Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)
Found in 5257 Collections and/or Records:
Snowball Fight at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1937 February 20
Three women patients participate in a snowball fight at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The women are playing in front of the Texas Pavilion for Women building. 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.
Solarium, between 1920-1929
Solarium at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1920-1929
Solomon Herbert Bassow, 1894-circa 1980
Born in Russia, Bassow emigrated to New York in 1906, eventually moving to Wyoming where his family briefly were homesteaders and he taught in a one-room schoolhouse. Later he graduated from the University of Colorado Medical School.
Solomon (Yehoash) Bloomgarden, 1927
Solomon (Yehoash) Bloomgarden (1870-1927) was a translator of the Bible, a scholar, and a Yiddish poet. He lived in Denver from 1896 to 1909, during which time he was deeply involved with the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Bloomgarden was the first chairman of the Press and Propaganda Committee of the JCRS, and sat on the Board of Trustees until his death.
Some Magpies, 1926
Dena Geller, Fanny Spector, Fanny Darefsky Cohen, and Mimie Ginsberg Heller stand in a row in front of a building at JCRS.
Spinal Tuberculosis Patient at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1942 February 18
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.
Spivak Family Papers and Art
St. Louis Auxiliary Staff House at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1910-1950
Exterior of the St. Louis Auxiliary Staff House 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.
St. Louis Auxiliary Staff House of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1910-1940
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.