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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 879 Collections and/or Records:

Eighth Annual Report, 1911, 1912

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Identifier: B002.05.01.0199.0008.00001
Abstract Report of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) annual meeting on November 10-12, 1912, and its operations and finances for the period beginning January 1, 1911, and ending December 31, 1911; Dr. Philip Hillkowitz was the Society's President, and C.D. Spivak was the Secretary. The Secretary's report indicates that 269 patients were treated in 1911, and includes data about patients treated from 1904-1911. Includes images of the facility, statistical data about the patients (including...
Dates: 1912

Eleventh and Twelfth Annual Reports for the Years 1914-1915, 1916

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Identifier: B002.05.01.0199.0011.00001
Abstract Reports issued in combined form for the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) annual meetings on May 20, 1915 and April 23, 1916; Dr. Philip Hillkowitz was the Society's President, and C.D. Spivak the Secretary. The Secretary's report indicated that 2,451 patients were treated from September 8, 1904 to December 31, 1915. Includes summaries of expenditures, portraits of national officers, and a list of all subscribers and donors. Published as Volume 10, Number 3 and 4 (July-September and...
Dates: 1916

Employee Chanukah Party at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1947

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00049
Abstract Men and women at a Chanukah party for employees of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). In the background are photographs from JCRS and a sign that says: ''43 Years of Progress, History of the J.C.R.S. in Pictures, 1904.......1947.'' 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...
Dates: circa 1947

Employee Restroom at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1930-1940

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Identifier: B063.03.0003.00076
Abstract Employee restroom on the campus of 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. It was the largest Jewish institution in the world for the treatment of tuberculosis. It's property consisted of 148 acres on which...
Dates: between 1930-1940

Employees' Building of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1940 October 30

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Identifier: B063.03.0003.00080
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Exterior of the Employees' Building on the campus of 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: 1940 October 30

Entrance to JCRS Hospital, circa 1950

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Identifier: B002.04.0216.0001.00002
Abstract

The entrance gates to the JCRS boasts an elevation of 5450, just over a mile high.

Dates: circa 1950

Esther Lourwitz Bed Dedication at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, after 1926

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Identifier: B063.03.0011.00031
Abstract The Esther Lourwitz Bed Dedication Ceremony at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Dr. Charles David Spivak, a founder of JCRS is holding the bed dedication plaque which says ''Endowed In Memory of Our Beloved Mother and Sister Esther L. Lourwitz, [illegible] New York [illegible], 1923.'' 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,...
Dates: after 1926

Esther Winocur at the 75th Anniversary Celebration of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1979 September

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Identifier: B063.03.0019.00020
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75th Anniversary Celebration of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Esther Winocur is pictured in the center.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.

Dates: 1979 September

Esther Winocur at the 75th Anniversary Celebration of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1979 September

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Identifier: B063.03.0019.00021
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75th Anniversary Celebration of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Esther Winocur to the right, with three unidentified people. 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.

Dates: 1979 September

Esther Winocur at the 75th Anniversary Celebration of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1979

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Identifier: B063.03.0019.00022
Abstract

75th Anniversary Celebration of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Left to right: unidentified woman, Don Strauss, Deena Strauss, and Esther Winocur. 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.

Dates: 1979