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 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File

Found in 61393 Collections and/or Records:

Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society's Minstrel Show, 1928

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0003.00024
Abstract

Patients perform in the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society's (JCRS) Minstrel Show in 1928. Several of the performers wear blackface, a style of theatrical makeup that was popular at the time. 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: 1928

Jewish Denver Life, 1902-1985

 File
Identifier: B113.01.0001.0006
Abstract

File contains newspaper clippings about Jewish Denver life in general from 1902-1985. Most are from the 1970s and 1980s. Subjects include urban renewal, small town Jewish life, Jewish community in Denver, etc.

Dates: 1902-1985

Jewish Event, between 1940-1960

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Identifier: B063.05.0052.00079
Abstract

Six men pose together at a Jewish event including Rabbi Kauvar (standing left), Jesse Shwayder (standing right), and Sid Jacobs (sitting right).

Dates: between 1940-1960

Jewish Leaders with the Colorado Governor, 1954

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Identifier: B063.04.0037.00082
Abstract

Left to right Governor Daniel Thornton, Rabbi Charles Kauvar, Jesse Shwayder, Adolph Kiesler, and an unidentified man pose together.

Dates: 1954

Jewish National Home for Asthmatic Children, 1973

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Identifier: B229.01.0020.00001
Abstract

Silent black and white film depicting a day at the Jewish National Home for Asthmatic Children in Denver, Colorado. Footage depicts daily life at the home, including treatment, play, and chores.

Dates: 1973

Jewish National Home for Asthmatic Children in Denver, between 1945-1960

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Identifier: B063.04.0020.00006
Abstract

Several unidentified children and an unidentified woman sit or stand around a piano where another unidentified woman is playing.

Dates: between 1945-1960

Jewish National Home for Asthmatic Children in Denver, between 1945-1960

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Identifier: B063.04.0020.00007
Abstract

Two unidentified girls, patients at Jewish National Home for Asthmatic Children in Denver, hold boxes and tickets at a JNHAC event.

Dates: between 1945-1960

Jewish National Home for Asthmatic Children in Denver, between 1945-1960

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Identifier: B063.04.0020.00008
Abstract

Six unidentified children stand at the end of a table on which five candles are positions in a row in the middle. An unidentified man stands beside the table holding a match book. Two of the children hold tickets and so this appears to be a festival at the Jewish National Home for Asthmatic Children in Denver.

Dates: between 1945-1960

Jewish Welfare Board, between 1945-1970

 Item
Identifier: B063.04.0012.00008
Abstract

Two men in army uniforms and two women at a Jewish Welfare Board event in Colorado Springs. One of the men is playing a guitar.

Dates: between 1945-1970

Jewish Welfare Fund of Clearwater, Inc. from Clearwater, Florida, 1960-1969

 File
Identifier: B005.01.0007.0008
Abstract

Correspondence regarding the Jewish Fund of Clearwater, Inc

Dates: 1960-1969