Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)
Found in 232 Collections and/or Records:
Bertha ''Mickey'' Marks, Patient of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1929
Bertha ''Mickey'' Marks, a patient of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) sits in lounge chair in bathrobe. 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 Denver.
Bob Hope at a Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Convention, circa 1945
Bob Hope at a Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Convention, circa 1945
Bookbinding at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1940s
Postcard of patients learning bookbinding as part of their rehabilitation 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.
Box 100: (Patients #808-992) [Admit Dates: July-December 1908], 1908 - 1923
Patient Records # 808-992
Box 364, circa 1906-1920
2 framed black and white photographs. One shows two patients in bed with a nurse and doctor. The other shows a patient on an examination table with a nurse and a doctor.
Box 380, 1904-1924
Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Records; Large bound book of patient records numbers 1-4118, admission dates 1904-1922.;
C. D. Spivak Chess Club, 1939
Four men in front of two chess boards watch an instructor point to visual aid chess board 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. Mounted on cardboard 10 x 13.5 inches.
Cancer Treatment at the AMC Cancer Research Center and Hospital, circa 1950-1970
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.
Cat's Game, 2011
Art book with design from patient's record, written and designed by Weston Humann, 2011, a student in Martin Mendelsberg's Visual Sequencing class at Rocky Mountain School of Art and Design. Based on the life of Sam Perchick, a tuberculosis patient at JCRS.