Poultry Farm at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1922

Item

Identifier: B063.03.0011.00101

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Abstract

Poultry farm at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). A flock of chickens are gathered in front of a building which has ''JCRS Poultry-Farm'' painted on the outside. The JCRS featured its own dairy and poultry farm located on its campus. 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 1922

Digital Repository

Poultry Farm at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society

Inscription and Marks

On back of photograph: ''JC.R.S Hospital Poultry yard''. On envelope: ''#1091 JCRS postcards of campus c. 1922''.

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Extent

1 Photographic Prints (photograph) : fair, black and white ; 4 x 5 inches

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.