Buildings
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered general works on structures or edifices. Works on the design and style of structures are entered under [Architecture.] Works on the process of construction are entered under [Building.]
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Panoramic View of Main Building and Solarium, circa 1921
Item
Identifier: B002.04.0345.0004.00001
Abstract
View of the campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS), including the main building for men and the solarium. 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 of Denver.
Dates:
circa 1921
Solarium at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1920-1929
Item
Identifier: B063.03.0011.00100
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....
Dates:
between 1920-1929