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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Box 378, circa 1910

 File — Frame B002.04.0378: Series B002.04 [Barcode: U186023258038]
Identifier: B002.04.0378
Abstract

Large framed black and white photograph of a pharmasist in front of bottles of medicine.

Dates: circa 1910

Early Tent Laboratory and Dispensary at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1905

 Item
Identifier: B002.04.0215.0034.00001
Abstract A medical services tent at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) Sanatorium near Edgewater, just west of Denver, Colorado, was dedicated on March 26, 1905. A sign on the door reads: ''Laboratory and Dispensary.'' The sign over the door reads: ''Minsker Independent Benevolent Ass'n. New York City.'' The sign to the right of the door reads: 'This tent erected and furnished by the Minsker Independent Benevolent Association of New York.'' Early patients and staff were housed in Tucker...
Dates: 1905

Interior View of the Pharmacy at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1920-1930

 Item
Identifier: B002.04.0215.0018.00001
Abstract

An unidentified pharmacist mixes medicine in the pharmacy 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 of Denver.

Dates: 1920-1930