[Abe and Joe Weingarten and Mayor Joe Runnels at opening of Weingarten's 20th store]
| Description: | Abe (fourth from right) and Joe Weingarten (third from right) at opening of Weingarten's 20th store with unidentified people at ribbon cutting ceremony with City of Orange Mayor Joe Runnels cutting the ribbon. Exterior shot. |
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| Creator: | Pridgen's Studio |
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| Creation Date: | 1951 |
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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
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| Collection(s): |
Robert Joy Collection
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| Original Creation Date: | 1951 | |
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| Description: | Abe (fourth from right) and Joe Weingarten (third from right) at opening of Weingarten's 20th store with unidentified people at ribbon cutting ceremony with City of Orange Mayor Joe Runnels cutting the ribbon. Exterior shot. |
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Joseph Weingarten (1884-1967) started a chain of grocery stores, Weingarten's, with locations in Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas. He was a director of the Burlington-Rock Island Railroad and the Ampal-American Israel Corporation; a member of the board of the National Association of Food Chains and first president of the Super Market Institute of America; a board member of the Texas Medical Center, the Medical Research Foundation of Texas, and Baylor Medical Foundation; a supporter of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York and B'nai B'rith, a founder of Beth Yeshurun synagogue in Houston and established the World Institute for World Peace Foundation. |
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| Physical Description: |
Original print, black & white. 10" x 8" . Curling. |
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| Language: | No Language | |
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| Keyword(s): | Weingarten, Joseph, 1884-1967 | Weingarten, Abe | Runnels, Joe, Jr., mayor | |
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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
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| Collection: |
Robert Joy Collection
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| Resource Type: | Photograph | |
| Format: | Image | |
