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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Panoramic View of Main Building and Solarium, circa 1921

 Item
Identifier: B002.04.0345.0004.00001
Abstract

View of the campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS), including the main building for men and the solarium. 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: circa 1921

Patients in Room at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1907-1920

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Identifier: B002.04.0216.0110.00001
Abstract

Two male patients lie in bed at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). A nurse checks the pulse of one of the patients while an unidentified man stands next to one of the beds. 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: between 1907-1920

Texas Pavilion Building at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1937-1957

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Identifier: B063.03.0019.00009
Abstract

The Texas Pavilion for Women Building on the campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) opened in 1927. 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. As of 2009, the Texas Pavilion was being used as part of the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design.

Dates: between 1937-1957

Unidentified Room at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1920-1930

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Identifier: B063.03.0003.00092
Abstract

Interior of an unidentified room, possibly in the I. Rude Medical 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: between 1920-1930