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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

JCRS Nurses, between 1920-1929

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0011.00115
Abstract

Two nurses dressed up for Halloween and possibly acting in a play. One is reading the other's palm.

Dates: between 1920-1929

Patients in Costume at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1925 November 25

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00092
Abstract

Patients in costume at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Photo caption from Hatikvah December 1925 "Halloween and Hard-time Party at the 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. The sanatorium was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.

Dates: 1925 November 25