| Title |
Vytautas "Vyts" Beliajus 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 1953
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| Description |
Vytautas "Vyts" Finadar Beliajus sits with folk dance music in front of him at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Vyts Beliajus was known as the "Father of International Folk Dancing in the United States" and was a patient at the 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.
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| Subject - Topic |
Jews
Sanatoriums
Hospitals
Tuberculosis
Patients
Folk dancing
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| Subject - Personal Name |
Beliajus, Vytautas Finadar,--1908-1994
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| Subject - Corporate Name |
Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)
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| Subject - Occupation |
Dancers
Composers
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| Subject - Genre |
Photographs
Interior views
Folk dance music
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| Subject - Geographic |
Colorado
Denver (Colo.)
Spivak (Colo.)
Colfax Avenue (Denver, Colo.)
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| Physical Note |
Handwritten on back of photograph: "Jan., 1953 Bulletin." Handwritten on envelope: "Patient Activities--Rehabilitation--Broadcasting, Composing, Typing, Worship."
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| Current ID |
B002.04.0215.0081.00001
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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), 4.5 x 7 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:57340
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