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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 5978 Collections and/or Records:

Ladies Auxiliaries Conference, 1947 November 23

 Item
Identifier: B002.04.0340.0005.00001
Abstract

The attendees at conference of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) Ladies Auxiliaries in New York City on November 23, 1947 are shown sitting and standing in the Waldorf-Astoria hotel. 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: 1947 November 23

Landscaping Towards the New York Building of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1922 - 1936

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Identifier: B063.03.0003.00081
Abstract

Landscaping in front of the New York Building 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: between 1922 - 1936

Laundry Facilities at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1941

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Identifier: B063.03.0003.00060
Abstract Interior of the laundry facilities on the campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Shown are some of the eight pressers in constant daily use. Four are operated by steam and four by compressed air. The laundry was the only department of the sanatorium where patients or former patients were not employed, as the duties were too strenuous. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along with the...
Dates: circa 1941

Laundry Facilities at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1941

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Identifier: B063.03.0003.00063
Abstract Interior of the laundry facilities on the campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Shown are some of the eight pressers in constant daily use. Four are operated by steam and four by compressed air. The laundry was the only department of the sanatorium where patients or former patients were not employed, as the duties were too strenuous. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along with the...
Dates: circa 1941

Laying Cornerstone of the New York Ladies Auxiliary Building at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1908

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Identifier: B002.04.0215.0010.00001
Abstract A group of people attend a ceremony for the laying of a cornerstone at the New York Ladies Auxiliary building at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) on April 19, 1908. The building was a round, red brick building that housed the less contagious tuberculosis (TB) patients. Rabbi C. E. Kauvar, in a top hat, stands on one side of the cornerstone and Abraham Judelovitz, in coveralls, stands on the other side of the cornerstone. Dr. Philip Hillkowitz with no hat, stands to Rabbi...
Dates: 1908

Layout for 44th Annual Report - Graphs and charts, 1947

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Identifier: B002.04.0215.0176.00005
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains a photo album, photographs, bulletin pages, drawings, lithographs, and contact sheets of the campus and buildings, patients and family, staff and volunteers, auxiliaries and conventions, and activities connected with the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society and the AMC Cancer Research Center.

Dates: 1947

Legacy of Healing Exhibit (History Colorado)

 Collection
Identifier: B437
Abstract

In 2019, The Legacy of Healing exhibit was installed at the Colorado History museum. Professor Jeanne Abrams, Curator of the Beck Archives at DU University Libraries, and her staff and History Colorado staff created and installed the exhibit. The collection consists of exhibit panels, wall images and labels, planning documents and digital images.

Dates: 2019-2020

Lena Bloch Memorial Home at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1941

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Identifier: B063.03.0003.00068
Abstract

Exterior of the Lena Bloch Memorial Home for Nurses, 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

Lena Bloch Memorial Home at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1930

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Identifier: B063.03.0003.00069
Abstract Exterior of the Lena Bloch Memorial Home for Nurses, on the campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). A sign added to this particular photograph has the name of the Home misspelled as ''Lena Block.''' 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: circa 1930

Lena Bloch Memorial Home for Nurses at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1930

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0003.00053
Abstract

Exterior of the Lena Bloch Memorial Home for Nurses 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 1930