Bertha ''Mickey'' Marks, Patient of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1929

Item

Identifier: B063.03.0019.00065

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Abstract

Bertha ''Mickey'' Marks, a patient of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) sits in lounge chair in bathrobe. 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. It was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside Denver.

Dates

1929

Digital Repository

Bertha ''Mickey'' Marks, Patient 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 5 x 3 inches black and white

Provenance

Accession # 1271, Donated by AMC Cancer Research Center as part of the JCRS Records.

General

Title supplied by archivist.

Inscription and Marks

Handwritten on front of photograph: ''Resting on porch, At Colo.'' Handwritten on envelope: ''#429 JCRS 1929''. On back of photograph: ''Bertha 'Mickey' Marks JCRS, c 1928, from her album, Donor Mrs. Ruth Cluff''.