Main Street at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1930
Abstract
Main street or ''Broadway'' of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Patient tent cottages are visible on the left, the Texas Building for Women is visible at the far end and the Tri-Boro Dining Building is shown on the right. Patients and staff members can be seen on the dirt road as well as several automobiles. 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 of Denver.
Dates
- circa 1930
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Extent
1 Items (photograph)
Scope and Contents
This series contains a photo album, photographs, bulletin pages, drawings, lithographs, and contact sheets of the campus and buildings, patients and family, staff and volunteers, auxiliaries and conventions, and activities connected with the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society and the AMC Cancer Research Center.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
5 x 7 inches black and white
Provenance
Donated by A.M.C. Cancer Research Center as part of the J.C.R.S. Records.
General
Title supplied by archivist.
Inscription and Marks
On back of photograph: ''JCRS Grounds, 1930s''.
Creator
- From the Collection: Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.) (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository