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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 6112 Collections and/or Records:

Snowball Fight at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1937 February 20

 Item
Identifier: B002.04.0215.0068.00001
Abstract

Three women patients participate in a snowball fight at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The women are playing in front of the Texas Pavilion for Women building. 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.

Dates: 1937 February 20

Social Service Department of Jewish Consumptives Relief Society, 1931

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Identifier: B002.04.0215.0166.00001
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains a photo album, photographs, bulletin pages, drawings, lithographs, and contact sheets of the campus and buildings, patients and family, staff and volunteers, auxiliaries and conventions, and activities connected with the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society and the AMC Cancer Research Center.

Dates: 1931

Solarium, between 1920-1929

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Identifier: B063.03.0036.00054.00004
Abstract Exterior view of the Solarium at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS), which featured windows on all sides to allow sunlight and fresh air for patients inside where patients would undergo heliotherapy. In the 1920s, heliotherapy was considered therapeutic for tuberculosis patients. 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....
Dates: between 1920-1929

Solarium at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1920-1929

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0011.00100
Abstract Exterior view of the Solarium at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS), which featured windows on all sides to allow sunlight and fresh air for patients inside where patients would undergo heliotherapy. In the 1920s, heliotherapy was considered therapeutic for tuberculosis patients. 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....
Dates: between 1920-1929

Solomon Herbert Bassow, 1894-circa 1980

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Identifier: B111.01.0001.0021
Abstract

Born in Russia, Bassow emigrated to New York in 1906, eventually moving to Wyoming where his family briefly were homesteaders and he taught in a one-room schoolhouse. Later he graduated from the University of Colorado Medical School.

Dates: 1894-circa 1980

Solomon (Yehoash) Bloomgarden, 1927

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Identifier: B111.01.0001.0013
Abstract

Solomon (Yehoash) Bloomgarden (1870-1927) was a translator of the Bible, a scholar, and a Yiddish poet. He lived in Denver from 1896 to 1909, during which time he was deeply involved with the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Bloomgarden was the first chairman of the Press and Propaganda Committee of the JCRS, and sat on the Board of Trustees until his death.

Dates: 1927

Some Magpies, 1926

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Identifier: B063.05.0053.00005
Abstract

Dena Geller, Fanny Spector, Fanny Darefsky Cohen, and Mimie Ginsberg Heller stand in a row in front of a building at JCRS.

Dates: 1926

Spinal Tuberculosis Patient at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1942 February 18

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00062
Abstract

A female patient who has Spinal Tuberculosis at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The patient is in a cast and unable to raise her head. She uses a mirror above her bed to see throughout the room. 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: 1942 February 18

Spivak Family Papers and Art

 Collection
Identifier: B250
Abstract Dr. Charles Spivak was born in Russia in 1861 and died in Denver, Colorado in 1927. He arrived in New York City in 1882 and graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1893, Charles Spivak married Jennie Charsky. Because of Jennie's poor health the Spivaks moved to Denver in 1896. Dr. Spivak was a co-founder of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) and was the executive secretary from 1904 until 1927. Haim David Spivak, son of Dr. Charles and Jennie...
Dates: 1861-2010

St. Louis Auxiliaries, 1966-1969

 File
Identifier: B360.03.0034.0017
Abstract

Two editions of the Recorder for the St. Louis Auxiliaries which include participants, offciers, sponsors and contact information.

Dates: 1966-1969