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Jewish children

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Box 28, 1916-1939

 File — Box B089.13.0028: Series B089.13 [Barcode: U186023258185]
Identifier: B089.13.0028
Abstract The National Asthma Center (NAC) existed under a series of names. It was founded in 1907 by Fannie Lorber as the Denver Sheltering Home for Jewish Children; from 1928-1952, it was called the National Home for Jewish Children in Denver; from 1953-1956, it was the Jewish National Home for Asthmatic Children in Denver; from 1957-1972, it was the Children's Asthma Research Institute and Hospital (CARIH); and from 1973-1977, it became the National Asthma Center. The box contains large scrapbook...
Dates: 1916-1939

Fannie E. Lorber Breaking Ground at the Denver Sheltering Home for Jewish Children, 29 April 1937

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0011.00004
Abstract

Mrs. Fannie E. Lorber was one of the founders of the Denver Sheltering Home, which opened in 1908. She is shoveling dirt for a groundbreaking of the Lorber Building, with many men and women looking on. From right to left is Arthur J. Kirschstein, Sam Robinson, Tillye Levy, William Cohen, David Harem, Fannie Lorber with shovel, and Sam Grimes. The Sheltering Home began as a home for the children of tubercular patients who came to the sanitoriums in Denver, Colo.

Dates: 29 April 1937

Fannie Eller Lorber Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B272
Abstract Fannie Eller was born in Geishen, Russia, in 1881. She and her family immigrated to America when Fannie was a teenager and moved to the West Colfax area of Denver in 1896. She married Jacob Lorber and became interested in the plight of "tb orphans." In 1907, Fannie Lorber, Bessie Willems, and some other eastern European women founded the Denver Sheltering Home for Jewish Children to care for children of Jewish tb patients at the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives and at the Jewish...
Dates: 1920-2006

Fannie Lorber at Sheltering Home, between 1940-1960

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Identifier: B063.03.0011.00003
Abstract

Fannie E. Lorber stands between two unidentified men in front of the National Home for Jewish Children. Mrs. Lorber was one of the founders of the Denver Sheltering Home, which opened in 1908.

Dates: between 1940-1960

Founders of the Denver Sheltering Home for Jewish Children, circa 1907

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Identifier: B063.03.0011.00094
Abstract Promotional note card from National Jewish Medical and Research Center showing the founders of the Denver Sheltering Home for Jewish Children. From left to right are Jennie Kantrowitz, Mollie Lifshutz, Bessie Willens, Mary Augenblich, Fannie Lorber and Sadie Francis. The Denver Sheltering Home for Jewish Children was founded in 1907 to care for children whose parents were victims of tuberculosis. It later evolved into the National Home for Asthmatic Children and eventually merged with...
Dates: circa 1907

Growing up in Early Colorado: The Lives of Jewish Children, 2012

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Identifier: B230.03.0023.00011
Abstract

Brief biographies of Jewish men and women who grew up in Jewish communities in Colorado. Contains historical photographs and interviews with people describing their childhoods.

Dates: 2012