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[Haslet Methodist Church]

Photograph of a large group of unidentified people in front of a rural church building that was built in 1910. Children are positioned on ground, women are positioned in the middle and men are positioned standing up. A portion of the roof and chimney are visible. There is a visible door on the left of the photograph and a set of visible doors on the right of the photograph. An outside light and two windows are visible in the photograph.

Date: 1945

Partner: Haslet Public Library

[Unidentified group of people]

Photograph of large unidentified group of people. They are visibly posing in front of and on a porch. There are windows, columns, a door, front steps and light bulb visible on the building. Part of the roof is even visible. Most of the men are sitting down on the porch or front stoop and are wearing suits and ties. Most of the women are standing inside the porch and are wearing dresses. There are bushes on either side of the front stoop. This is stamped on the back of the photograph: "Skeet Ric… more

Date: 1948

Partner: Haslet Public Library

[Unidentified group of women]

Photograph of unidentified group of women sitting inside of a home. In the front of the photograph, there are two rows of women sitting down. At the back of the photograph, there is one row of women standing up. They are all wearing dresses. Within the home, there is visible a portrait, curtains, a hutch with a model sail boat on top, wallpaper and bells. There are unidentified objects on the left and right hand side of the photograph. This is stamped on the back of the photograph: "Skeet Richa… more

Date: 1948

Partner: Haslet Public Library

[1940 Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class]

Photograph of the 1940 Ahavath Sholom confirmation class standing around the altar of the synagogue located downtown on Taylor Street in Fort Worth, Texas. From left to right, the members of the photograph are: Front row: Bertha Haller, Gloria Sheinberg (Swann). Back row: Rabbi Philip Graubart, Margie Cohen (Levingston), Dorothy Bergman, Jennie Moses (Winkler)(teacher), Dorothy Cohen, Shirley Garston (Cohen), Annie Kaplan, Betty Daiches (Sher).

Date: 1940

Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

AZA Banquet

Photograph of an Aleph Zadik Aleph (AZA) Banquet in the ballroom of Fort Worth's Hebrew Institute in the 800 block Taylor Street. The banquet room contains a stage and a piano in the background of the photograph. Members are seated at long tables. From left to right, the members of the photograph are: Cooks (back left, standing): Joe Zenick, Manny Solomon, P.D. Mallin, Sidney Cohen, "Uncle" Lou Cohen. Head Banquet Table (along the stage in the back, to the right of the cooks): Mary Frances Gi… more

Date: March 11, 1947

Creator: Photographic Engineers

Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

[Portrait of Harold Gilbert]

Photograph of Private 1st Class Harold Gilbert, a soldier from Fort Worth, Texas. In this portrait, he is pictured from the chest up, wearing his uniform and beret. Gilbert was killed en route from England to France in 1944, when his troopship was torpedoed by the Germans in the English Channel. Fort Worth's Rubin-Gilbert AZA chapter (the B'nai B'rith youth group for boys) is named after him and Lt. Alvin Rubin, who also died in the war.

Date: 1944

Creator: W. C. Stripling Company

Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

[Young Judea Convention]

Photograph of the members of Young Judea, a Jewish youth organization in Fort Worth, Texas. The organization held a regional conclave at the Ahavath Sholom Synagogue, where over one hundred members and group advisors posed, on the front steps in the 800 block Taylor Street, for the photograph. Many people in the photograph are unidentified. From left to right, bottom to top, here is a key to the known members: Row 1 (kneeling): Sylvia Wexler, Stanley Raskin (wearing a hat), Adele Natkin (wea… more

Date: 1940~

Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

[Portrait of Alvin Rubin]

Photograph of Lieutenant Alvin Rubin, an Air Force pilot from Fort Worth, Texas. He is pictured from the chest up, wearing his uniform. Rubin was killed in an plane crash over Dakar, French Africa on March 15, 1944. A graduate of Paschal High, he was a past chapter president of AZA, the B'nai B'rith youth group for boys. Fort Worth's Rubin-Gilbert AZA chapter is named after him and Pvt. Harold Gilbert, who also died in the war.

Date: March 1944

Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

[1946 Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class]

Photograph of the 1946 Ahavath Sholom confirmation class standing around the altar (called a bimah) of the synagogue located downtown in the 800 block of Taylor Street in Fort Worth, Texas. From left to right, the members of the photograph are: Front Row: Rabbi Charles Blumenthal. Middle Row: Bessie Rutlader, Roselle Cooles, Ruth Spigel, Mary Sankary, Ruth Hendelman, Marilyn Coughey, Margie Weisblatt, Pearl Sankary. Back Row: Marshall Hillman, Sammy Hoffman, Sherwin Rubin.

Date: June 1946

Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

Richardson School Stadium Construction

Photograph of a group of several men constructing Richardson School stadium. One man on the right is holding a shovel. A group of men towards the center are gathered around the back of a truck. Three men are standing around long, metal pipes; two men are bent over, and one man is standing. In the background, there is a brick building.

Date: 1949

Location: 32.944903 -96.733908

Partner: Richardson Public Library

Portrait of Jackie and Neely Huffhines

Christmas card with photograph of a woman and man identified as Jackie and Neely Huffhines. They are kneeling to the right of a Christmas tree, and are holding a gift. Several gifts are surrounding the tree. Text to the right of the image says "Joyous Yuletide," with an illustration of a church steeple and trees below it. Below the illustration, text says "Jackie and Neely Huffhines."

Date: 1945/1960

Partner: Richardson Public Library

Portrait of Billye Meyer with Family

Copy photograph of a woman, a man, and two children; the woman and man are identified as Billye (Leatherwood) Meyer and Lester Meyer. The man is holding the youngest child, James Lester Meyer, and the girl, Lady Ellen Meyer Germond, is standing in front of the woman. They are all standing in front of a two-story wooden farmhouse identified as Miss Belle's (Belle Robberson) Place. Built around 1887, it one of the oldest houses in Richardson, Texas.

Date: 1946~

Partner: Richardson Public Library

[Political Helicopter]

Photograph of Lyndon B. Johnson's helicopter arriving at Clements Field in Cleveland, Texas. The helicopter has "Lyndon Johnson for U.S. Senator" written across the tail and side. A man is visible in the cockpit. Local stories say that people were more fascinated with the helicopter than the candidates.

Date: 1947

Creator: Young, Moon

Partner: Cleveland Historic Society

[Parked Cars in Front of Dallas Farmer's Market]

Photograph of parked cars in front of the Dallas Farmer's Market. Wooden crates of produce are stacked underneath an awning.

Date: [1940..1949]

Creator: Dallas (Tex.)

Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Hines Wholesale Produce]

Photograph of parked cars in front of the Dallas Farmer's Market on Canton St.

Date: [1940..1949]

Creator: Dallas (Tex.)

Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

TGT Workers

Photograph of group of workers for TGT

Date: 1947

Creator: Young, Moon

Partner: Cleveland Historic Society

[Turning On the Downtown Cleveland Streetlights for the First Time]

Blurry photograph of citizens of Cleveland gathering downtown in front of the Gulf States Utilities Office to the left of Cole's Radio Service to see the streetlights turned on for the very first time in Cleveland, Texas. A car is visible to the right.

Date: December 9, 1948

Creator: Young, Moon

Partner: Cleveland Historic Society

[Mayor W. J. Bryan turns on the lights]

Photograph of Cleveland Mayor W. J. Bryan pulled the switch which enabled Gulf States Utilities to power up the streetlights for the first time in downtown Cleveland. Man standing behind him is an official of Gulf States

Date: December 9, 1948

Creator: Young, Moon

Partner: Cleveland Historic Society

[Kirk Alyn in a Superman Costume]

Photograph of Kirk Alyn in a Superman costume between two hedges. "Superman" is a 1948 15-part Columbia Pictures film serial based on the comic book character Superman starring Kirk Alyn in the title role.

Date: 1948

Creator: Young, Moon

Partner: Cleveland Historic Society

Anderson Hotel

Photograph of the Anderson Hotel which Hotel faced north on E. Houston St with Old Hwy 59(Now Washington Ave/Bus.59) on its right in Cleveland, Texas. The hotel had a large stairway leading to the upstairs rooms from the luxurious lobby. It also had a restaurant within the hotel.

Date: 1949

Creator: Young, Moon

Partner: Cleveland Historic Society

[Methodist Church Choir]

Photograph of the Floresville, Texas Methodist Church choir in the choir loft behind the pulpit. A woman sits at a piano to the left.

Date: 1942

Partner: Wilson County Historical Society

[People at Library]

Photograph of two women and two children standing under the awning at the front entrance to the Martha Eschenberg Public Library in Floresville, Texas. A tree is visible in the background.

Date: October 4, 1946

Location: 29.133892 -98.157679

Partner: Wilson County Historical Society

Hermann Sons Hall - Poth

Photograph of large frame building with flames and smoke over it. Snow is on roof that isn't burnt.

Date: 1940

Creator: A. F. Manak

Partner: Wilson County Historical Society

[Inside Smith Drug Store]

Photograph of three women and two men inside the Smith Drug Store in Floresville, Texas. They are, from left to right, Altha Burkett; Theodore A. Rohr; Edwin Forrest Smith, Sr.; Mrs. Jess Beam; and Mrs. Thelma Brooks.

Date: 1942~

Partner: Wilson County Historical Society

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