Laundry
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: See From: Clothing and dress--Cleaning Washing (Laundry)Bio/Hist: For the business establishments or residential physical facilities, use: Laundries
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Fishman Laundry and Linen Room at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1930-1940
Item
Identifier: B063.03.0003.00061
Abstract
Interior of the Fishman Laundry and Linen Room on the campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). An unidentified woman is seated at the table and is operating a sewing machine. 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 1930-1940
Laundry Facilities at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1941
Item
Identifier: B063.03.0003.00060
Abstract
Interior of the laundry facilities on the campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Shown are some of the eight pressers in constant daily use. Four are operated by steam and four by compressed air. The laundry was the only department of the sanatorium where patients or former patients were not employed, as the duties were too strenuous. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along with the...
Dates:
circa 1941
Laundry Facilities at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1941
Item
Identifier: B063.03.0003.00063
Abstract
Interior of the laundry facilities on the campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Shown are some of the eight pressers in constant daily use. Four are operated by steam and four by compressed air. The laundry was the only department of the sanatorium where patients or former patients were not employed, as the duties were too strenuous. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along with the...
Dates:
circa 1941