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[Postcard of Western Hills Hotel Swimming Pool]

Description: Postcard of a busy swimming pool and people resting in the shade of colorful sun umbrellas. The back of the postcard adds, "Swimming Pool and Cabanas Western Hills Hotel Fort Worth, Texas This fabulous resort hotel is located at the western entrance to Fort Worth on Highways 80 and 180. Overlooking this beautiful, tropical scene is the terraced dining room of one of the West's most hospitable stop-overs for travelers, vacationers and business men."
Date: unknown
Creator: John A. Stryker
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1971]

Description: Photograph of the 1971 confirmation class at Congregation Ahavath Sholom. There are twelve girls wearing white robes and nine boys wearing dark robes with bow ties standing on steps. Rabbi Isadore Garsek stands with the students in the center of the back row. The students are Paul Solomon, Janice Rubin, Stephanie Kahn, Holly Berkowitz, Jan Schumer, Jackie Schumer, Madelyn Singer, Ruth Fischbein, Cheryl Blum, Brian Kimmel, Ira Goldstein, Elaine Bergolofsky, Carol Luskey, Stephanie Rocher, Janet … more
Date: May 1971
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

[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

[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1973]

Description: Color photograph of the 1973 confirmation class at Congregation Ahavath Sholom. There are nine girls wearing white robes and six boys wearing black robes with bow ties. Cantor Murray Neiman, Rabbi Isadore Garsek, and Elliot Garsek stand in the center of the back row. The rabbi and cantor each wear a tallis (prayer shawl). The students are Robin Levine, Gayle Gerrick, Hilda Adelson, Linda Rubin, Paula Rosen, Marsha Ann Weinberg, Betsy Rosenthal, Elisa Kaplan, Judy Weinberg, Larry Rosen, David Ja… more
Date: June 3, 1973
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives
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