Boys Form a Pyramid at the Jewish National Home for Asthmatic Children in Denver, circa 1953

A group of boys form a pyramid outside the Jewish National Home for Asthmatic Children in Denver. The Jewish National Home for Asthmatic Children in Denver's began in 1907 as the Denver Sheltering Home for Jewish Children, which was a refuge for lower-income children whose parents were being treated for tuberculosis, or had passed away from tuberculosis. In 1928 the institution changed names to the National Home for Jewish Children in Denver. In... 1953, the name changed to the Jewish National Home for Asthmatic Children at Denver and the institution became a treatment center for children with asthma.