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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 996 Collections and/or Records:

Plaque in Honor of Dr. Charles D. Spivak of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1937

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Identifier: B063.03.0019.00051
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Plaque in honor of Dr. Charles D. Spivak, founder 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. It was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside Denver.

Dates: circa 1937

Play Performed at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1925

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Identifier: B063.03.0011.00051
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Cast of a play written by the Bookbinding Department of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Dr. Charles Spivak is pictured close to the center of the photograph. 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.

Dates: circa 1925

Portrait of an Unidentified Man, between 1910-1930

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Identifier: B063.03.0019.00035
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An unidentified man in a suit and tie.

Dates: between 1910-1930

Portrait of Anna Naswitz of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1939 June 6

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Identifier: B063.03.0019.00033
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Anna Naswitz, head nurse 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. It was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside Denver. Anna Naswitz was often considered the ''dynamic angel of mercy.''

Dates: 1939 June 6

Portrait of Dr. Adolph Zederbaum of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1930-1960

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Identifier: B063.03.0011.00043
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Dr. Adolf Zederbaum 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: between 1930-1960

Portrait of Dr. Arthur Rest of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1944

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Identifier: B063.03.0011.00042
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Dr. Arthur Rest, former Medical Director and Superintendent 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: 1944

Portrait of Dr. Arthur Rest of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1944

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Identifier: B063.03.0019.00032
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Dr. Arthur Rest, Medical Director and Superintendent 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. It was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside Denver.

Dates: 1944

Portrait of Dr. B.P. Stivelman, between 1930-1960

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Identifier: B063.03.0019.00031
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Dr. B.P. Stivelman of New York City.

Dates: between 1930-1960

Portrait of Dr. Charles Spivak, between 1915-1928

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Identifier: B063.03.0036.00032
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Dr. Charles Spivak. Dr. Spivak was a founder 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: between 1915-1928

Portrait of Dr. Charles Spivak, 1926 September 10

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Identifier: B063.03.0019.00084
Abstract Portrait of Denver physician Dr. Charles Spivak, who served as executive secretary of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) from 1904 until his death in 1929. Dr. Spivak, a Jewish immigrant who had fled Russia in 1881 because of his revolutionary socialist activities, received his medical degree from the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia in 1890. He and his family moved to Denver in 1896. Know as the ''guiding genius'' of the JCRS, he was referred to affectionately as ''Papa...
Dates: 1926 September 10