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American Medical Center (Denver, Colo.)

 Organization

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 209 Collections and/or Records:

Banquet for Auxiliaries of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society and American Medical Center, between 1950-1970

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Identifier: B063.03.0036.00010
Abstract

A dinner banquet for auxiliaries of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Pictured are Dr. and Mrs. William Klein and at the second table Ben Friedland with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schwartz. 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 1950-1970

Banquet for Auxiliaries of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society and American Medical Center, between 1950-1970

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Identifier: B063.03.0036.00011
Abstract A dinner banquet for auxiliaries of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) and American Medical Center (AMC). Pictured are Robert Gamzey, Mrs. Harvey Kaminsky, Charles Winocur, Noah W. Allen, David L. Abramson. AMC was located on the grounds of the former 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...
Dates: between 1950-1970

Banquet for JCRS and AMC Auxiliaries, between 1940-1970

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Identifier: B063.03.0036.00008
Abstract A dinner banquet for auxiliaries of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) or American Medical Center (AMC). Pictured are Ben and Belle Perlmutter, as well as William Alterman. AMC was located on the grounds of the former 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...
Dates: between 1940-1970

Bed Endowment Plaques of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1920-1960

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00052
Abstract

Bed endowment plaques 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.

Dates: between 1920-1960

Bed Endowment Plaques of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1920-1960

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00054
Abstract

Bed endowment plaques 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.

Dates: between 1920-1960

Bedside Instruction at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1942

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00071
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Bedside instruction in English and citizenship 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: circa 1942

Ben Englander Standing on a Sidewalk, between 1920-1960

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Identifier: B063.03.0019.00041
Abstract

Ben Englander standing on a sidewalk. Englander was the State Representative of Colorado and a Board Member 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. It was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside Denver.

Dates: between 1920-1960

Board of Directors of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1930-1940

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00030
Abstract

Board of Directors of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Seven men and one woman stand on the steps of a building. Rabbi Charles Kauvar stands second from the right and all others are unidentified. 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 1930-1940

Bob Hope at a Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Convention, circa 1945

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00037
Abstract Bob Hope performing for patients at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society's (JCRS) Convention. Tony Romano, Jerry Colonna and Vera Vague (stage name of actress Barbara Jo Anderson) are also pictured and the event was held in the Mary Harris Auditorium at the 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...
Dates: circa 1945

Bookbinding and Print Shop of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1930-1940

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Identifier: B063.03.0036.00029
Abstract

Interior of the bookbinding and print shop room of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). A large group of men and women are working on various tasks throughout the room. 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 1930-1940

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Type
Archival Object 207
Collection 2
 
Subject
Jews 197
Photographs 197
Colorado 194
Denver (Colo.) 188
Hospitals 183
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Colfax Avenue (Colo.) 177
Sanatoriums 176
Tuberculosis 173
West Colfax (Denver, Colo.) 163
Spivak (Colo.) 155
Patients 65
Sanatoriums -- Colorado 49
Edgewater (Colo.) 48
Buildings 32
Entertainment events 31
Nurses 27
Women 25
Charities 23
Men 22
Physicians 22
Parties 16
Recreation 16
Costume 15
Cancer treatment and research 14
Dedications (Ceremonies) 14
Cancer 12
Dinners and dining 12
Anniversaries 10
Drama 10
Synagogues 10
Tents 10
Rehabilitation 9
Plaques (Flat objects) 8
Dairy farms 7
Kitchens 7
Halloween 6
Printing plants 6
Treatment and prognosis 6
X-rays 6
Beds 5
Cows 5
Entertainers 5
Barns 4
Corporate minutes 4
Jewish physicians 4
Medicine 4
Reading 4
Teachers 4
Boys 3
Food 3
Jewish women 3
Musicians 3
New York (N.Y.) 3
Occupational therapy 3
Torah scrolls 3
Boards of directors 2
Bookbinders 2
Butchers 2
Dentists 2
Indigenous peoples of North America 2
Jewish Refugees 2
Kosher food 2
Meat industry and trade 2
Medical care 2
Medical instruments and apparatus 2
Medical personnel and patient 2
Nursing 2
Paste-up (Printing) 2
Physical therapy 2
Picnics 2
Printers 2
Rabbis 2
Radiotherapy 2
Snapshots 2
Stores, Retail 2
Thermotherapy 2
Tuberculosis -- Hospitals -- Colorado -- Denver 2
Women patients 2
Albums (books) 1
Animals 1
Architectural drawings (Visual works) 1
Authors 1
Awards 1
Band musicians 1
Blackface entertainers 1
Books and reading 1
Buildings -- Design and construction 1
Business correspondence 1
Cancer -- Research -- Colorado 1
Comedians 1
Construction drawings 1
Cooks 1
Cookware 1
Cooperative societies 1
Corn 1
Correspondence 1
Dance 1
Dining rooms 1
Education 1
Ephemera (General) 1
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