Early Gate at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1904-1917

Item

Identifier: B002.04.0216.0001.00001

Staff Only

Abstract

Entrance gate 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 1904-1917

Digital Repository

Early Gate at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society

Language of Materials

Gate has both English and Hebrew

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Extent

1 Items (photograph) : Black and white photograph ; 8 x 10 inches

Additional Description

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.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

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

Sign above the crossbar announces ''The Sanatorium of the Jewish Consumptive's Relief Society'' flanked by the Society's motto from the Talmud in English and Hebrew, ''He who saves a single life is considered as if he preserved the whole world.'' Inked on negative (appears in white on print) ''Mile High Photo Co., Denver.''