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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 637 Collections and/or Records:

Beth Jacob Synagogue at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1925-1935

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Identifier: B002.04.0215.0032.00005
Abstract Interior view of the synagogue at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The Mashgiach (kosher supervisor) for the JCRS sits on a chair on the bimah. The synagogue was erected in 1911 by Isaac Solomon in memory of his son Jacob. It was rebuilt in the form seen here in 1925 after a fire. At some later point it came to be known as the JCRS Isaac Solomon Synagogue. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen...
Dates: between 1925-1935

Bill for Funeral Expenses, 1912 September 20

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Identifier: B002.01.0104.0144.00020
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Handwritten bill of funeral expenses for Jacob Chayet. Expenses listed as follows: "hearse $6, undertaker $5, grave $10, digging $3, coffin $1.50, bal misaskim $3, tachrichem $3, totalling 31.50"

Dates: 1912 September 20

Bill for Funeral Expenses, 1913 April 02

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Identifier: B002.01.0104.0166.00029
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Handwritten bill from Golden Hill Cemetery that only reads "JCRS, died April 2nd, 1913. For deceased Moses Rothenberg in block 11 no. 343".

Dates: 1913 April 02

Bill for Funeral Expenses, 1913 April 04

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Identifier: B002.01.0104.0166.00031
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Handwritten bill from Golden Hill Cemetery for Moses Rothenberg. Expenses listed as follows: Hearse $6, Undertaker $5, Grave $10, Digging $3, Coffin $1.5, Bal Misaskim $3, Tachrichem $3, totaling $31.5.

Dates: 1913 April 04

Bill for Funeral Expenses, 1912 July 23

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Identifier: B002.01.0104.0130.00020
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Handwritten bill for funeral expenses of Harry Blumenthal, block 4, #274. Expenses are listed as follows: hears $6, undertaker $5, grave $10, digging $3, coffin $1.50, bal misaskim $3, tachrichem $300, totaling $31.50.

Dates: 1912 July 23

Blank Application Form, 1911 August 8

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Identifier: B002.01.0104.0131.00002
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Blank application for admittance to JCRS. The front part is blank, and the backside reads Anna Rosenberg was amitted to the sanatorium on October 26, 1911, and left on December 22, 1911.

Dates: 1911 August 8

Board of Directors of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1930-1940

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00030
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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.

Dates: between 1930-1940

Bob Hope at a Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Convention, circa 1945

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Identifier: B002.04.0215.0116.00001
Abstract Bob Hope performing for patients at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society's (JCRS) Convention. Tony Romano, Jerry Colonna and Vera Vague (stage name of actress Barbara Jo Anderson) are also pictured and the event was held in the Mary Harris Auditorium 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...
Dates: circa 1945

Bob Hope at a Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Convention, circa 1945

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00037
Abstract Bob Hope performing for patients at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society's (JCRS) Convention. Tony Romano, Jerry Colonna and Vera Vague (stage name of actress Barbara Jo Anderson) are also pictured and the event was held in the Mary Harris Auditorium at the 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...
Dates: circa 1945

Bookbinding at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1940s

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Identifier: B063.03.0011.00098.00010
Abstract

Postcard of patients learning bookbinding as part of their rehabilitation 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: 1940s