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Beth Israel Hospital and Home Society (Denver, Colo.)

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Study of the Beth Israel Home for the Aged. 1949: p. 6 (Seven residents of Denver particularly interested in tuburculosis associated themselves in January, 1917 as a corporation under the name of "The Moshav Zkenin Home and Hospital Society." This corporate body whose name was later chenged in Novenber of 1920 to the "Beth Israel Hospital and Home Society," hoped to establish an institution for needy, aged Jewish people and maintain a hospital for treatment of sickness and diseases other than tuberculosis) Operated facilities located at 17th Avenue/Lowell Street, Denver, Colorad0

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Beth Israel Hospital and Geriatric Center, between 1920-1946

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Identifier: B063.03.0011.00066
Abstract

Exterior view of Beth Israel Hospital and Geriatric Center in Denver, Colorado. Beth Israel was founded in 1905 and was located on the west side of Denver at 16th Avenue and Lowell Boulevard. Pictured are the Guldman and Dupler Buildings.

Dates: between 1920-1946

Geriatric Center at Beth Israel Hospital, between 1920-1946

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Identifier: B063.03.0011.00065
Abstract Exterior view of the Geriatric Center at Beth Israel Hospital in Denver, Colorado at the corner of Sixteenth Avenue and Lowell Boulevard. Beth Israel opened in Denver's west-side community in 1920 as a Jewish old-age home. It added a Jewish-run general hospital in 1923. Sparked by Bella Mintz, it garnered the support of members of Denver's Jewish community from throughout the city. Philanthropists Leopold Guldman, Isadore Rude, and Adolph Kiesler provided especially generous donations....
Dates: between 1920-1946

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