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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

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Found in 422 Collections and/or Records:

Isaac Victor Plays Violin, between 1914-1922

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Identifier: B002.04.0217.0022.00001
Abstract Isaac Victor, a violinist from Russia who was a patient at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS), plays the violin. He was admitted for the first time in 1914 and was re-admitted in 1922 where he died. His patient numbers were 2859, 3912, 4537, and 6133 and this portrait was found inside his violin case. 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...
Dates: between 1914-1922

Isidore Hurwitz Library of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1930-1940

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00057
Abstract

Interior of the Isidore Hurwitz Library at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Unidentified men and women are seated around various tables and reading materials. 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 1930-1940

Jake Ascher: Between Night and Day, 2010

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Identifier: B354.01.0005.00017
Abstract

Art book with black softcover with square window cutout, white colored pages and black type; written, designed and created by Annalisa Kleinschmidt a student in Martin Mendelsberg's Visual Sequencing class at Rocky Mountain School of Art and Design. Inspired by the file of Jake Ascher a tuberculosis patient at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, #2078. Book is in a box along with photographs and negatives used in the book.

Dates: 2010

JCRS Patient #1574 Isidore Lenitz, 1910 - 1911

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Identifier: B002.01.0103.0058
Abstract

JCRS Patient #1574 Isidore Lenitz. Patient application, business card, correspondence, notes, handwritten letter.

Dates: 1910 - 1911

JCRS Patient #1977 Jacob Alterman, 1911 October 4 - 1911 October 22

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Identifier: B002.01.0104.0163
Abstract

JCRS Patient number 1977. Patient application, correspondence, handwritten letters, receipts, bills.

Dates: 1911 October 4 - 1911 October 22

JCRS Patient #3430 Max Beckerman, 1915 November 4 - 1916 May 14

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Identifier: B002.01.0111.0119
Abstract

JCRS Patient #3430. Patient application, correspondence, handwritten letters, receipts, and bills.

Dates: 1915 November 4 - 1916 May 14

JCRS Patient #3704 Ida Malbin, 1916 August 3 - 1916 October 27

 File
Identifier: B002.01.0112.0142
Abstract

JCRS Patient File #3704 Ida Malbin. Folder contains application and correspondence. After release from the sanatorium patient went to the Denver Sheltering Home.

Dates: 1916 August 3 - 1916 October 27

Jennie Batchofsky's Application for Admission to JCRS, 1911 September 14

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Identifier: B002.01.0104.0154.00001
Abstract Application form of Jennie Batchofsky for admission as a patient to the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society. She was age 27 at the time of the application. She was born in Russia and immigrated to the United States in 1905. She lived in Brooklyn, New York when she contracted tuberculosis. She had been sick for two years upon her arrival to Denver, Colorado. She was married and had one child. Her occupation states she worked as a housewife. She was in the Metropolitan Hospital of New York...
Dates: 1911 September 14

Julius Cohen's Application for Admission to JCRS, 1911 June 5

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Identifier: B002.01.0104.0164.00001
Abstract Application form of Julius Cohen for admission as a patient to the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society. He was age 36 at the time of the application. He was born in the United States. He lived in New York City when he contracted tuberculosis. He had been sick for three years and five months upon his arrival to Denver, Colorado. He was married. His occupation states he worked as an engineer. He was in Ray Brook Hospital in New York City before applying for JCRS. The verso of the application...
Dates: 1911 June 5

Leon Stein: A story of love, family and survival, 2013

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Identifier: B354.01.0005.00014
Abstract

Art book with grey softcover, white pages and black type; written, designed and created by Kyle Mead a student in Martin Mendelsberg's Visual Sequencing class at Rocky Mountain School of Art and Design. Inspired by the files of Leon Stein and Louis Wolf, tuberculosis patients at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, #7996 & #7464.

Dates: 2013