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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Entrance to JCRS Hospital, circa 1950

 Item
Identifier: B002.04.0216.0001.00002
Abstract

The entrance gates to the JCRS boasts an elevation of 5450, just over a mile high.

Dates: circa 1950

Main Entrance Gate of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1928

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0019.00060
Abstract

Main entrance gate 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. It was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside Denver.

Dates: 1928