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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 3689 Collections and/or Records:

Isidore Hurwitz Library of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1930-1940

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00057
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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

Isidore Hurwitz Library of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1910-1920

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Identifier: B063.03.0011.00019
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Exterior of the Isidore Hurwitz Library on the campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). A crowd of unidentified people are standing in front of the library. 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 1910-1920

Isidore Hurwitz Library of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1910-1920

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Identifier: B063.03.0011.00020
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Exterior of the Isidore Hurwitz Library on the campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). A crowd of unidentified people are standing in front of the library. 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 1910-1920

Jacob Alterman's Application for Admittance to JCRS, 1911 October 04

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Identifier: B002.01.0104.0163.00001
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Jacob Alterman's handwritten application for admittance to JCRS. Includes information such as age (29), place of birth (Russia), and occupation (restaurant business). He was single and his nearest relative was his mother. On the back side it reads he was admitted as an emergency case on October 04, 1911, and left on October 22, 1911.

Dates: 1911 October 04

Jacob Chayet's Application for Admittance to JCRS, 1908 July 15

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Identifier: B002.01.0104.0144.00001
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Jacob Chayet's handwritten application for admittance to JCRS. Includes information such as age (23), place of birth (Russia), and occupation (tailor). He was single and his nearest relative was his cousin, in New York. On the backside, it reads he was admitted on September 14, 1908, and discharged on February 9, 1909.

Dates: 1908 July 15

Jacob Chayet's Second Application for Admittance to JCRS, 1911 September 5

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Identifier: B002.01.0104.0144.00002
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Jacob Chayet's second handwritten application for admittance to JCRS. Includes information such as age (24), place of birth (Russia), occupation (salesman). He was single and his nearest relative was P. Hayman in New Bedford, Mas., and A. Agrin, in Denver. On the backside it reads he was admitted on January 1, 1912, and died on September 19, 1912.

Dates: 1911 September 5

Jacob S. Potofsky with an Unidentified Man, between 1930-1960

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00028
Abstract Jacob S. Potofsky, President of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America with an unidentified man who is standing behind him. Potofsky was a personality and supporter 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...
Dates: between 1930-1960

Jake Ascher: Between Night and Day, 2010

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Identifier: B354.01.0005.00017
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Art book with black softcover with square window cutout, white colored pages and black type; written, designed and created by Annalisa Kleinschmidt a student in Martin Mendelsberg's Visual Sequencing class at Rocky Mountain School of Art and Design. Inspired by the file of Jake Ascher a tuberculosis patient at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, #2078. Book is in a box along with photographs and negatives used in the book.

Dates: 2010

James Roosevelt at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1952 May 1

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00025
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James Roosevelt (third from left) with a group of men at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Standing second from the right is M.J. Baum. 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: 1952 May 1

James Roosevelt Visiting a Patient at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1940-1960

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00051
Abstract James Roosevelt visiting a patient at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). From left to right is Dr. William Klein, medical director of the JCRS, James Roosevelt, Pat Meyer Bernstein and an unidentified patient. 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...
Dates: between 1940-1960