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Patient with Nurse at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1930-1960

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0035.00077

Abstract

Female patient in a wheelchair at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). An unidentified nurse is standing next to the chair. 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. This photograph is a paste-up that has been manipulated by the photographer. Please see B063.03.0035.00068 for original image.

Dates

  • between 1930-1960

Creator

Digital Repository

Patient with Nurse at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society

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Extent

1 Items (photograph)

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

Fair 8 x 10 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 envelope: ''#462 JCRS Patient Activities.'' Handwritten on back of photograph: ''Blossoming with health, #462 JCRS.''

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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