Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)
Found in 991 Collections and/or Records:
Board of Directors of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1930-1940
Board of Directors of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Seven men and one woman stand on the steps of a building. Rabbi Charles Kauvar stands second from the right and all others are unidentified. 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.
Bob Hope at a Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Convention, circa 1945
Bob Hope at a Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Convention, circa 1945
Box 1, 1934-1953
Henry J. Schwartz was born in Russia and came to New York with his parents. He settled in Denver in 1895 and married Mollie K. Kohn in 1898. Henry Schwartz was an original member of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society board of directors and served as president and vice president of the JCRS. He was also a member of the Town Club. Much of the scrapbook has clipplings on the JCRS, but also on politics, Temple Emanuel, and obituaries.
Box 311: Sanatoriums/Annual Reports (Boundwith Copies), 1905 - 1911
Boundwith including volumes 1-5, 1905-11, of The Sanatorium.
Box 365, between 1910-1920
2 framed black and white photographs. One shows a patient outside in a wheelchair with nurse. The other shows a view from outside of the campus building with Model T's.
Box 387: Sanatoriums/Annual Reports (Loose Copies), 1905 - 1928
This box contains loose copies of "The Sanatorium" -- official organ of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society. Dates range from 1905 - 1928.
Box 389, 1930-1964
Box contains a Visitors' Register book from JCRS beginning in January 1930 and ending in March 1964.
Building Appreciation Plaque for the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1921
C. D. Spivak Chess Club, 1939
Four men in front of two chess boards watch an instructor point to visual aid chess board 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. Mounted on cardboard 10 x 13.5 inches.