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Edgewater (Colo.)

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File
Scope Note: Bio/Hist: 1892-1937, located in Jefferson County, Colorado

Found in 285 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from JCRS to Erste Stanislauer Lodge #92, Independent Order Brith Abraham, 1906 June 1

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Identifier: B002.01.0097.0088.00005
Abstract A typed letter from President Philip Hillkowitz, JCRS, to the Erste Stanislauer Lodge #92, Independent Order Brith Abraham, informing them of the JCRS decision regarding Jacob Goldstein. President Hillkowitz writes that JCRS cannot accept Mr. Goldstein because he is not a sufferer of pulmonary tuberculosis. In addition he states that he regrets Mr. Goldstein was sent to Denver with no means to support himself and has had to personally guarantee Mr. Goldstein's board for one week. Finally,...
Dates: 1906 June 1

Letter from JCRS to Jacob Schoen, Independent Order Brith Abraham, 1906 June 1

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Identifier: B002.01.0097.0088.00004
Abstract A typed letter from President Philip Hillkowitz, JCRS, to Jacob Schoen, of the United States Grand Lodge Independent Order Brith Abraham, in response to Mr. Schoen's letter of recommendation for Jacob Goldstein. President Hillkowitz writes that JCRS cannot accept Mr. Goldstein because he is not a sufferer of consumption. In addition he states that he regrets Mr. Goldstein was sent to Denver with no means to support himself. The letter is unsigned with the word "President" typed at the...
Dates: 1906 June 1

Letter from Philip Hillkowitz, JCRS, to Erste Stanislauer Lodge, 1906 June 15

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Identifier: B002.01.0097.0088.00008
Abstract A typed letter from President Philip Hillkowitz, JCRS, to Mr. M. Fingerey, Erste Stanislauer Lodge, concerning Jacob Goldstein. President Hillkowitz writes that JCRS had Jacob Goldstein get his meals at JCRS and that Mr. Goldstein took that opportunity to camp at the premise and seizing a temorarily empty bed for nine days. He continues that Mr. Goldstein had been asked to leave and he hopes the Lodge will begin sending Mr. Goldstein assistance. The letter is unsigned with the word...
Dates: 1906 June 15

Letter from Philip Hillkowitz, JCRS, to Erste Stanislauer Lodge, 1906 June 28

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Identifier: B002.01.0097.0088.00010
Abstract

A typed letter from President Philip Hillkowitz, JCRS, to M. Fingerey, Erste Stanislauer Lodge, concerning Jacob Goldstein. President Hillkowitz writes that JCRS has assisted Jacob Goldstein and asks that the Lodge pay the bill of $5. The letter is unsigned with the word "President" typed at the bottom.

Dates: 1906 June 28

Letter from Philip Hillkowitz, JCRS, to Jacob Schoen, Independent Order Brith Abraham, 1906 June 15

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Identifier: B002.01.0097.0088.00009
Abstract A two page typed letter from President Philip Hillkowitz, JCRS, to Jacob Schoen, Independent Order Brith Abraham, concerning Jacob Goldstein. President Hillkowitz writes that JCRS had Jacob Goldstein get his meals at JCRS and that Mr. Goldstein took that opportunity to camp at the premise and seizing a temorarily empty bed for nine days. He continues that he has asked local charities to assist Mr. Goldstein. The letter is unsigned with the word "President" typed at the bottom. The second...
Dates: 1906 June 15

Letter of Recommendation, 1906 May 7

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Identifier: B002.01.0097.0088.00002
Abstract

A handwritten letter from M. A. Cohn, M. D. on his personal letterhead to Dr. Spivak. Dr. Cohn writes that the bearer [Jacob Goldstein] suffers from chronic asthma and Bright's disease and asks that Dr. Spivak help him find a location for treatment.

Dates: 1906 May 7

Los Penitentes, 1987

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Identifier: D002.01.0002.0016.00011
Abstract

John Borski and Amy Anderson, both of the David Taylor Dance Theatre, perform in Taylor's ''Los Penitentes.''

Dates: 1987

Main Building With Tower of Hope at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1922

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Identifier: B002.04.0345.0002.00003
Abstract

The main building for men with the Tower of Hope 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 working men 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 1922

Major Operating Room at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1920-1950

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Identifier: B063.03.0003.00036
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Interior of the major operating room used for collapsed lungs on the campus 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 1920-1950

Male patient playing the violin for other patients in National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives, Denver, Colo., circa 1907

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00103
Abstract

A male patient sits in a tent playing a violin while male and female sanatorium patients look on. The hospital was founded in 1899. In 1907, the name of the hospital changed to the National Asthma Center. It later became the Children's Asthma Research Institute and Hospital, National Jewish Hospital/National Asthma Center(1978), and National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine(1985).

Dates: circa 1907