Interior of the Isidore Hurwitz Library at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1937 April

Item

Identifier: B063.03.0011.00047

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Abstract

Interior of the Isidore Hurwitz Library on the grounds of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). A large group of unidentified men and women are seated at tables reading materials, while two men appear to be browsing the shelves. 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.

Dates

1937 April

Digital Repository

Interior of the Isidore Hurwitz Library at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society

Inscription and Marks

Handwritten on envelope: ''#462 JCRS Patient Activities''. On back of photograph: ''#462 JCRS Isidore Hurwitz Library JCRS Sanatorium (Bulletin) April 1937''.

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Extent

1 Items (halftone photomechanical 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: ''#462 JCRS Patient Activities''. On back of photograph: ''#462 JCRS Isidore Hurwitz Library JCRS Sanatorium (Bulletin) April 1937''.