Colfax Avenue (Colo.)
Found: Google maps, Feb. 3, 2012: (Map shows Colfax Avenue also numbered U.S. 40, U.S. 287, and Interstate 70)
Found in 731 Collections and/or Records:
Operating Room at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1941
Interior of an operating room at the Texas Pavilion, on the campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). 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.
Oral History Interview with Ben and Bessie Glass, 1978 October 22-1979 August 1
Ben and Bessie Glass both came to the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) as patients in 1928. Bessie Glass was treated for six years. They met in the hospital and married in 1931. Ben Glass was a printer at the JCRS bindery from 1928 through 1978. They discuss how the JCRS was like a large family of young adults from all over the country and talk about what life was like at the JCRS. They also talk about the transition from JCRS to AMC Cancer Center.
Original Office of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1915
Out-Patient Clinic of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1908
Men, women and children wait in the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) out-patient clinic. Six nurses in the room attend to the patients. One boy is weighed by a nurse. 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.
Panoramic View of a Group and the Campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1940-1950
Panoramic View of Group on the Campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1926-1939
Party Aftermath at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1912-1935
Aftermath of a party held at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Several unidentified male patients are recovering in the room. 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.
Party for Patients of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1946-1960
A costume party for patients of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS), given by the Denver Auxiliary. Dr. William S. Kline stands in the back, Ann Kaminsky, Ruth Sharoff and Dora Wolf are pictured. 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.
Patient and Helping Hand, 1954-1969
A female patient laying on a bed while her right hand and wrist and are held by an unidentified woman. This photograph was taken at the American Medical Center, formerly known as the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish working men along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. It was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.
Patient Distribution Map, 1949
Map of the United States with numbers in each state of the number of patients from that state. In the middle is a photograph of a nurse with three children, one in a wheelchair, in front of the B'nai B'rith Building.