Lena Bloch Memorial Home at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1930

Item

Identifier: B063.03.0003.00069

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Abstract

Exterior of the Lena Bloch Memorial Home for Nurses, on the campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). A sign added to this particular photograph has the name of the Home misspelled as ''Lena Block.''' 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

circa 1930

Digital Repository

Lena Bloch Memorial Home at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society

Inscription and Marks

Handwritten on envelope: ''#453 JCRS Buildings, #453 JCRS Physical Plant''. On back of photograph: ''#453 JCRS Lena Bloch Memorial Home for Nurses c 1930''.

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Extent

1 Items (halftone photomechanical photographic print) : good, black and white ; 4 x 6 inches

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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.

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 JCRS Lena Bloch Memorial Home for Nurses c 1930''.