Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Civilizing the West: Early Colorado Jews in the Arts, 2011
Item
Identifier: B230.03.0023.00010
Abstract
Brief biographies of Jewish artists, musicians, composers, and conductors in Colorado. Jewish influence on arts in Colorado.
Dates:
2011
Growing up in Early Colorado: The Lives of Jewish Children, 2012
Item
Identifier: B230.03.0023.00011
Abstract
Brief biographies of Jewish men and women who grew up in Jewish communities in Colorado. Contains historical photographs and interviews with people describing their childhoods.
Dates:
2012
Sewing Class at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1930-1950
Item
Identifier: B063.03.0035.00074
Abstract
Sewing class at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Classes were offered to patients as part of rehabilitation. 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 1930-1950