Nevada Jewish Pioneers

Arthur Rothstein Nevada Photograph

Arthur Rothstein Nevada Photograph   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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Roster of Early Jewish Nevada Officeholders

Roster of Early Jewish Nevada Officeholders   House Speaker   Samuel Platt (1874-1964), Reno, 1905. Mayor   Sam Frank (1872-1937), Reno, 1933-1935.   State Senators   Gabriel Cohn (u.-u.), Elko, 1875-1876.   Hirsch Harris (1838-1910), Minden, 1887-1890.   Herman Freudenthal (1861-1926), Pioche, 1905.   Solomon Summerfield (1877-1935),

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Bonham Galland: Jewish Nevada Legislator

Bonham Galland Values Codes I – E – P   Bonham Galland (1833-1915) won election to the Nevada Legislature in 1882. After his legislative term, he left Nevada for San Francisco and, in 1893, married Bavarian-born Caroline Rosenberg Kline, widow of wealthy Seattle clothing retailer and real

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Mark & Bertha Levison: Jewish Pioneer Merchants of Virginia City, Nevada

Mark Levison Values Codes I – E – L   Mark Levison was born in 1824 in Nijmwegen, Holland. His surname was Levy, but Mark’s father, Jacob, changed it to Levison.   Along the way . . .  During the mid-1840’s, Mark Levison moved to Norwich, England.

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Philip Deidesheimer: Jewish Mine Support Engineer of the Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Nevada

Philip Deidesheimer Values Codes I – E – L   Philip Deidesheimer was born in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany in 1832. He was educated at the Freiberg School of Mining before coming to America.   Along the way At the age of 19, Philip Deidesheimer worked in the

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Julius, Susan and Isaac Levy: Pioneer Jewish Merchants of Virginia City and San Francisco

Julius and Susan Levy, and Brother Isaac Levy  Value Codes I – E – L – P   In the 1860’s, Julius and Isaac Levy operated a dry goods and ladies clothing store, Julius Levy & Bro., at 1106 Stockton in San Francisco. In the early days, the brothers lived in

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