Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)
Organization
Found in 233 Collections and/or Records:
Void #1961 See Book, undated
File
Identifier: B002.01.0104.0147
Abstract
Void #1961. This file is undated and contains one note, no additional documents.
Dates:
undated
Vytautas ''Vyts'' Beliajus at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1953
Item
Identifier: B002.04.0215.0081.00001
Abstract
Vytautas ''Vyts'' Finadar Beliajus sits with folk dance music in front of him at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Vyts Beliajus was known as the ''Father of International Folk Dancing in the United States'' and was a patient at the JCRS. 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...
Dates:
circa 1953
Ward at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1922-1930
Item
Identifier: B002.04.0216.0031.00001
Abstract
A ward for patients at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The doors and windows are open to allow patients to receive the benefits of fresh air and sunshine even while being indoors. 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 1922-1930