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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 432 Collections and/or Records:

Solarium, between 1920-1929

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Identifier: B063.03.0036.00054.00004
Abstract Exterior view of the Solarium at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS), which featured windows on all sides to allow sunlight and fresh air for patients inside where patients would undergo heliotherapy. In the 1920s, heliotherapy was considered therapeutic for tuberculosis patients. 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: between 1920-1929

Solarium at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1920-1929

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Identifier: B063.03.0011.00100
Abstract Exterior view of the Solarium at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS), which featured windows on all sides to allow sunlight and fresh air for patients inside where patients would undergo heliotherapy. In the 1920s, heliotherapy was considered therapeutic for tuberculosis patients. 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: between 1920-1929

Spinal Tuberculosis Patient at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1942 February 18

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00062
Abstract

A female patient who has Spinal Tuberculosis at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The patient is in a cast and unable to raise her head. She uses a mirror above her bed to see throughout the room. 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: 1942 February 18

St. Louis Auxiliary Staff House of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1910-1940

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Identifier: B063.03.0011.00015
Abstract

The St. Louis Auxiliary Staff House of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). An unidentified woman is seated on the front porch. 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 1910-1940

St. Louis Auxiliary Staff House of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1910-1940

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Identifier: B063.03.0011.00016
Abstract

The St. Louis Auxiliary Staff House 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: between 1910-1940

Staff Banquet, 1927

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Identifier: B063.03.0036.00055
Abstract

Several men in tuxedos sit around a u-shaped table at a JCRS staff banquet in honor of Dr. Isidore Bronfin. Dr. Philip Hillkowitz, Dr. Charles Spivak, and Dr. Isador Bronfin sit 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. The sanatorium was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.

Dates: 1927

Staff Examine Chest X-Rays, 1950

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Identifier: B002.04.0341.0006.00001
Abstract

Three Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) staff members examine chest x-rays. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish working men 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

Staff Members of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1926

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Identifier: B063.03.0011.00009
Abstract Left to right: Dr. Isidor Bronfin, JCRS medical superintendent and tuberculosis specialist; Denver Judge Ben Lindsey of the juvenile court; Dr. Leo Tepley, JCRS physician; Clarence Darrow, Scopes trial lawyer; and Dr. Charles Spivak, physician and founder of the 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...
Dates: circa 1926

Staff Residence, between 1911-1940

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Identifier: B063.03.0036.00053.00003
Abstract

Staff residence building at JCRS. An unidentified woman sits on the front porch.

Dates: between 1911-1940

Steam Shovel and Group at Groundbreaking Ceremony, between 1920-1925

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Identifier: B002.04.0215.0151.00001
Abstract The participants in a groundbreaking ceremony on the campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) stand in front of a steam shovel. Two men and three women ride the scoop arm of the machine. Dr. Isadore Bronfin stands second from left and Dr. Charles Spivak stands in the middle to the right of an unidentified man holding a hand shovel. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish working men along with the support of...
Dates: between 1920-1925