Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)
Found in 124 Collections and/or Records:
Early Campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1912-1950
The early campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) features the operating room, which later became an administration building, women's living quarters, laundry and tent buildings. 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.
Entrance to JCRS Hospital, circa 1950
The entrance gates to the JCRS boasts an elevation of 5450, just over a mile high.
Event at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1941
Dedication of the Mary Harris Auditorium in 1941. 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.
Event at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1910-1935
An unknown man speaking at a ceremonial podium at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Dr. Hillkowitz is seated in the back row behind the speaker. 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.
Event at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, November 22, 1925
Fox Bed Dedication, after 1927
Group on the Grounds of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1904-1930
Haying, between 1911-1940
Three unidentified men stand with two harnessed horses amongst several hay piles in a field. Behind them appears to be a baler and there is a stack of baled hay to the left of them.
Heliotherapy at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1922-1930
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.
Horse Drawn Cart at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1904-1930
An unknown man in a horse-drawn wagon 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.