Unidentified Room at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1920-1930
Item
Identifier: B063.03.0003.00092
Abstract
Interior of an unidentified room, possibly in the I. Rude Medical Building, 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.
Dates
- between 1920-1930
Digital Repository
Unidentified Room 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 Possibly I. Rude Building Dentist Office (?) - 1920s''.
Rights and Usage Statement
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Extent
1 Photographic Prints (photograph) : good, black and white ; 8 x 10 inches
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 Possibly I. Rude Building Dentist Office (?) - 1920s''.
General
Title supplied by archivist.
- Buildings
- Colfax Avenue (Colo.)
- Colorado
- Dental care
- Dental instruments and apparatus
- Denver (Colo.)
- Edgewater (Colo.)
- Hospital care
- Hospitals
- I. Rude Medical Building (Lakewood, Colo.)
- Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)
- Jews
- Photographs
- Sanatoriums
- Sanatoriums -- Colorado
- Spivak (Colo.)
- Tuberculosis
- West Colfax (Denver, Colo.)
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