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JCRS Solarium, between 1920-1929

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Identifier: B063.03.0011.00113

Abstract

Exterior view of the Solarium at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS), which featured windows on all sides to allow sunlight and fresh air for patients inside where patients would undergo heliotherapy. In the 1920s, heliotherapy was considered therapeutic for tuberculosis patients. 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.

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Dates

  • between 1920-1929

Digital Repository

JCRS Solarium

Inscription and Marks

On envelope: "#1091 JCRS Postcards of Campus c. 1902". On back of photograph: "#1091." On front of photograph: "Solarium J.C.R.S."

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Extent

1 Photographic Prints (photograph) : good, black and white ; 4 x 6 inches

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