Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Mary Harris Auditorium, circa 1941
Abstract
Participants of the groundbreaking ceremony for Mary Harris Auditorium, 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. The auditorium is still in use today, but is now part of the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design.
Dates
- circa 1941
Digital Repository
Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Mary Harris Auditorium
Inscription and Marks
Handwritten on envelope: ''#453 JCRS Buildings, #453 JCRS Physical Plant''. On back of photograph: ''#453 Groundbreaking, Mary Harris Auditorium''.
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Extent
1 Items (halftone photomechanical photographic print) : good, black and white ; 4 x 5 inches
Scope and Contents
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.
Provenance
Accession # 1271, Donated by AMC Cancer Research Center as part of the JCRS Records.
Inscription and Marks
Handwritten on envelope: ''#453 JCRS Buildings, #453 JCRS Physical Plant''. On back of photograph: ''#453 Groundbreaking, Mary Harris Auditorium''.
General
Title supplied by archivist.
Creator
- From the Collection: University of Denver. Center for Judaic Studies. Ira M. Beck Memorial Collection of Rocky Mountain Jewish History (Organization)
- From the Collection: Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository