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Cincinnati Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Bed Dedication, after 1926

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0011.00030

Abstract

The Cincinnati Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Bed Dedication Ceremony at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Dr. Philip Hillkowitz hods a bed plaque that says '' ENDOWED BY, THE CINCINNATI JEWISH CONSUMPTIVES, RELIEF SOCIETY, 1921.'' The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. The sanatorium was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.

Dates

  • after 1926

Digital Repository

Cincinnati Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Bed Dedication

Inscription and Marks

Handwritten on envelope: ''#456 JCRS Bed dedications''. On back of photograph: ''#456 JCRS Bed Dedication - Philip Hillkowitz Cincinnati Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society 1921''

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Extent

1 Photographic Prints (photograph) : good, black and white ; 5 x 7 inches

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection contains materials intentionally assembled by the Ira M. and Peryle Hayutin Beck Memorial Archives of Jews in the Rocky Mountain region. The bulk of the photographs are from or related to various towns in Colorado, but the collection also contains photographs from other states in the western United States and other countries. There are some 19th century photograph types represented in the collection, including albumen prints, daguerrotypes, tintypes, post cards, colorized prints, cabinet cards, and cartes-de-visite.

Provenance

Accession # 1271, Donated by AMC Cancer Research Center as part of the JCRS Records.

Inscription and Marks

Handwritten on envelope: ''#456 JCRS Bed dedications''. On back of photograph: ''#456 JCRS Bed Dedication - Philip Hillkowitz Cincinnati Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society 1921''

General

Title supplied by archivist.

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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