| Title |
Early Gate at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society
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| Collection Title |
Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Records, Photographs
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| Date Created |
between 1904-1917
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| Creator(s) |
Mile High Photo Co.
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| Description |
Entrance gate 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 of Denver.
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| Subject - Topic |
Jews
Sanatoriums
Hospitals
Tuberculosis
Gateways
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| Subject - Corporate Name |
Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)
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| Subject - Genre |
Photographs
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| Subject - Geographic |
Colorado
Denver (Colo.)
Colfax Avenue (Denver, Colo.)
Edgewater (Colo.)
Sanatorium (Colo.)
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| Physical Note |
Sign above the crossbar announces "The Sanatorium of the Jewish Consumptive's Relief Society" flanked by the Society's motto from the Talmud in English and Hebrew, "He who saves a single life is considered as if he preserved the whole world." Inked on negative (appears in white on print) "Mile High Photo Co., Denver."
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| Current ID |
B002.04.0216.0001.00001
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| Publisher |
University of Denver
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| Place of publication |
Denver, Colorado
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| Type of Resource |
still image
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| Form |
Photographic prints
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| Extent |
1 item, (photograph), 8 x 10 inches, black and white
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| Rights Statement |
Copyright restrictions may apply. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.
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| Handle |
http://hdl.handle.net/10176/codu:57262
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