Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society's Minstrel Show, 1928

Item

Identifier: B063.03.0003.00024

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Abstract

Patients perform in the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society's (JCRS) Minstrel Show in 1928. Several of the performers wear blackface, a style of theatrical makeup that was popular at the time. 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

1928

Digital Repository

Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society's Minstrel Show

Inscription and Marks

Handwritten on envelope: ''#429 JCRS 1929.'' On back of photograph: ''#429 JCRS c 1928 Minstrel Show from album of Bertha 'Mickey' Marks.''

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Extent

1 Photographic Prints (photograph) : good, black and white ; 6 x 8 inches

Additional Description

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection contains materials intentionally assembled by the Ira M. and Peryle Hayutin Beck Memorial Archives of Jews in the Rocky Mountain region. The bulk of the photographs are from or related to various towns in Colorado, but the collection also contains photographs from other states in the western United States and other countries. There are some 19th century photograph types represented in the collection, including albumen prints, daguerrotypes, tintypes, post cards, colorized prints, cabinet cards, and cartes-de-visite.