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| Title |
Patient Joseph Messing at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society
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| Collection Title |
Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Records, Photographs
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| Date Created |
circa 1925
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| Description |
Joseph Messing sits on a small table at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). He is wearing a cable-knit shawl collar sweater over his shirt and tie. Originally from Poland, he immigrated to the United States on November 5, 1905. Joseph Messing worked in New York City as a cutter, contracted tuberculosis there, and was a patient at the JCRS from December 24, 1923 to February 19, 1924, and from March 30 to June 24, 1925. He died November 27, 1925 in Queens, New York, survived by four children and his wife Mollie. 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.
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| Subject - Topic |
Jews
Jewish men
Tuberculosis
Patients
Sanatoriums
Hospitals
Clothing trade
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| Subject - Personal Name |
Messing, Joseph,--1886-1925
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| Subject - Corporate Name |
Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)
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| Subject - Occupation |
Clothing workers
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| Subject - Genre |
Portraits
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| Subject - Geographic |
Colorado
Denver (Colo.)
Sanatorium (Colo.)
Colfax Avenue (Denver, Colo.)
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| Current ID |
B002.04.0348.00001
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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 |
Digital images
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| Extent |
1 item, (digital image), 4000 x 5236 pixels, black and white
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| Digital Origin |
Reformatted digital
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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:57281
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