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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 797 Collections and/or Records:

JCRS Waiter, between 1900-1930

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Identifier: B063.03.0019.00080
Abstract

A man identified as Frenburg poses in a waiter's uniform in front of a brick building. 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

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

Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Blanket, circa 1930-1950

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Identifier: B002.16.0347.00001
Abstract

Tan and dark brown blanket bearing the words, ''J.C.R.S. Denver, Colo.'' There is a rectangular checkerboard pattern which runs parallel to the perimeters of the blanket itself. One side of the blankets is primarily tan with dark brown accents and the reverse side is dark brown with tan accents. Identical to B002.16.0347.00002.

Dates: circa 1930-1950

Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Records

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Identifier: B002
Abstract The Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society was known as the JCRS and was founded in Denver, Colorado in 1904 as a non-sectarian sanatorium to treat tuberculosis (TB) patients, free of charge, in all stages of the disease. The society was one of the leading tuberculosis sanatoria in the country at the turn of the century founded by a group of immigrant Eastern European Jewish men, many of whom were themselves victims of TB. Headed by Dr. Charles Spivak as Secretary (1904-1927) and by Dr....
Dates: 1897-1989; Majority of material found within 1904-1973

Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society's Campus Drawing, 1923

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Identifier: B002.04.0339.0002.00001
Abstract

The Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) campus includes the crop fields, the main buildings and tent cottages. 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. This photograph of a birds-eye view drawing is mounted on cardboard 12.5 x 21 inches.

Dates: 1923

Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society's Campus - Little Town, 1950

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Identifier: B002.04.0341.0004.00001
Abstract

View of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society's (JCRS) campus from the Women's Pavilion. 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.

Dates: 1950

Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society's Farm Activities, between 1930-1939

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Identifier: B002.04.0340.0004.00001
Abstract

Collage featuring five photographs of farm activities at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society's (JCRS) farm. 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. The photographs are mounted on a cardboard sheet with brown tape around the edges.

Dates: between 1930-1939

Joshua Cowen Bed Dedication at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, after 1926

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Identifier: B063.03.0011.00033
Abstract The Joshua Cowen Bed Dedication Ceremony at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Dr. Isidor Bronfin stands fourth from left and Dr. C. D. Spivak stands second from right. Bed plaque says, '' ENDOWED BY JOSHUA L. COWEN, NEW YORK, N.Y., IN MEMORY OF HIS FATHER, 1924.'' 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...
Dates: after 1926

Joshua Wolfe Zeeve Bed Dedication, after 1917

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00018
Abstract A bed dedication ceremony at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Bed donated in Joshua Wolfe Zeeve's memory. Dr. Charles Spivak stands in the back to the right and Dr. Philip Hillkowitz stands in back center. An unidentified woman holds a plaque that reads: "Joshua Wolfe Zeeve, May 15, 1858, October 11, 1917.'' 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: after 1917

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