Staff Members of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1926

Item

Identifier: B063.03.0011.00009

Staff Only

Abstract

Left to right: Dr. Isidor Bronfin, JCRS medical superintendent and tuberculosis specialist; Denver Judge Ben Lindsey of the juvenile court; Dr. Leo Tepley, JCRS physician; Clarence Darrow, Scopes trial lawyer; and Dr. Charles Spivak, physician and founder of the 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

circa 1926

Digital Repository

Staff Members of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society

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Extent

1 Items (photograph)

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.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Good 7 x 5 inches black and white

Provenance

Donated by AMC Cancer Research Center (JCRS).

General

Title supplied by archivist. ||Appears in ''Images of America: Jewish Denver 1859-1940,'' by Dr. Jeanne Abrams, page 86.

Inscription and Marks

Handwritten on envelope: ''#369 Clarence Darrow at JCRS''. On back of photograph: ''#369 L to R Dr. Isadore Bronfin. Staff members of Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society with Judge Ben Lindsey of Denver Juvenile Court and Clarence Darrow 1926 L to R: Dr. Isadore Bronfin, Judge Ben Lindsey, Dr. Leo Tepley, Clarence Darrow, Dr. Charles Spivak, Courtesy Ira M. Beck Memorial Archives Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Center for Judaic Studies University of Denver.''