West Colfax (Denver, Colo.)
Found in 789 Collections and/or Records:
Male patient playing the violin for other patients in National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives, Denver, Colo., circa 1907
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).
Marshall Fogel Papers
Mary Harris Auditorium at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1941-1950
The Mary Harris Auditorium 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. The auditorium was built in 1941 and is still being used today as part of the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design.
Mary Harris Auditorium at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1940
Mary Harris Auditorium at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1940-1960
Exterior of the Mary Harris Auditorium at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). This postcard is from a set of photographs of 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.
Mary, Yetta and Tillie Levitt, 1930
Two Levitt sisters and their mother are standing on a porch in front of their home in Denver, Colorado. From left to right are Mary Levitt (Rubanowitz), Yetta Prezant Levitt, and Tillie Levitt Tein. A cat is walking in front of the porch. The sisters' parents were Isadore and Yetta Prezant Levitt who settled in the Eastern European Jewish neighborhood around West Colfax Avenue in Denver.
Meat Kitchen at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1936
Two unidentified men in the meat kitchen 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.
Medical Building at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1929
The Medical Building 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. It was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside Denver.
Medical Staff Banquet of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1926
Attendees of a banquet for Medical Staff of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Dr. Philip Hillkowitz, Dr. Charles Spivak, and Dr. Isador Bronfin sit center. 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.
Medical Staff of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1951
Four male medical staff members of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS), seated around a table. On the wall behind them there are several sets of chest x-rays. 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.