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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 468 Collections and/or Records:

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

Mary Leitman's Application for Admission to JCRS, 1910 June 21

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Identifier: B002.01.0104.0149.00001
Abstract Application form of Mary Leitman for admission as a patient to the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society. She was age 36 at the time of the application. She was born in Russia and immigrated to the United States in 1901. She lived in New York City when she contracted tuberculosis. She had been sick for 4 months upon her arrival to Denver, Colorado. She was married and had five children. Her occupation states she worked as a housewife. The verso of the application states she was admitted on...
Dates: 1910 June 21

Mary Leitman's Application for Admission to JCRS, 1910 August 30

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Identifier: B002.01.0104.0149.00019
Abstract Application form of Mary Leitman for admission as a patient to the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society. She was age 36 at the time of the application. She was born in Russia and immigrated to the United States in 1900. She lived in New York City when she contracted tuberculosis. She had been sick for seven months upon her arrival to Denver, Colorado. She was married and had five children. Her occupation states she worked as a housewife. The verso of the application states she was admitted on...
Dates: 1910 August 30

Max Ferstendig's Application for Admission, 1911 October 13

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Identifier: B002.01.0104.0168.00001
Abstract Application form of Max Ferstendig for admission as a patient to the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society. He was age 33 at the time of the application. He was born in Austria and immigrated to the United States in 1890. He lived in New York City when he contracted tuberculosis. He had been sick for one year upon his arrival to Denver, Colorado. He was married and had two children. His occupation states he worked as a Tailor. He belonged to the Children Jacket Makers Union, Local 10 in New...
Dates: 1911 October 13

Max Schaeffer's Application for Admission to JCRS, 1911 October 10

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Identifier: B002.01.0104.0171.00001
Abstract Application form of Max Schaeffer for admission as a patient to the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society. He was age 29 at the time of the application. He was born in Rohatyn and immigrated to the United States in 1898. He lived in Long Island when he contracted tuberculosis. He had been sick for ten months upon his arrival to Denver, Colorado. He was married and had one child. His occupation states he worked as a waiter. He was in Tupper Lake Sanatorium in New York City before applying for...
Dates: 1911 October 10

Max Schaeffer's Application for Admission to JCRS, 1911 October 16

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Identifier: B002.01.0104.0171.00005
Abstract Application form of Max Schaeffer for admission as a patient to the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society. He was age 29 at the time of the application. He was born in Austria and immigrated to the United States in 1897. He lived in Long Island, New York when he contracted tuberculosis. He had been sick for ten months upon his arrival to Denver, Colorado. He was married and had one child. His occupation states he worked as a waiter. He was in Tupper Lake Sanatorium in New York City before...
Dates: 1911 October 16

Max Stashower's Application for Admission to JCRS, 1910 September 14

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Identifier: B002.01.0104.0156.00001
Abstract Application form of Max Stashower for admission as a patient to the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society. He was age 38 at the time of the application. He was born in Austria and immigrated to the United States in 1888. He lived in Cleveland, Ohio when he contracted tuberculosis. He had been sick for ten months upon his arrival to Denver, Colorado. He was married and had five children. His occupation states he worked as a tailor. The verso of the application states he was admitted on...
Dates: 1910 September 14

Max Stashower's Application for Admission to JCRS, 1911 April 2

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Identifier: B002.01.0104.0156.00003
Abstract Application form of Max Stashower for admission as a patient to the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society. He was age 39 at the time of the application. He was born in Austria and immigrated to the United States in 1888. He lived in Cleveland, Ohio when he contracted tuberculosis. He had been sick for ten months upon his arrival to Denver, Colorado. He was married and had five children. His occupation states he worked as a tailor. The verso of the application states he was admitted on April 2,...
Dates: 1911 April 2

Max Stashower's Application for Admission to JCRS, 1911 September 14

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Identifier: B002.01.0104.0156.00004
Abstract Application form of Max Stashower for admission as a patient to the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society. He was age 39 at the time of the application. He was born in Austria and immigrated to the United States in 1888. He lived in Cleveland, Ohio when he contracted tuberculosis. He had been sick for ten months upon his arrival to Denver, Colorado. He was married and had five children. His occupation states he worked as a tailor. The verso of the application states he was admitted on October...
Dates: 1911 September 14

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