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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5096 Collections and/or Records:

Prayer Shawl Bag

 Item
Identifier: B002.16.0319.00003
Abstract

A wine colored velvet prayer shawl (tallit - Sephardic pronunciation, tallis - Ashkenazic pronunciation) bag. Inside is lined with cotton fabric. The top folds down to close, but there is no clasp or drawstring. The front an embroidered crown and ''tallit'' (in Hebrew) under the crown. Gold and off-white flowers are embroidered on the front as well.

Dates: early-mid 20th century

Prayer Shawl Bag

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Identifier: B002.16.0319.00004
Abstract

A brown velvet prayer shawl (tallit - Sephardic pronunciation, tallis - Ashkenazic pronunciation) bag. Inside is lined with blue cotton fabric. The top folds down to close and there are two loops and four buttons.The front embroidery has a crown, two golden lions, Star of David and ''tallit'' (in Hebrew) under the star. Gold and off-white flowers are embroidered on the front as well. There is gold fringe on the bottom edge of the bag.

Dates: early-mid 20th century

Presentation of Donation to the American Medical Center, 1962

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Identifier: B063.03.0036.00007
Abstract A donation check being made to the American Medical Center (AMC). Ben Autonoff, Myron Emrich and an unidentified woman (possibly Ida Riskin) are in the photograph. 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 was located on West...
Dates: 1962

President Dwight D. Eisenhower Luncheon, 1955 September 12

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Identifier: B300.02.0002.0001.00013
Abstract

Group photograph of luncheon attendees at the 152-acre club, west of Denver at 6800 W. Jewell Ave. on unincorporated land next to Lakewood. The club was founded in 1928 by 8 Jewish business and political leaders at a time when many Denver social institutions barred Jews from membership. The President, the Judge and others sit at the head table. This is a digital copy of the original photograph.

Dates: 1955 September 12

President Eisenhower and Max Goldberg, 1948

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Identifier: B063.05.0013.00051
Abstract

President Dwight Eisenhower and Max Goldberg pose together at Rose Hospital.

Dates: 1948

President Kennedy and Max Goldberg, circa 1959

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Identifier: B063.05.0013.00050
Abstract

President John F. Kennedy and Max Goldberg shaking hands.

Dates: circa 1959

Print Shop of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1920-1945

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00033
Abstract Interior of the print shop room of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). A group of men and women are working on various tasks throughout the room. This room was part of the industrial rehabilitation department at 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 located on West Colfax Avenue just...
Dates: between 1920-1945

Printer's Cases and Type and Printing Blocks, between 1920-1939

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Identifier: B002.16.0317.00001
Abstract

Printer's cases and hand-set type, including Hebrew printing type, and printing blocks. The hand-set type was used at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society's printing shop during the 1920s and 1930s. The Hebrew type was primarily used for printing Yiddish copies of the JCRS publications. The dimensions given are for the largest printer's case.

Dates: between 1920-1939

Printing and Bookbinding Staff Outside Neusteter Building, between 1930-1939

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00035
Abstract Printing and bookbindery workers stand outside the Neusteter Building on the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) campus. The workers were patients of the JCRS and participated in the printing and bookbinding rehabilitation program. 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...
Dates: between 1930-1939

Prize Winning Dressed Beef of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1948

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00003
Abstract

A prize-winning dressed piece of beef that was done by the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The meat won an award at the National Western Stock show held in Denver, Colorado. 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: 1948