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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 5057 Collections and/or Records:

Isidore Hurwitz Library, between 1920-1929

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0011.00103
Abstract

The Isidore Hurwitz Library on the JCRS campus. 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 1920-1929

Isidore Hurwitz Library and Post Office, between 1911-1940

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Identifier: B063.03.0036.00053.00001
Abstract

An unidentified man stands in front of the Isidore Hurwitz Library at JCRS.

Dates: between 1911-1940

Isidore Hurwitz Library of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1930-1940

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00057
Abstract

Interior of the Isidore Hurwitz Library at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Unidentified men and women are seated around various tables and reading materials. 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

Isidore Hurwitz Library of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1910-1920

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Identifier: B063.03.0011.00019
Abstract

Exterior of the Isidore Hurwitz Library on the campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). A crowd of unidentified people are standing in front of 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 physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. The sanatorium was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.

Dates: between 1910-1920

Isidore Hurwitz Library of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1910-1920

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0011.00020
Abstract

Exterior of the Isidore Hurwitz Library on the campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). A crowd of unidentified people are standing in front of 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 physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. The sanatorium was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.

Dates: between 1910-1920

Item 19, 1910 March 19

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Identifier: B002.01.0097.0079.00019
Abstract

Typed letter from JCRS to Leah Feinman, dated March 19, 1910. The letter inquires after the status of Benjamin Feinman. The letter is unsigned, but "Secretary" is typed at the bottom.

Dates: 1910 March 19

Itemized receipt for Morris Strymber's effects, 1906 February 1

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Identifier: B002.01.0097.0063.00014
Abstract

Handwritten receipt, dated February 1, 1906. Confirms receipt of Morris Strymber's personal effects. Signed by Max Hirsch.

Dates: 1906 February 1

Jacob Marinoff Papers and Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: B420
Abstract Jacob Marinoff was a founder and the first superintendent of the JCRS Sanatorium in 1906. He served as the field secretary for four years, doing press and propaganda work in Yiddish. He was also involved in The Sanatorium, a journal from the JCFRS Press and Propaganda Committee. Jacob Marinoff was born in Russia in 1869 and immigrated United States in 1893. He came to Denver in 1895. He married May Charsky, the sister-in-law of Dr. Charles Spivak, in 1899. They were divorced and Jacob...
Dates: 1893-1970

Jacob S. Potofsky with an Unidentified Man, between 1930-1960

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00028
Abstract Jacob S. Potofsky, President of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America with an unidentified man who is standing behind him. Potofsky was a personality and supporter of 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...
Dates: between 1930-1960

Jake Ascher: Between Night and Day, 2010

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Identifier: B354.01.0005.00017
Abstract

Art book with black softcover with square window cutout, white colored pages and black type; written, designed and created by Annalisa Kleinschmidt a student in Martin Mendelsberg's Visual Sequencing class at Rocky Mountain School of Art and Design. Inspired by the file of Jake Ascher a tuberculosis patient at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, #2078. Book is in a box along with photographs and negatives used in the book.

Dates: 2010