Potofsky, Jacob S. (Jacob Samuel), 1894-1979
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Jacob S. Potofsky with an Unidentified Man, between 1930-1960
Item
Identifier: B063.03.0035.00028
Abstract
Jacob S. Potofsky, President of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America with an unidentified man who is standing behind him. Potofsky was a personality and supporter 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...
Dates:
between 1930-1960
Portrait of Jacob S. Potofsky, between 1930-1960
Item
Identifier: B063.03.0035.00026
Abstract
Jacob S. Potofsky, President of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Potofsky was a personality and supporter 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.
Dates:
between 1930-1960