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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.). New York Ladies' Auxiliary

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First unit of what became the JCRS' National Volunteer Organization.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Group in Front of the New York Ladies Pavilion at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1910-1919

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Identifier: B002.04.0215.0007.00001
Abstract

A group of people stand in front of the New York Pavilion at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Dr. Charles Spivak is pictured in the front row, eighth from the right. 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 sanitorium was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.

Dates: 1910-1919

Laying Cornerstone of the New York Ladies Auxiliary Building at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1908

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Identifier: B002.04.0215.0010.00001
Abstract A group of people attend a ceremony for the laying of a cornerstone at the New York Ladies Auxiliary building at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) on April 19, 1908. The building was a round, red brick building that housed the less contagious tuberculosis (TB) patients. Rabbi C. E. Kauvar, in a top hat, stands on one side of the cornerstone and Abraham Judelovitz, in coveralls, stands on the other side of the cornerstone. Dr. Philip Hillkowitz with no hat, stands to Rabbi...
Dates: 1908

Letter from C.D. Spivak to the New York Ladies Auxiliary, 1911 October 31

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Identifier: B002.01.0104.0158.00006
Abstract

Typed letter from C.D. Spivak to Mrs. L. Bloch and Mrs. F.E. Shapiro of the New York Ladies Auxiliary informing them that Banjamin Wigatow and Herman Stitch were both invited for admission to the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society. He signs the letter "Secretary" at the bottom.

Dates: 1911 October 31

Letter from C.D. Spivak to the New York Ladies Auxiliary, 1911 October 31

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Identifier: B002.01.0104.0159.00007
Abstract

Typed letter from C.D. Spivak to Mrs. Bloch and Mrs. F.E. Shapiro of the New York Ladies Auxiliary informing them that Herman Stitch was invited for admission to the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society. He signs the letter "Secretary" at the bottom.

Dates: 1911 October 31