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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 102 Collections and/or Records:

Heliotherapy at the Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (JCRS), circa 1930

 Item
Identifier: B002.04.0345.0003.00001
Abstract

Male patients receiving heliotherapy lay in beds pushed out on the verandahs of the Main Building for Men 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.

Dates: circa 1930

Heliotherapy at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1922-1930

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00078
Abstract

Male patients undergoing heliotherapy on the verandahs of the Medical Building 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. The sanatorium was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.

Dates: between 1922-1930

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

JCRS Patient #2028 See #2102, undated

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Identifier: B002.01.0105.0032
Abstract

JCRS Patient #2028. This file is undated and contains one note, no additional documents.

Dates: undated

JCRS Patient #2031 See #2406, undated

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Identifier: B002.01.0105.0034
Abstract

JCRS Patient #2031. This file is undated and contains one note, no additional documents.

Dates: undated

JCRS Patient #2041 See #2355, undated

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Identifier: B002.01.0105.0039
Abstract

JCRS Patient #2041. This file is undated and contains one note, no additional documents.

Dates: undated

JCRS Patient #2072 See 2379, undated

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Identifier: B002.01.0105.0066
Abstract

JCRS Patient #2072. This file is undated and contains one note, no additional documents.

Dates: undated

JCRS Patient #2106 Rose Brown, 1912

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Identifier: B002.01.0105.0086
Abstract

JCRS patient #2106. Application, correspondence. Also patient number #298, #1684, #1797, #2156, and #2477. It is possible that #2106 and #2156 are the same visit, however it is not possible to be sure.

Dates: 1912

Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Records

 Collection
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