Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Box 348
File — Box B002.05.0348: Series B002.05 [Barcode: U186020740727]
Identifier: B002.05.0348
Abstract
Four books in Yiddish by Yehoash (Solomon Bloomgarden), famous Yiddish poet and Bible translator, and various other books in Hebrew, Yiddish, and English. The books were part of the library at JCRS. 19 books total. One copy of "A Soul Set Free" by Bessie Rude.
Dates:
1904-1976
Isidore Hurwitz Library of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1930-1940
Item
Identifier: B063.03.0035.00057
Abstract
Interior of the Isidore Hurwitz Library at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Unidentified men and women are seated around various tables and reading materials. 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