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Patients Reading in the Isidore Hurwitz Library at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1930-1950

 Item
Identifier: B002.04.0215.0012.00001

Abstract

A group of patients reading books in the Isidore Hurwitz Library 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 1930-1950

Rights and Usage Statement

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Extent

1 Items (photograph)

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.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

8 x 10 inches black and white

Provenance

Donated by A.M.C. Cancer Research Center as part of the J.C.R.S. Records.

General

Title supplied by archivist.

Inscription and Marks

On back of photograph: ''1930s Patients enjoying the Isidore Hurwitz Library at J.C.R.S. in the 1930s.''

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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