Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Early JCRS Patient, circa 1901
Formal studio portrait of Satuloff, an early patient at the Jewish Consumptive Relief Society in Denver, Colorado.
Entrance to JCRS Hospital, circa 1950
The entrance gates to the JCRS boasts an elevation of 5450, just over a mile high.
JCRS Campus, circa 1940
Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) campus as viewed from the air. 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. In 1954 the institution changed its mission to cancer research and became the American Medical Center (AMC Cancer Research Center).
Main Building With Tower of Hope at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1922
The main building for men with the Tower of Hope 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 working men along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. It was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.