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American Medical Center (Denver, Colo.)

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Biography

Phone call, 2-22-88 to AMC Cancer Research Center, Denver, director's office (Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society; f. 1904; name changed 1954 to American Medical Center; in 1970's renamed AMC Cancer Research Center and Hospital; in late 1970's/early 1980 reorg. as AMC Cancer Research Center; independent, nonprofit, research organ.; small hospital attached but function is primarily research) AMC Cancer Research Center Web site, Aug. 18, 2003 (In 1904, the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) was founded in Denver; JCRS evolved into AMC Cancer Research Center) NUCMC data from Univ. Wash. Lib. for AMC Cancer Research Center and Hospital. Seattle Ladies Auxiliary. Records, 1924-1978 (Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society; operated sanatorium nr. Denver, Colo., provided free care for tuberculosis patients; name changed in 1954 to American Medical Center; Denver; began accepting cancer patients)

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Refugee Boy with Memorial Prayer at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1947

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00064
Abstract

A boy refugee at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The boy is reading a memorial prayer that is written in Hebrew, while laying on his bed. 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: circa 1947

Refugee Boy with Memorial Prayer at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1947

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00066
Abstract

A boy refugee at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The boy is reading a memorial prayer that is written in Hebrew, while laying on his bed. 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: circa 1947

Unidentified Boy Performing at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1930-1950

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00041
Abstract

An unknown young boy performing for patients at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). 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: between 1930-1950

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