[Abe and Joe Weingarten shaking hands in front of 50 years of Weingarten's cake] Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title [Abe and Joe Weingarten shaking hands in front of 50 years of Weingarten's cake]

Creator

  • Photographer: Walden, Thaine
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Houston, TX

Date

  • Creation: 1951
  • Digitized: 2006-09-25

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Abe and Joe Weingarten shaking hands in front of 50 years of Weingarten's cake with window blinds in the background. Curling.
  • Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

Subject

  • Keyword: Weingarten, Joseph, 1884-1967
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Stores - Grocery Stores
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: People - Family Groups
  • Keyword: Weingarten's
  • Keyword: Weingarten, Abe

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas
  • Time Period: mod-tim
  • Coverage Date: 1951

Collection

  • Name: Robert Joy Collection
    Code: RJOY

Institution

  • Name: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
    Code: MFAH

Rights

  • Rights Access: public

Resource Type

  • Photograph

Format

  • Image

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: MS39-14-035
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth18736

Note

  • Display Note: 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.
  • Digital Preservation: creationAppName: MagicScan32 creationAppVersion: 4.5 creationAppName: Adobe Photoshop creationAppVersion: 7 creationHardware: UMAX Powerlook 2100 XL
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