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[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1920s]

Description: Photograph of a mid-1920s confirmation class at Congregation Ahavath Sholom. There are twelve girls wearing white dresses. Rabbi Abraham Bengis stands at the center. The students are unidentified.
Date: 1920~
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

[Botanic Garden Pathway]

Description: Photograph of a pathway made of natural paving stones in a section of the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The path curves toward the back-right of the image ind is surrounded by bushes and trees on the left, with decorative stones and flowers at right.
Date: 1925~/1935~
Partner: Fort Worth Garden Club

[Stone Structure in Fort Worth]

Description: Photograph of a small, open structure made of natural stone with a gabled roof that has pointed rafters extending below the eaves. The near gable end has a large arched entrance and the sides appear to be largely open, with low wooden and stone railings. There is a dirt path along the side of the structure and it is surrounded by bushes and trees.
Date: 1925~/1935~
Partner: Fort Worth Garden Club

[Workers Breaking Soil]

Description: Photograph of a large number of workers in dark-colored clothing using pickaxes to dig or break soil on the side of a hill. Behind them, there is an extremely large, three-story, side-gabled, Colonial-style brick building with a tower above the main entrance. At the left side of the image, a series of houses and utility lines are partially visible in the background.
Date: 1925~/1935~
Partner: Fort Worth Garden Club

[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1949]

Description: Photograph of the 1949 confirmation class of at Congregation Ahavath Sholom. There are four girls in white dresses, holding bouquets and standing in a line. One boy stands at the center in the front row in a dark suit and tie. The teachers, Helen Levenson and Charlotte Siegel, and Rabbi Charles Blumenthal and Rabbi Isadore Garsek are standing behind them. The group is posed on the bimah (altar) at the synagogue. The students are Sandra Zaetler, Pearl Katz, David Rubin, Barbara Walensky, and Lil… more
Date: May 29, 1949
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

[Botanic Garden Pagoda]

Description: Photograph of the pagoda in the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, on a slight rise surrounded by bushes and trees. The structure is a square pillar that includes several tiers of roofs with flared eaves and multiple small enclosed balconies.
Date: 1973~
Partner: Fort Worth Garden Club

[Entrance to Japanese Garden]

Description: Photograph of the entry gate to the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, viewed from the left (west) side. The gate house is built in a Japanese style with wooden timbers, an enclosed room above the entryway with paneled windows, and a decorative tiled roof with gable ends and flared eaves. There are smaller, single-story rectangular structures on either side of the gate, surrounded by a stone fence and trees are visible in the background.
Date: 1973~
Partner: Fort Worth Garden Club
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