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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 6172 Collections and/or Records:

Medical Library at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1919-1940

 Item
Identifier: B002.04.0215.0031.00001
Abstract

The medical library in the I. Rude Medical Building 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: between 1919-1940

Medical Report

 File
Identifier: B002.06.0360.0018
Scope and Contents

Contains medical report with 1921 medical statistics dated January 6, 1922.

Dates: 1952; 1919-1952

Medical Staff Banquet of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1926

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00044
Abstract

Attendees of a banquet for Medical Staff of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Dr. Philip Hillkowitz, Dr. Charles Spivak, and Dr. Isador Bronfin sit center. 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 1926

Medical Staff of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1951

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00050
Abstract

Four male medical staff members of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS), seated around a table. On the wall behind them there are several sets of chest x-rays. 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 1951

Memo

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Identifier: B002.01.0097.0119.00019
Abstract

Handwritten memo, unsigned and undated. The memo takes note that Mr. Meyer, owner of Meyer and Co., called about unpaid bill and to write him.

Dates: 1905 - 1920

Memo from Department of Public Safety, Pittsburgh, 1905 October 13

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Identifier: B002.01.0097.0091.00002
Abstract

Typed memo form, filled out by hand, from Pittsburgh Department of Public Health to H. Finkelpearl noting that sputum from Nathan Rabinowitz was found to harbor the tubercle bacilli. The form is signed by E.G. Matson.

Dates: 1905 October 13

Memorial Plaques of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1920-1960

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00053
Abstract

Memorial plaques 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 1920-1960

Mickey Marks with Fellow Patient of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1928

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Identifier: B063.03.0019.00062
Abstract

Bertha ''Mickey'' Marks (right) sits on the curbstone with an unidentified fellow patient at the center of JCRS near the Star of David flower bed 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: circa 1928

Milk Clarifier at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief SocietyAerial View of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society's Campus, between 1920-1930

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Identifier: B063.03.0003.00071
Abstract

A milk clarifier that was part of the farm 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 1920-1930

Misc. Patients and Staff, 1947-1973

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Identifier: B360.03.0034.0025
Abstract

Miscellaneous personal belongings belonging to staff or patients. Canadian passport is for a Mr. John Henry Anderson Farquar and was issued in 1957. Several materials belonging to a Ralph Florence Vick including social security card, food stamps, and medicaid card. Other miscellaneous receipts and business cards.

Dates: 1947-1973