Golden-Book of the Philadelphia Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Jewish Consumptive Relief Association of the Los Angeles Sanatorium and Ex-Patient Home.

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

Philadelphia

1930

Manuscript in English. Presented by M. & Mrs. Louis & Sarah Nichols, December 28th, 1930. Elaborate title-page, followed by: 4-page history, photographic portraits of the chief officers, list of Board of Directors, 23-pages of members, contributors etc., 2-pages of “Children Sympathizers, 10-pages In Memorium. All pages completed in a most elaborate calligraphic hand , most with additional flourishes and borders in gilt and colors. Opening blank includes photograph of the the Philadelphia Pavilion with officers outside (rather wilting in the hot sun!)

The JCRA was chartered in Los Angeles in 1912 with the intent of raising money to establish a free, non-sectarian sanatorium for persons from throughout the United States diagnosed with tuberculosis. This was at a time when tuberculosis (or, “consumption”) was in almost epidemic form in many parts of the United States. There was no known cure except rest, preferably in a dry and warm climate. After raising sufficient funds, the association purchased land in Duarte, California, a small town in the arid San Gabriel Valley, approximately 16 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, and dubbed the property “the City of Hope.” Today, City of Hope National Medical Center has grown to become one of the most renowned medical institutions in the country. See, The White Plague in the City of Angels, http://scalar.usc.edu/hc/tuberculosis-exhibit/tuberculosis-and-its-history.