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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:

Exterior view of the early Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society campus, circa 1907

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Identifier: B063.03.0011.00008
Abstract

The main buildings of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society are pictured on the right and the "tent" cottages for patients on the left. Several patients are pictured in front of the buildings. 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 1907

Grounds of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1907

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Identifier: B063.03.0019.00004
Abstract The grounds of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Tent cottages are pictured on the left and to the right is a brick building which housed the old library and women's quarters. In the background is the barn which housed a herd of dairy cattle. 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...
Dates: circa 1907

Group on the Grounds of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1904-1930

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Identifier: B063.03.0019.00006
Abstract A crowd of people standing with their arms at their sides on the grounds of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The JCRS water tower is in the background and the Executive Building is on the left. The building on the right may have been a post office which also housed some employees and later became the library. 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...
Dates: between 1904-1930

Isidore Hurwitz Library and Post Office, between 1911-1940

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Identifier: B063.03.0036.00053.00001
Abstract

An unidentified man stands in front of the Isidore Hurwitz Library at JCRS.

Dates: between 1911-1940

Isidore Hurwitz Library of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1910-1920

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Identifier: B063.03.0011.00019
Abstract

Exterior of the Isidore Hurwitz Library on the campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). A crowd of unidentified people are standing in front of the library. 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 1910-1920

Isidore Hurwitz Library of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1910-1920

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Identifier: B063.03.0011.00020
Abstract

Exterior of the Isidore Hurwitz Library on the campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). A crowd of unidentified people are standing in front of the library. 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 1910-1920

JCRS Nurse with Patients, between 1900-1930

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Identifier: B063.03.0019.00079
Abstract

A nurse stands between two JCRS patients as they lay in the sun in their hospital beds. 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.

Dates: between 1900-1930

JCRS Nurses, between 1900-1930

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Identifier: B063.03.0019.00077
Abstract

Four nurses in uniform, identified from top to bottom as Anderson, Elizabeth, Crosby, and Andy, stand on the steps of the Lena Bloch Memorial Home for Nurses at JCRS. Elizabeth Crosby Anderson stands on the top step. 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.

Dates: between 1900-1930

JCRS Nurses, between 1900-1930

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Identifier: B063.03.0019.00078
Abstract

Two nurses and a man, all in uniform, stand in front of a brick building. They are, from left to right, Crosby, waiter Rubenstien, and Elizabeth Williams. 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.

Dates: between 1900-1930

JCRS Nurses, between 1900-1930

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Identifier: B063.03.0019.00081
Abstract

Eleven nurses in uniform stand in front of the Lena Bloch Memorial Home for Nurses. Sarah Nordstrom Anderson stands third from the left. 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.

Dates: between 1900-1930