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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 96 Collections and/or Records:

Heliotherapy at the Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (JCRS), circa 1930

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Identifier: B002.04.0345.0003.00001
Abstract

Male patients receiving heliotherapy lay in beds pushed out on the verandahs of the Main Building for Men 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: circa 1930

Heliotherapy at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1922-1930

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00078
Abstract

Male patients undergoing heliotherapy on the verandahs of the 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. The sanatorium was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.

Dates: between 1922-1930

Isaac Victor Plays Violin, between 1914-1922

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Identifier: B002.04.0217.0022.00001
Abstract Isaac Victor, a violinist from Russia who was a patient at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS), plays the violin. He was admitted for the first time in 1914 and was re-admitted in 1922 where he died. His patient numbers were 2859, 3912, 4537, and 6133 and this portrait was found inside his violin case. 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...
Dates: between 1914-1922

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

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00057
Abstract

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

JCRS Patient #1773 See #2398 Israel Fleischman, undated

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Identifier: B002.01.0104.0019
Abstract

JCRS patient #1773. This file is undated and contains one note, no additional documents.

Dates: undated

Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Records

 Collection
Identifier: B002
Abstract The Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society was known as the JCRS and was founded in Denver, Colorado in 1904 as a non-sectarian sanatorium to treat tuberculosis (TB) patients, free of charge, in all stages of the disease. The society was one of the leading tuberculosis sanatoria in the country at the turn of the century founded by a group of immigrant Eastern European Jewish men, many of whom were themselves victims of TB. Headed by Dr. Charles Spivak as Secretary (1904-1927) and by Dr....
Dates: 1897-1989; Majority of material found within 1904-1973

Limousine in Front of Texas Pavilion for Women at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1940-1950

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Identifier: B002.04.0215.0049.00001
Abstract

An unidentified woman shakes hands with a physician in front of a limousine belonging to the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The limousine is parked 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 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: 1940-1950

Limousine in Front of the Texas Pavilion for Women, between 1940-1950

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00080
Abstract An unidentified female patient shakes hands with Dr. William S. Kline in front of a limousine at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The limousine is parked 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 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 1940-1950

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

Mickey Marks with Fellow Patient of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1928

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Identifier: B063.03.0019.00062
Abstract

Bertha ''Mickey'' Marks (right) sits on the curbstone with an unidentified fellow patient at the center of JCRS near the Star of David flower bed 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 Denver.

Dates: circa 1928