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West Colfax (Denver, Colo.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Denver Auxiliary of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society at a Halloween Party, between 1950-1960

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Identifier: B063.03.0011.00053
Abstract

Members of the Denver Auxiliary having a Halloween party for patients of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Pictured are Katie Emeson, Ida Edelson, Lib Roberts, Esther (illegible) and Anne Kaminsky. 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 1950-1960

Ida Edelson with Colorado Governor John Arthur Love, between 1950-1970

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Identifier: B063.03.0036.00016
Abstract Colorado Governor John A. Love signing a proclamation on behalf of the American Medical Center (AMC). Ida Edelson, Director of the National Council of Auxiliaries is standing next to him. AMC was located on the grounds of the former 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...
Dates: between 1950-1970