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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 637 Collections and/or Records:

Fox Bed Dedication, after 1927

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00021
Abstract A bed dedication ceremony at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Dr. Philip Hillkowitz stands fifth from the left. An unidentified man and woman hold the bed plaque that says: ''Endowed by, David Fox, In loving memory of dear mother, Carrie Fox, 1927.'' 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...
Dates: after 1927

Girls Performing at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1930-1950

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00040
Abstract

Three unknown girls dressed as cowgirls, performing for patients 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 1930-1950

Grand Champion Cow at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1937

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Identifier: B063.03.0019.00029
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Orinsky Nirvana Segis, a Grand Champion Cow part of the dairy herd 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: 1937

Group From the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society with Carol Channing, between 1950-1960

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Identifier: B002.04.0215.0195.00001
Abstract A group of people from the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) meet with Carol Channing. Pictured are Eva Garlett, Ida Edelson, Richard Robinson, Sara Zeenkor, Esther Winocur with Carol Channing. 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 in Denver, Colorado including Dr. Philip Hillkowitz, Dr. Adolph Zederbaum and Dr. Charles Spivak. It was located on...
Dates: between 1950-1960

Group on the Grounds of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1904-1930

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Identifier: B063.03.0019.00006
Abstract A crowd of people standing with their arms at their sides on the grounds of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The JCRS water tower is in the background and the Executive Building is on the left. The building on the right may have been a post office which also housed some employees and later became the library. 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: between 1904-1930

Harry Blumenthal's Application for Admittance to JCRS, 1911 August 4

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Identifier: B002.01.0104.0130.00001
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Harry Blumenthal's handwritten application for admittance to JCRS. Includes information such as age (44), place of birth (Russia), and occupation (mercant). He was married and had 6 children, and his nearest relative was his wife. On the backside it reads he was admitted on December 4, 1911, and died on July 21, 1912.

Dates: 1911 August 4

Harry Minden's Application for Admittance to JCRS, 1911 September 1

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Identifier: B002.01.0104.0142.00001
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Harry Minden's handwritten application for admittance to JCRS. Includes information such as age (51), place of birth (Brooklyn, N.Y.), and occupation (cigar maker). He was married, had one child, and his nearest relatives were his daughter in N.Y. and wife in Illinois. On the backside it reads he was admitted on October 23, 1911, and left on October 26, 1911.

Dates: 1911 September 1

Haying, between 1911-1940

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Identifier: B063.03.0036.00053.00002
Abstract

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.

Dates: between 1911-1940

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

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Identifier: B002.04.0345.0003.00001
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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