JCRS Solarium, between 1920-1929

Item

Identifier: B063.03.0011.00113

Staff Only

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.

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."

Rights and Usage Statement

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Extent

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