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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 419 Collections and/or Records:

Main Building With Tower of Hope at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1922

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Identifier: B002.04.0345.0002.00003
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The main building for men with the Tower of Hope 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 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: circa 1922

Main Street at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1930

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Identifier: B002.04.0217.0003.00010
Abstract Main street or ''Broadway'' of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Patient tent cottages are visible on the left, the Texas Building for Women is visible at the far end and the Tri-Boro Dining Building is shown on the right. Patients and staff members can be seen on the dirt road as well as several automobiles. 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: circa 1930

Major Operating Room at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1920-1950

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Identifier: B063.03.0003.00036
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Interior of the major operating room used for collapsed lungs 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: between 1920-1950

Mary Harris Auditorium at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1941-1950

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Identifier: B063.03.0003.00058
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The Mary Harris Auditorium 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. The auditorium was built in 1941 and is still being used today as part of the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design.

Dates: between 1941-1950

Mary Harris Auditorium at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1940

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Identifier: B063.03.0003.00059
Abstract Drawing of the Mary Harris Auditorium, as a proposed 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. The auditorium was built in 1941 and is still being used today as part of the Rocky...
Dates: circa 1940

Mashgiach Salts Meat at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1941 January 2

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Identifier: B002.04.0216.0167.00001
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Samuel Krone salts meat at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Rev. Krone was the Mashgiach (kosher supervisor) for over 18 years at the JCRS. Food served to the patients was strictly kosher. 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: 1941 January 2

May Arno Schwatt Theater Company, 1914

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Identifier: B296.01.0001.00001.00036.00001
Abstract May Arno Schwatt and her traveling theater company. May Arno Schatt was the sister-in-law of Dr. Charles Spivak, a founder and executive director of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Schwatt and her theater company performed at the JCRS. She was born in Pitava, Russia to Saul and Chaya Shamus Charsky. Her mother died when she was young and she immigrated to America with a sister in the early 1880s to join her father and older sister Jennie Charsky at the Rosenheym Jewish...
Dates: 1914

Meat Kitchen at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1936

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00006
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Two unidentified men in the meat kitchen 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. It was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside Denver.

Dates: circa 1936

Medical Library at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1919-1940

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Identifier: B002.04.0215.0031.00001
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The medical library in the I. Rude 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. It was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.

Dates: between 1919-1940

Medical Staff Banquet of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1926

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00044
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Attendees of a banquet for Medical Staff of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). 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: circa 1926