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Sanatoriums -- Colorado

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Bio/Hist: 1923-1928, located in Jefferson CountySource: Jim Forte Postal History. http://www.postalhistory.com/index.htm

Found in 182 Collections and/or Records:

Staff Members of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1926

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Identifier: B063.03.0011.00009
Abstract Left to right: Dr. Isidor Bronfin, JCRS medical superintendent and tuberculosis specialist; Denver Judge Ben Lindsey of the juvenile court; Dr. Leo Tepley, JCRS physician; Clarence Darrow, Scopes trial lawyer; and Dr. Charles Spivak, physician and founder of the 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...
Dates: circa 1926

Staff Residence, between 1911-1940

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Identifier: B063.03.0036.00053.00003
Abstract

Staff residence building at JCRS. An unidentified woman sits on the front porch.

Dates: between 1911-1940

Steam Shovel and Group at Groundbreaking Ceremony, between 1920-1925

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Identifier: B002.04.0215.0151.00001
Abstract The participants in a groundbreaking ceremony on the campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) stand in front of a steam shovel. Two men and three women ride the scoop arm of the machine. Dr. Isadore Bronfin stands second from left and Dr. Charles Spivak stands in the middle to the right of an unidentified man holding a hand shovel. 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...
Dates: between 1920-1925

Steam Shovel and Group at Groundbreaking Ceremony, between 1920-1925

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Identifier: B063.03.0036.00001
Abstract The participants of the groundbreaking ceremony on the campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The participants stand by a steam shovel and two men and three women are on the shovel. Dr. Isadore Bronfin stands second from the left and Dr. Charles Spivak stands in the middle to the right of a man holding a shovel. 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...
Dates: between 1920-1925

Synagogue of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1920-1960

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Identifier: B063.03.0019.00075
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Exterior of the Synagogue on the grounds 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. It was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside Denver.

Dates: between 1920-1960

Tent Cottages at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1904-1930

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Identifier: B002.04.0215.0047.00001
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Tent cottages at 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. It was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.

Dates: between 1904-1930

Texas Building at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1928

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Identifier: B063.03.0019.00071
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The Texas Pavilion for Women Building on the campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) opened in 1927. 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. As of 2009, the Texas Pavilion was being used as part of the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design.

Dates: circa 1928

Torah Dedication Ceremony of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1920-1930

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00058
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Torah Dedication Ceremony of the synagogue of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Unidentified men and women are seated in the audience. 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 1920-1930

Twenty-second Annual Report of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1926

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Identifier: B002.05.01.0199.0023.00001
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Report of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) annual operations and finances for the period beginning January 1, 1925, and ending December 31, 1925; Dr. Philip Hillkowitz was the Society's President, and C.D. Spivak the Secretary. Includes images of new buildings, a new 135-foot water tank, and statistical data about patients for 1925. Published as volume 20, number 3 (July, August, September 1926) of The Sanatorium.

Dates: 1926

Twin City Benevolent Society Bed Dedication at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, after 1926

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Identifier: B063.03.0011.00028
Abstract The Twin City Benevolent Society Bed Dedication Ceremony at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Man in the center holds a plaque that says ''ENDOWED BY, THE TWIN CITY BENEVOLENT SOCIETY, ROCK ISLAND IL., 1920.'' 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...
Dates: after 1926