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 175 Collections and/or Records:
View of the Texas Building with Tents at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1950-1970
World War I Portrait of Dr. Charles Spivak, between 1914-1925
Dr. Charles D. Spivak in his military uniform. Dr. Spivak took a leave of absence from the JCRS to serve as a special U.S. medical commissioner in war-torn Europe. He was officially a representative of the Jewish Distribution Committee to provide relief to Jewish refugees.
X-Ray Equipment at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1941
X-ray equipment 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. The sanatorium was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.
X-Ray Equipment at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1941
X-ray equipment 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. The sanatorium was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.
X-Ray Equipment at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1941
X-ray equipment 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. It was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside Denver.
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- Spivak (Colo.) 148
- Patients 58
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- Edgewater (Colo.) 47
- Buildings 31
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- Women 25
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- Costume 15
- Dedications (Ceremonies) 14
- Drama 10
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- Synagogues 9
- Anniversaries 8
- Dairy farms 7
- Kitchens 7
- Plaques (Flat objects) 7
- Halloween 6
- Printing plants 6
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- Cancer 5
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- Entertainers 5
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- Barns 4
- Cancer treatment and research 4
- Reading 4
- Teachers 4
- Boys 3
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- Jewish physicians 3
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- Torah scrolls 3
- Bookbinders 2
- Butchers 2
- Dentists 2
- Indigenous peoples of North America 2
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- Kosher food 2
- Meat industry and trade 2
- Medical personnel and patient 2
- Paste-up (Printing) 2
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