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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

Welcome to General Dynamics!

Description: Pamphlet for the employee family day and general public open house held at the Convair plant in Fort Worth, Texas in June 1968. It includes information about tours and events during the weekend, leadership and employees at the plant, and history about the location and aircraft built there.
Date: June 1968
Creator: General Dynamics Corporation. Convair Division.
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1968]

Description: Photograph of the 1968 confirmation class at Congregation Ahavath Sholom. There are seven girls wearing white robes and six boys wearing dark robes with bow ties. Rabbi Isadore Garsek stands at the far right in the first row, while Cantor Shimon Berris stands at the far left of the first row. The students are Barbi Garsek, Ava Fleischmann, Debbie Goodwin, Judith Beckoff, Linda Rice, Rene Moses, Lynn Fishbein, Mark Lidell, Henry Wolff, Tommy Sankary, Thomas Paul, Murray Cohen, and Steve Robinson. more
Date: May 1968
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1967]

Description: Photograph of the 1967 confirmation class at Congregation Ahavath Sholom. There are five girls wearing white robes and ten boys wearing dark robes with bow ties standing on the bimah (alter). Rabbi Isadore Garsek stands with the students at the far right of the third row. Cantor Shimon Berris stands with the students at the far left of the second row. The students are Ann Schwartz, Linda Fleischmann, Shelly Goldberg, Terry Katzman, Kathy Lewis, Stanley Cohen, Irwin Blum, Allan Rosenthal, Ricky … more
Date: June 11, 1967
Creator: Don Barnett Photography
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

The Early Settlers Life in Texas

Description: This book describes the early history of Hill County, located in Texas, including the author's trip to Texas, information about the first settlers, prominent men, Native American massacres, government, and the general organization of the county.
Date: 1963
Creator: Kirkpatrick, A. Y.
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1962]

Description: Photograph of the 1962 confirmation class at Congregation Ahavath Sholom. There are eleven girls in white robes and six boys in black robes and bow ties. Rabbi Isadore Garsek stands with them at the center in the back row wearing a tallis (prayer shawl). The students are Barbara Carol Tills, Ellen Beth Victor, Veronica Doskal, Rita Jean Battat, Carol Anne Cohen, Rosalyn Katz, Rochelle D. Berliner, Lana Laves, Pamela Rose Seigel, Vivian Levine, Dee Ann Stanley, Jerry Allen Paul, Stuart Schuster,… more
Date: June 3, 1962
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

Welcome to Convair-Fort Worth!

Description: Pamphlet for the employee "family day" (November 5) and general public "open house" (November 6) held at the Convair plant in Fort Worth, Texas in 1960. It includes information about tours and events during the weekend, leadership and employees at the plant, and history about the location and aircraft built there.
Date: November 1960
Creator: General Dynamics Corporation. Convair Division.
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1960]

Description: Photograph of the 1960 confirmation class at Congregation Ahavath Sholom. There are four girls in white robes and six boys in black robes with bow ties. Rabbi Isadore Garsek stands in the center of the back row with them. The students are Carol Shannahoff, Laurel Beth Kimbrell, Annetta Lichtman, Marsha Berger, Sidney Cohen, Stanley Spigel, Marvin Meinstein, Gay Coplin, Larry Daiches, and Ivan Beckhoff.
Date: May 29, 1960
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1957]

Description: Copy photograph of the 1957 confirmation class at Congregation Ahavath Sholom. There are seven girls in white robes and fourteen boys in dark robes and bow ties. Rabbi Isadore Garsek stands in the back center with them. The students are Cheryl Leff, Sylvia Lynn Cooles, Jeanie Labovitz, Debbie Brachman, Charlsa Sarvis, Jerilyn Cohen, Davida Rae Applebaum, Paul Weisblatt, David Garsek, Allen Hendelman, Marvin Tills, Bobby Rashti, Marshall Kragen, Jack Rubin, Allen Grenadier, Jack Marks, Michail B… more
Date: June 2, 1957
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1956]

Description: Photograph of the 1956 confirmation class at Congregation Ahavath Sholom. There are six girls in white robes and five boys in dark robes and bow ties. Rabbi Isadore Garsek and Cantor A. Friedman stand in the back row. The students are Sandra Leona Berkowitz, Elaine Schwartz, Linda Ellen Grenadier, Frances Jay Friedman, Maxine Stein, Janet Marilyn Siegel, Harry David Pila, Harry Sherwin Bailin, Morton Alan Levenson, Alvin Daiches, and Cordell Green.
Date: May 13, 1956
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives
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