1 - Selling History

2 - Advertisement Design

When Jews came to Leadville in the 1870s and early 1880s, they saw opportunities to meet the needs of the people, especially miners, in the quickly growing mining town. Many of the Jews were already well skilled and knowledgeable in establishing and running businesses. These business owners knew that sales were very important in order to stay in business. Therefore, many of them advertised in the Leadville newspapers once they began publication to drum up business and continued doing so throughout the lives of each business.

Timeline Events

Major Events in Leadville

1878: Rich load of silver discovered from the Little Pittsburgh Mine.

1878: United States passed Bland-Allison Act authorizing the purchase of silver.

1878: Leadville became an incorporated city and held an election.

1890: United States passed Sherman Silver Purchase Act.

1893: After the Panic of 1893, the United States repealed Sherman Silver Purchase Act.

1896: (Jan-Mar), Ice Palace events.

1896: (Fall), Miners struck against the mining companies and the strike became violent and deadly.

1914-1918: Great War (World War I)

1916: January 1, Colorado started state wide prohibition of alcohol.

1920: Start of national prohibition of alcohol. (1920-1933)

Presidents During This Timeline

18. Ulysses S. Grant, March 4, 1869 to March 4, 1877

19. Rutherford B. Hayes, March 4, 1877 to March 4, 1881

20. James A. Garfield, March 4, 1881 to September 19, 1881 (Died In Office)

21. Chester A. Arthur, September 19, 1881 to March 4, 1885

22. Grover Cleveland, March 4, 1885 to March 4, 1889

23. Benjamin Harrison, March 4, 1889 to March 4, 1893

24. Grover Cleveland, March 4, 1893 to March 4, 1897

25. William McKinley, March 4, 1897 to September 14, 1901 (Died In Office)

26. Theodore Roosevelt, September 14, 1901 to March 4, 1909

27. William Howard Taft, March 4, 1909 to March 4, 1913

28. Woodrow Wilson, March 4, 1913 to March 4, 1921

29. Warren G. Harding, March 4, 1921 to August 2, 1923 (Died In Office)

30. Calvin Coolidge, August 2, 1923 to March 4, 1929

Timeline Panel, 1870-1884

Londoner
Carbonate Weekly Chronicle
January 3, 1880

Londoner
Leadville Daily Herald
November 2, 1880

Sands
Leadville Daily Herald
October 26, 1880

Schoenberg
Carbonate Weekly Chronicle
March 13, 1880

May and Schoenberg
Carbonate Weekly Chronicle
January 1, 1880

May and Schoenberg
Leadville Daily Herald
March 3, 1883

Kaskel
Leadville Daily Herald
March 3, 1883

Sam Berry
The Leadville Herald
September 13, 1884

Hirsch
Leadville Daily Herald
April 27, 1884

Ed Jackson
The Leadville Herald
October 7, 1884

Sam Mayer
Leadville Daily Herald
March 8, 1883

S. Phillippe
The Leadville Herald
June 5, 1884

Pfiffer and Sengfelder
Leadville Daily Herald
December 11, 1880

David Loeb
Leadville Daily Herald
December 17, 1880

Solomon Levy
Leadville Daily Herald
December 11, 1880

J. Schloss
Leadville Daily Herald
November 5, 1880

Monheimer
Leadville Democrat
May 21, 1881

Frankle and Butler
Leadville Democrat
February 12, 1881

J. Schloss
Leadville Daily Herald
November 27, 1881

Eliel
The Daily Chronicle
June 12, 1879

Goldstein and Brodie
Leadville Democrat
March 23, 1881

Samuel Newhouse
Leadville Daily Herald
July 29, 1882

Goldsmith
Leadville Daily Herald
December 16, 1882

Philippe
Leadville Daily Herald
May 25, 1884

Braham
Leadville Daily Herald
May 11, 1882

A. Hirsch
Leadville Democrat
April 16, 1881

Herman Brothers
Leadville Daily Herald
October 27, 1881

Frankle and Butler
Leadville Daily Herald
May 18, 1882

Kaskel
Leadville Democrat
May 28, 1881

Sands and Pelton
Leadville Daily Herald
March 4, 1883

Greenwald
Leadville Daily Herald
November 15, 1882

Jacob Bernheimer
Leadville Daily Herald
December 19, 1883

Samuel Newhouse
The Leadville Herald
February 16, 1884

Nathan
The Leadville Herald
September 4, 1884

Harris
The Leadville Herald
December 28, 1884

Timeline Panel, 1885-1899

Guldman
The Leadville Herald
February 3, 1885

Nathan
The Daily Chronicle
January 6, 1886

Wolf and Schayer
Leadville Herald Democrat
September 1, 1886

Marx
Leadville Herald Democrat
May 19, 1886

Ben Loeb
The Evening Chronicle
January 26, 1888

Ben Loeb
The Evening Chronicle
February 20, 1888

L. Greenwald
The Herald Democrat
December 4, 1892

Ben Davies
The Leadville Herald Democrat
September 1, 1889

S. Blumberg
The Herald Democrat
April 17, 1892

I. Myers
The Herald Democrat
April 17, 1892

Ben Davies
The Herald Democrat
April 30, 1893

Sands Brothers
The Herald Democrat
February 16, 1896

D. Cohen
The Herald Democrat,
December 9, 1897

David May
The Leadville Herald
January 1, 1885

Charles Sands
The Leadville Herald
April 9, 1885

Sands Brothers
Leadville Evening Chronicle
October 12, 1889

I. Grossmayer
The Leadville Herald Democrat
September 1, 1889

Bergerman
Leadville Herald Democrat
May 19, 1886

Sam Mayer
Leadville Evening Chronicle
March 25, 1889

D. Cohen
The Herald Democrat
May 27, 1892

Cohn
The Herald Democrat
December 3, 1895

Joseph Cohn
The Herald Democrat
April 21, 1893

M. Kahn
The Herald Democrat
February 6, 1898

A. Pechner
The Herald Democrat
December 19, 1893

Timeline Panel, 1900-1914

Joseph Cohn
The Herald Democrat
March 11, 1900

Sands Brothers
The Herald Democrat
February 2, 1900

Sam Berry
The Herald Democrat
June 22, 1903

Ben Cohn
The Herald Democrat
September 1, 1909

Mrs. D. Greenwald
The Herald Democrat
June 18, 1911

Morris Cohn
The Herald Democrat
April 17, 1910

Sam Berry
The Herald Democrat
April 4, 1903

Solomon Hecht
The Herald Democrat
January 1, 1900

B. Cohen
The Herald Democrat
January 7, 1902

Joe Oliner
The Herald Democrat
July 15, 1903

S. Barnett
The Herald Democrat
July 15, 1904

Schloss Brothers
The Herald Democrat
April 13, 1900

Schloss Brothers
The Herald Democrat
March 24, 1900

Schloss Brothers
The Herald Democrat
January 26, 1904

Ben Cohn
The Herald Democrat
October 4, 1903

I. Grossmayer
The Herald Democrat
July 22, 1900

Sands Brothers
The Herald Democrat
October 5, 1902

Sandusky
The Herald Democrat
December 3, 1904

G. Janowitz
The Herald Democrat
May 15, 1900

SR Berger
The Herald Democrat
December 2, 1905

Gus Cohn
The Herald Democrat
January 16, 1906

Phil Grossmayer
The Herald Democrat
July 23, 1904

JS Amter
The Herald Democrat
December 26, 1902

M. Kahn
The Herald Democrat
September 12, 1903

SR Berger
The Herald Democrat
January 1, 1907

G Janowitz
The Herald Democrat
August 12, 1904

G Janowitz
The Herald Democrat
August 16, 1904

G Janowitz
The Herald Democrat
August 19, 1904

G Janowitz
The Herald Democrat
September 2, 1904

G Janowitz
The Herald Democrat
September 23, 1904

Schloss Brothers
The Herald Democrat
November 26, 1906

A. Walpensky
The Herald Democrat
November 19, 1912

Grossmayer
The Herald Democrat
November 15, 1914

A. Walpensky
The Herald Democrat
January 2, 1910

Walpensky
The Herald Democrat
December 17, 1911

Janowitz
The Herald Democrat
December 7, 1911

Walpensky
The Herald Democrat
November 18, 1914

Cooperman
The Herald Democrat
April 17, 1914

Cooperman
The Herald Democrat
April 20, 1914

Cooperman
The Herald Democrat
October 30, 1914

Cooperman
The Herald Democrat
November 10, 1914

Timeline Panel, 1915-1924

MB Miller
The Herald Democrat
June 8, 1915

MB Miller
The Herald Democrat
March 23, 1916

MB Miller
The Herald Democrat
April 4, 1922

ER Schayer
The Herald Democrat
August 20, 1916

ER Schayer
The Herald Democrat
March 25, 1917

G. Janowitz
The Herald Democrat
March 5, 1915

I Grossmayer
The Herald Democrat
October 26, 1917

Amter
The Herald Democrat
November 10, 1917

Hyman Isaacs
The Herald Democrat
March 20, 1916

Hyman Isaacs
The Herald Democrat
November 10, 1917

Hyman Isaacs
The Herald Democrat
August 8, 1918

Hyman Isaacs
The Herald Democrat
February 1, 1919

Small Advertisements (from all four panels)

Small Ads From Panel 1

Wolf
Leadville Daily Herald
October 26, 1880

Julius Kahn
Leadville Daily Democrat
May 21, 1881

Baer Brothers
Leadville Daily Democrat
March 12, 1881

F. Kahn
Leadville Daily Herald
May 25, 1882

Small Ads From Panel 2

Loeb
The Herald Democrat
April 13, 1886

Mankuss
The Herald Democrat
August 7, 1886

MD Altman
The Herald Democrat
April 13, 1886

S. Flaks
Leadville Evening Chronicle
October 21, 1887

Barney Harris
Leadville Evening Chronicle
October 3, 1887

M. Harris
Leadville Evening Chronicle
October 3, 1887

Joe Harwitz
Leadville Evening Chronicle
October 21, 1887

Ed Jackson
The Herald Democrat
July 2, 1889

I Kahn
The Herald Democrat
July 14, 1889

I. Isaacs
Leadville Evening Chronicle
April 25, 1888

L. Janowitz
The Herald Democrat
December 22, 1889

M. Kahn
The Herald Democrat
June 28, 1895

Isaacs
The Herald Democrat
December 17, 1889

Abe Cooperman
Leadville Evening Chronicle
July 12, 1890

H. Kahn
The Herald Democrat
October 17, 1891

Kahn
The Herald Democrat
August 18, 1891

Flaks, Greenwald, Harwitz
The Herald Democrat
April 15, 1893

Sam Jacobs
The Herald Democrat
October 24, 1894

Mankuss, Isaacs
The Herald Democrat
January 2, 1895

Small Ads From Panel 3

A. Flaks
The Herald Democrat
October 7, 1900

Ben Loeb
The Herald Democrat
June 8, 1900

Fogel
The Herald Democrat
December 14, 1902

Cooperman
The Herald Democrat
October 5, 1902

Ben Loeb
The Herald Democrat
November 16, 1903

Raabe
The Herald Democrat
May 10, 1903

Baer Brothers
The Herald Democrat
November 15, 1903

S. Flaks
The Herald Democrat
May 10, 1903

Heimberger
The Herald Democrat
February 23, 1904

Schayer
The Herald Democrat
December 23, 1905

M. Kahn
The Herald Democrat
December 5, 1906

Champney
The Herald Democrat
September 19, 1906

Ed Jackson
The Herald Democrat
January 7,1906

Butler
The Herald Democrat
October 6, 1907

Archie Loeb
The Herald Democrat
January 24, 1908

Abe Flaks
The Herald Democrat
May 24, 1908

Julius Kahn
The Herald Democrat
June 19, 1909

Archie Loeb
The Herald Democrat
January 7, 1909

Mankuss
The Herald Democrat
July 24, 1910

Phillip Jeffries
The Herald Democrat
July 13, 1911

Mark Rachofsky
The Herald Democrat
November 9, 1913

Greenwald
The Herald Democrat
March 8, 1913

Phillip Jeffries
The Herald Democrat
November 5, 1913

Small Ads From Panel 4

Raabe
The Herald Democrat
September 5, 1916

M. Cohen
The Herald Democrat
September 7, 1917

Solomon Hecht
The Herald Democrat
March 20, 1919

Zeiler
The Herald Democrat
May 28, 1920

Maurice Stager
The Herald Democrat
June 5, 1920

Harry Kahn
The Herald Democrat
May 29, 1921

E. Sandusky
The Herald Democrat
May 27, 1923

Mankuss
The Herald Democrat
January 11, 1923

Maurice Stager
The Herald Democrat
August 1, 1923

Resources

Sources

Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection, Colorado State Library
www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org

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