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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Blazing the Trail: An Early History of Denver’s Jewish Community, 2009

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Identifier: B230.03.0023.00008
Abstract

Brief description of several early Jewish leaders of commerce, philanthropy, religion, and community as well as several Jewish lawyers, doctors, merchants, and politicians in Colorado.

Dates: 2009

Dr. Emanuel Friedman Sitting at His Desk, 1908

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Identifier: B288.01.0001.00003
Abstract

Dr. Emanuel Friedman, a pediatrician in Denver, Colorado, seated at his office desk. He originally came to Colorado because of tuberculosis. After recovering his health, he opened his office on West Colfax Avenue in the immigrant community and was one of Denver's first pediatricians. He graduated from Denver's Gross Medical College in 1904 and also served on the medical staff at National Jewish Hospital and the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society.

Dates: 1908

Dr. I. D. Bronfin, before 1934 July 31

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Identifier: B063.04.0020.00020
Abstract

Formal portrait of Dr. Isadore D. Bronfin. Bronfin was medical director at both JCRS and National Jewish and the president of Jewish Family and Children's Services of Denver.

Dates: before 1934 July 31

Dr. Isidor Bronfin, between 1920-1934

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Identifier: B063.06.0042.00083
Abstract

Dr. Isidor Bronfin stands outside holding a cigarette at the JCRS campus wearing a white coat and pants.

Dates: between 1920-1934

Dr. M. Chernyk with Visitors of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1940-1960

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00048
Abstract

Dr. M. Chernyk, Medical Director of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS), with two unidentified visitors. 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 1940-1960

James Roosevelt Visiting a Patient at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1940-1960

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00051
Abstract James Roosevelt visiting a patient at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). From left to right is Dr. William Klein, medical director of the JCRS, James Roosevelt, Pat Meyer Bernstein and an unidentified patient. 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...
Dates: between 1940-1960

Medical Staff of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1951

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00050
Abstract

Four male medical staff members of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS), seated around a table. On the wall behind them there are several sets of chest x-rays. 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: circa 1951