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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

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Found in 991 Collections and/or Records:

Oil Painting of Dr. Philip Hillkowitz, circa 1940

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Identifier: B002.16.0343.00001
Abstract Dr. Philip Hillkowitz was one of the founders of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) in 1904 and was president of the JCRS for 44 years until his death in 1948. 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. In 1954 the institution changed its mission to...
Dates: circa 1940

Old Library, Women's Quarters and Tents at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1907

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Identifier: B063.03.0003.00051
Abstract The grounds of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Tent cottages are pictured on the left and to the right is a brick building which housed the old library and women's quarters. In the background is the barn which housed a herd of dairy cattle. 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...
Dates: circa 1907

Operating Room at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1941

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Identifier: B063.03.0003.00031
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Interior of an operating room at the Texas Pavilion, on the campus 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 Denver.

Dates: circa 1941

Oral History Interview with Ben and Bessie Glass, 1978 October 22-1979 August 1

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Identifier: B098.08.0009.00001
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Ben and Bessie Glass both came to the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) as patients in 1928. Bessie Glass was treated for six years. They met in the hospital and married in 1931. Ben Glass was a printer at the JCRS bindery from 1928 through 1978. They discuss how the JCRS was like a large family of young adults from all over the country and talk about what life was like at the JCRS. They also talk about the transition from JCRS to AMC Cancer Center.

Dates: 1978 October 22-1979 August 1

Oral History Interview with Ben Blumberg, 1977 November 18

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Identifier: B098.05.0008.00003
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Topics covered: Family history, life in Denver, working for the Rocky Mountain News and starting the West End Press; B'nai B'rith and several other organizations: JCC, JCRS, Rose Medical Center, Allied Jewish Federation. Index in file B098.18.0022.0008.

Dates: 1977 November 18

Oral History Interview with Bessie Katchen, 1978 July 15

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Identifier: B098.01.0002.00037
Abstract Bessie (Mrs. William) Katchen recounts her life in a Russian village and her emigration to America, alone at the age of 14. She settled in Boston, Mass. and worked in poor conditions in a shoe factory. She talks about coming to Denver, Colo. and her life in early Denver. She also discusses the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society where her uncle was a patient. She married William Katchen and after World War I became a citizen so she could bring her mother to the United States. She also talks...
Dates: 1978 July 15

Original Office of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1915

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Identifier: B002.04.0215.0042.00001
Abstract Interior view of the original administrative office of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) with Dr. Charles Spivak, and his associates. Spivak, center, sits at a desk with a photograph of his friend, the Yiddish poet Yehoash (Solomon Bloomgarden), in front of him. Business manager Ben Friedland talks on the telephone. An unidentified man sits in front, and an unidentified woman sits at left in the JCRS business office. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was...
Dates: circa 1915

Out-Patient Clinic of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1908

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Identifier: B002.04.0339.0004.00001
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Men, women and children wait in the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) out-patient clinic. Six nurses in the room attend to the patients. One boy is weighed by a nurse. 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: 1908

Pajama Party for Patients of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1928

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Identifier: B063.03.0019.00061
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Unidentified female patients enjoy a pajama party 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: 1928

Panoramic View of a Group and the Campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1940-1950

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Identifier: B002.04.0345.0005.00002
Abstract View of a group standing on a circle drive on the campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). There is platform set up in front of them and buses are parked on a road on the right. The view is taken from the Texas Pavilion for Women, facing east. On the right of the photograph is the Isaac Solomon Synagogue, originally known as the Beth Jacob Synagogue. In the distant background is the Tower of Hope on the Main Building. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that...
Dates: between 1940-1950