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Immigrants changed their clothing as they became more acculturated and hats are a fun way to show the effects of becoming westerners.

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Immigrants changed their clothing as they became more Americanized. Clothing and headwear can illustrate how immigrants and their children became westerners. Women came to the west wearing babushkas (Russian scarfs) and ended up wearing huge hats that were the latest fashion. Some men discarded their traditional headwear for cowboy hats. Hats are illustrative of cultural changes in the west and the images are a great way to see those changes.

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Robert Lazar Miller and Stanley Stein on Horseback

Beck Archives
Mar 20 2012 - 10:45am

Robert Lazar Miller, wearing a bowler hat and suit, sits on a horse with his grandson Stanley Stein seated in front of him at the Denver Stockyards. Robert Lazar Miller worked at the Denver Stockyards until his death at the age of 96 in 1940. Stein wears a cowboy hat and bandanna.

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Channah Milstein

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Mar 20 2012 - 10:36am

Mrs. Channah Milstein, wears a traditional kerchief or tichel headcovering in a head and shoulders formal portrait. She was a member of the ''Glazierlach'' clan of Denver, Colorado's west side Orthodox Jewish Community. The family had been glaziers in Brest-Litovsk and in Denver the family became known as the ''glassies.'' Channah Milstein was known for her personal commitment to charity in Denver's west-side East European immigrant Jewish community as she urged residents to contribute to her collections of food, clothing, and money for the needy.  Read more »

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Anna Hillkowitz

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Mar 20 2012 - 10:28am

Anna Hillkowitz in a formal pose is wearing eyeglasses, a necklace, and a large hat. Anna Hillkowitz was born in Russia, the daughter of Rabbi Elias and Rebecca Hillkowitz and sister of Dr. Philip Hillkowitz, longtime president of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS.) Anna entered library school after high school graduation and took a position as a librarian with the Denver public library. Highly active in the Denver Jewish community, she took a leave of absence from her job in 1907 to work as a successful traveling fund-raiser for the JCRS.  Read more »

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Rabbi Elias Hillkowitz

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Mar 20 2012 - 10:15am

Rabbi Elias Hillkowitz was considered the dean of Denver's early west-side Orthodox Jewish rabbis. He was an early supporter of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS), where his son, Dr. Philip Hillkowitz, served as president from 1904 to 1948. Rabbi Hillkowitz suggested the JCRS motto from the Talmud: ''He who saves one life saves the world.''

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Founders of the Denver Sheltering Home for Jewish Children

Beck Archives
Mar 19 2012 - 10:44pm

Founders of the Denver Sheltering Home for Jewish Children, circa 1907. From left to right: Jennie Kantrowitz, Mollie Lifshutz, Bessie Willens, Mary Augenblich, Fannie Lorber, and Sadie Francis. Although the women were Eastern Europeans, they had adopted the American style of dress, as evidenced by their oversize hats.

Click here to view this image in the Peak Digital Beck Archives Photograph Collection

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Robert Lazar Miller and Stanley Stein on Horseback

Beck Archives
Mar 20 2012 - 10:45am

Robert Lazar Miller, wearing a bowler hat and suit, sits on a horse with his grandson Stanley Stein seated in front of him at the Denver Stockyards. Robert Lazar Miller worked at the Denver Stockyards until his death at the age of 96 in 1940. Stein wears a cowboy hat and bandanna.

  • 1 vote

Channah Milstein

Beck Archives
Mar 20 2012 - 10:36am

Mrs. Channah Milstein, wears a traditional kerchief or tichel headcovering in a head and shoulders formal portrait. She was a member of the ''Glazierlach'' clan of Denver, Colorado's west side Orthodox Jewish Community. The family had been glaziers in Brest-Litovsk and in Denver the family became known as the ''glassies.'' Channah Milstein was known for her personal commitment to charity in Denver's west-side East European immigrant Jewish community as she urged residents to contribute to her collections of food, clothing, and money for the needy.  Read more »

  • 1 vote

Anna Hillkowitz

Beck Archives
Mar 20 2012 - 10:28am

Anna Hillkowitz in a formal pose is wearing eyeglasses, a necklace, and a large hat. Anna Hillkowitz was born in Russia, the daughter of Rabbi Elias and Rebecca Hillkowitz and sister of Dr. Philip Hillkowitz, longtime president of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS.) Anna entered library school after high school graduation and took a position as a librarian with the Denver public library. Highly active in the Denver Jewish community, she took a leave of absence from her job in 1907 to work as a successful traveling fund-raiser for the JCRS.  Read more »

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Rabbi Elias Hillkowitz

Beck Archives
Mar 20 2012 - 10:15am

Rabbi Elias Hillkowitz was considered the dean of Denver's early west-side Orthodox Jewish rabbis. He was an early supporter of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS), where his son, Dr. Philip Hillkowitz, served as president from 1904 to 1948. Rabbi Hillkowitz suggested the JCRS motto from the Talmud: ''He who saves one life saves the world.''

Click here to view this image in the Peak Digital Beck Archives Photograph Collection

  • 1 vote

Founders of the Denver Sheltering Home for Jewish Children

Beck Archives
Mar 19 2012 - 10:44pm

Founders of the Denver Sheltering Home for Jewish Children, circa 1907. From left to right: Jennie Kantrowitz, Mollie Lifshutz, Bessie Willens, Mary Augenblich, Fannie Lorber, and Sadie Francis. Although the women were Eastern Europeans, they had adopted the American style of dress, as evidenced by their oversize hats.

Click here to view this image in the Peak Digital Beck Archives Photograph Collection

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