American Medical Center (Denver, Colo.)
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 10 Collections and/or Records:
75th Anniversary Celebration of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1979 September
75th Anniversary Celebration of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Esther Winocur is pictured on the far left. 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.
Dr. Charles Spivak's Gravestone, 1978
Dr. Charles Spivak's gravestone. The stone says: ''Dr. Charles David Spivak, Dec. 25, 1861 - Oct. 16, 1927, Articulated skeleton willed to and preserved by the Hebrew University, Jerusalem Palestine.'' The inscription is repeated in Hebrew.
Dr. Isadore Bronfin, circa 1920
Formal portrait of Dr. Isadore Bronfin.
Esther Winocur at the 75th Anniversary Celebration of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1979 September
75th Anniversary Celebration of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Esther Winocur is pictured in the center.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.
Esther Winocur at the 75th Anniversary Celebration of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1979 September
75th Anniversary Celebration of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Esther Winocur to the right, with three unidentified people. 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.
Esther Winocur at the 75th Anniversary Celebration of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1979
75th Anniversary Celebration of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Left to right: unidentified woman, Don Strauss, Deena Strauss, and Esther Winocur. 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.
Exterior View of the Texas Building with Tents at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1950-1970
Restored Tent at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1979 September
A restored tent cottage with two unidentified people standing in the entrance, 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.
Tent at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1979 September
Tent cottage on the campus of 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.
View of the Texas Building with Tents at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1950-1970
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