Tuberculosis
Found in 5615 Collections and/or Records:
Bed Endowment Plaques of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1920-1960
Bed endowment plaques of the 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 Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.
Bedside Instruction at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1942
Bedside instruction in English and citizenship at the 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 Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.
Ben Englander Standing on a Sidewalk, between 1920-1960
Ben Englander standing on a sidewalk. Englander was the State Representative of Colorado and a Board Member of the 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. It was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside Denver.
Ben Glass with H. Leivick, Yiddish Poet, 1933
Benjamin Fleischman's Application for Admittance to JCRS, 1911 August 9
Benjamin Fleischman's Application for Admittance to JCRS. Includes information such as age (25), place of birth (Russia), and occupation (butcher). He was single and his nearest relatives were his mother in N. J., and his father in Denver. On the backside it reads he was admitted on October 3, 1911, and died on October 24, 1911.
Benjamin Wigatow's Application for Admission to JCRS, 1911 September 25
Bertha ''Mickey'' Marks and Fellow Patients of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1929
Bertha ''Mickey'' Marks (second from left), with fellow patients of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) sit on a car next to the Main Building on the JCRS campus. 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.
Bertha ''Mickey'' Marks at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1927
Bertha ''Mickey'' Marks, a patient of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) stands on the curbstone with the water tower in the background. 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.
Bertha ''Mickey'' Marks at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1930 March 17
Bertha ''Mickey'' Marks, a patient of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) stands on the campus grounds. 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.