Title
Portrait of the Louis Anfenger Family
Subject
Jews --Jewish families --Jewish children --Social life and customs
Colorado --Denver (Colo.)
Anfenger family --Anfenger, Louis,--1842-1900 --Anfenger, Louise Schlesinger,--1847-1938 --Rinds, Fannie Anfenger,--1885-1965 --Anfenger, Fred --Anfenger, Harold --Anfenger, Joseph --Anfenger, Max --Anfenger, Stella --Hornbein, Flora Anfenger,--1888-1964
Description
Louis (1842-1900) and Louise Schlesinger (1847-1938) Anfenger seated front center, with their eight children. Children, back row, left to right: Max, Fannie, Stella, Milton, and Fred. Children front row: Harold, Flora, and Joseph. Louis Anfenger was born in Bavaria and came to the United States in the 1850s. He moved west to Denver, Colorado in 1870, started out working as a clerk, and became a highly successful businessman in the area of real estate. Louise He was also elected to the state legislature in the 1880s. Anfenger built a stately house at Champa Street and Twenty-Ninth Street for his wife Louise and their large family.
On back of photograph: ''#37 Family of Louis Anfenger Donor Marjorie Hornbein''. On envelope: ''#37 Louis Anfenger and Louis Anfenger family, c 1890s''.
Date
between 1890-1900
Rights
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Format
1 __item __(photograph)
Photographic prints
Excellent __ __8 x 10 inches __ __ __black and white
Language
__eng
Type
Photographic prints --Group portraits
Identifier
B063.05.0005.00006
codu:59531