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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 5978 Collections and/or Records:

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

James Roosevelt at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1952 May 1

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00025
Abstract

James Roosevelt (third from left) with a group of men at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Standing second from the right is M.J. Baum. 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: 1952 May 1

James Roosevelt Visiting a Patient at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1940-1960

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00051
Abstract James Roosevelt visiting a patient at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). From left to right is Dr. William Klein, medical director of the JCRS, James Roosevelt, Pat Meyer Bernstein and an unidentified patient. 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 1940-1960

James Roosevelt with Group of Women, between 1950-1970

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Identifier: B002.04.0342.0004.00003
Abstract James Roosevelt stands in front of the New York Ladies Auxiliary Building on the campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Also in the photograph (from left to right): Mrs. Edwin Scully, Mrs. Philip F. Lichtenstein, Mrs. Sara Zeenker, Mrs. Walter J. Sinion and an unidentified woman. 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,...
Dates: between 1950-1970

Jaysee Dairy Barn Under Construction at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1931

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00013
Abstract

Exterior of the Jaysee Dairy Barn under construction 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. The sanatorium was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.

Dates: 1931

JCRS #2667 Dan Fisher, 1913 October 13 - 1914 July 7

 File
Identifier: B002.01.0108.0034
Abstract

JCRS Patient #2667. Patient application, correspondence, handwritten letters, receipts, bills.

Dates: 1913 October 13 - 1914 July 7

JCRS Buildings - Contact Sheets, between 1970-1975

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Identifier: B002.04.0339.0005.00001
Abstract

Contact sheets with exterior and interior views of buildings 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 1970-1975

JCRS Campus, circa 1940

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Identifier: B002.04.0345.0002.00001
Abstract

Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) campus as viewed from the air. 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 cancer research and became the American Medical Center (AMC Cancer Research Center).

Dates: circa 1940

JCRS Chess Trophy, 1949

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Identifier: B002.16.0310.00005
Abstract

Bronze 1949 Chess Trophy with plastic base and eagles on each side of the cup.

Dates: 1949