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West Colfax (Denver, Colo.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 789 Collections and/or Records:

Poultry Farm at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1910-1940

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0019.00003
Abstract

The poultry farm of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). In 1924 the poultry farm moved to the Rudi Home, which served as an annex to the JCRS until there was room at the 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.

Dates: between 1910-1940

Presentation of Donation to the American Medical Center, 1962

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Identifier: B063.03.0036.00007
Abstract A donation check being made to the American Medical Center (AMC). Ben Autonoff, Myron Emrich and an unidentified woman (possibly Ida Riskin) are in the photograph. AMC was located on the grounds of the former 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...
Dates: 1962

Print Shop of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1920-1945

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00033
Abstract Interior of the print shop room of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). A group of men and women are working on various tasks throughout the room. This room was part of the industrial rehabilitation department at 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. The sanatorium was located on West Colfax Avenue just...
Dates: between 1920-1945

Printing and Bookbinding Staff Outside Neusteter Building, between 1930-1939

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00035
Abstract Printing and bookbindery workers stand outside the Neusteter Building on the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) campus. The workers were patients of the JCRS and participated in the printing and bookbinding rehabilitation program. 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...
Dates: between 1930-1939

Prize Winning Dressed Beef of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1948

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00003
Abstract

A prize-winning dressed piece of beef that was done by the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The meat won an award at the National Western Stock show held in Denver, Colorado. 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.

Dates: 1948

Prize Winning Dressed Beef of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1948

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00004
Abstract

Butcher dressing a prize-winning piece of beef at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The meat won an award at the National Western Stock show held in Denver, Colorado. 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.

Dates: 1948

Rabbi Manuel Laderman at Union Station, 1932 October 25

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Identifier: B063.06.0006.00025
Abstract

Twenty-three-year-old Rabbi Manuel Laderman (tallest man in the group) surrounded by delegates from the Hebrew Educational Alliance upon his arrival at Union Station, Denver, Colorado in 1932. He graduated from the Hebrew Theological College in Illinois and had just been ordained when he came to Denver to serve as the first Rabbi of the Hebrew Educational Alliance. He served as rabbi at the Orthodox synagogue until 1979. He was born August 25, 1909 and died in Denver on November 27, 1989.

Dates: 1932 October 25

Rabbi Yehudah Idel Idelson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B283
Abstract Rabbi Yehuda Idel Idelson was born in Navardok, Lithuania in 1874 and married Hadassah Bloch in 1896. Rabbi Idelson arrived in Denver, Colorado in about 1901, an acclaimed Torah scholar and commentator, to become the rabbi at Congreation Tifereth Israel. The small synagogue was incorporated by Polish Jews in 1901 and was located under the Colfax Viaduct in the east European Jewish immigrant neighborhood. Rabbi Idelson’s wife Hadassah and their daughter Dora joined him later in Denver....
Dates: 1950

Radio Broadcasting at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1952

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Identifier: B063.03.0011.00052
Abstract

An unidentified man and woman, who appear to be hosting a radio show on the grounds 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.

Dates: circa 1952

Reception Room at the Denver Sheltering Home, circa 1920

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Identifier: B089.12.0020.0028.00008
Abstract

Interior view of the reception room at the Denver Sheltering Home. The Denver Sheltering Home's history began in 1907, when it was a refuge for lower-income children whose parents were being treated for tuberculosis, or had passed away from tuberculosis.

Dates: circa 1920