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 48 Collections and/or Records:
Dr. Charles D. Spivak in a Group Portrait, between 1920-1927
Dr. Charles D. Spivak, a founder of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) with three other men. Dr. Isidor Bronfin is standing on the far 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.
Dr. Charles D. Spivak of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1915-1927
Event at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, November 22, 1925
Goldston Bed Dedication, after 1918
Horse Drawn Cart at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1904-1930
An unknown man in a horse-drawn wagon 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.
JCRS Nurse with Patients, between 1900-1930
A nurse stands between two JCRS patients as they lay in the sun in their hospital beds. 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.
JCRS Nurses, between 1900-1930
Four nurses in uniform, identified from top to bottom as Anderson, Elizabeth, Crosby, and Andy, stand on the steps of the Lena Bloch Memorial Home for Nurses at JCRS. Elizabeth Crosby Anderson stands on the top step. 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.
JCRS Nurses, between 1900-1930
Two nurses and a man, all in uniform, stand in front of a brick building. They are, from left to right, Crosby, waiter Rubenstien, and Elizabeth Williams. 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.
JCRS Nurses, between 1900-1930
Eleven nurses in uniform stand in front of the Lena Bloch Memorial Home for Nurses. Sarah Nordstrom Anderson stands third from the 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. It was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside Denver.
JCRS Staff, between 1900-1930
Dr. Frenburg stands between his wife and Miss Hume. 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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