[Zionist Convention]
Date: 1908
Creator: Roesslor & Fineau Photography Studio
Description: Photograph of the Texas Zionist Association Convention at the Shearith Israel Congregation in Dallas, Texas. There are men and women in suits and dresses seated outside the synagogue. There is a Star of David above the doorway of the synagogue with a Hebrew word that translates to "Zion" as well as American and Zionist flags hanging from the building. From left to right, the known members seated in the front row are: Moses Shanblum (fourth from left), Joe Jacobs (fifth from the right), William Goldstein, Israel N. Mehl (with his two children).
Contributing Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives
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[Portrait of Abraham and Hedwig Salsberg]
Date: 1916
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of Abraham Salsberg (1870-1957) and Hedwig Salsberg (1870-1940), parents of Archie Salsberg. The pair are standing together and were photographed outdoors. Hedwig (left) is wearing a dark-colored dress and has her left arm through her husband's right. Abraham (right) is wearing a light-colored suit and is holding a hat in his left hand.
Contributing Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives
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[Portrait of Gertrude Fox]
Date: 1916~
Creator: unknown
Description: Hand-tinted photograph of Gertrude "Gertie" Fox (1894-1966) of Fort Worth, Texas. She is visible from the chest up, wearing a dark-colored dress with rosettes at the left shoulder and is holding a feathered fan in front of her. Fox was from Corsicana, but moved to Fort Worth and married Archie Salsberg in 1916.
Contributing Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives
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[Salsberg-Fox Wedding]
Date: January 16, 1916
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of the wedding of Gertrude Fox and Archie Salsberg at the Ahavath Sholom Synagogue in Fort Worth, Texas. The bride and groom are standing in the center of the photograph, and they are surrounded by men wearing tuxedos and top hats, as well as women wearing silk and taffeta dresses. There is an arbor (a wedding canopy called a chuppah) above the wedding party covered in flowers and crepe paper. Above the arbor there is a ledge containing two tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments, written in Hebrew, with a potted plant and sculpted lion on either side. A large portion of the lower-right corner of the photograph is missing.
Contributing Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives
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[Hebrew Institute Baseball Game]
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of members of the Ahavath Sholom Congregation playing baseball outside the Hebrew Institute at 819 Taylor Street in Fort Worth, Texas. The photograph is mounted on a wooden base.
Contributing Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth117174/
[Ahavath Sholom Sunday School Students]
Date: 1925
Creator: Jernigan Studios
Description: Photograph of the Ahavath Sholom Congregation Sunday School students. They are standing on the front steps outside a brick building in Fort Worth, Texas. From left to right, top to bottom, the students in the photograph are: Row 1: Betty Carshon, Rachel Kruger, Dora Laves, Lena Rovinsky, Udys Weinstein, Lily Dworkin, Joe Ray Schwartzberg. Row 2: Charlie Anton, Milton Mehl, Arthur Rosenbaum, Charlotte Ray, Lily Levine, Molly Finger, Freda Hurwitz, Rae Carshon, Mary Bliss, Sylvia Shosid. Row 3: Alex Victor, William Hurwitz, Irving Kershman, Julius Scolnic, Mary Resnick, Sophia Blum, Mary Herman, Ida Berg, Beatrice Frankrich, Reva Nebrat, Gertrude Ellis, Raymond Dan. Row 4: Sidney Deutch, David Tuck, Rubin Anton, Norma Resnick, Lily Alpert, Rose Chicotsky, Hannah Chicotsky, Anna Gordon, Martha Daiches. Row 5: Nathan Frankel, Abe Goldstein, Abe Shosid, Paul Herman, Johanna Winer, Sadie Rovinsky, Sarah Garston, Irving Rosenthal. Row 6: Sidney Marks, Minnie Snofsky, Esther Klimist, Rebecca Lutsky, David Bernstein, Max Perlman, Sarah Kruger, Rosalie Bliss. Row 7: Morris Schwartz, Grace Dworkin, Lola Bozokofsky, Hyman Jacobson, Cecil Bozokofsky, Helen Kassover, Sonia Gulila, Sam Weisblatt, Florence Kassover, Patricia Jacobson.
Contributing Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives
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[1926 Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class]
Date: 1926~
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of a dozen female confirmation students who were part of the Ahavath Sholom Congregation in Fort Worth, Texas. The students are wearing white dresses and are holding flowers. The students are seated in two rows and are identified as: Row 1: Lena Shosid, unidentified, unidentified, Hanna Byrens, Bess Lipshitz Cohen, unidentified Row 2: Sarah Shosid (Bloomberg), unidentified, unidentified, Leah Goldstein (Gerson), Ann Alpert, unidentified
Contributing Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth117182/
[1928 Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class]
Date: 1928
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of the 1928 Ahavath Sholom confirmation class standing around the altar (called a bimah) of a synagogue located in Fort Worth, Texas. From left to right, the confirmands are: Rebecca Luskey, Cecile Bodzy, Martha Daiches, Mrs. Abraham Bengis, Rabbi Abraham Bengis, Esther Klimist, and Sally Kroger.
Contributing Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives
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[1932 Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class]
Date: 1932
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of the 1932 Ahavath Sholom confirmation class standing around the altar (called a bimah) of a synagogue located in Fort Worth, Texas. The members of the photograph, from left to right, are: Top row: Sylvia Engler (Roberts), Jesonda Gilbert (Fox), Sadye May Carshon (Garsek), Bessie Resnick, Lillian Rose Rabinowitz (Rosenthal), Rebecca Laves, Pearl Paul, Gussie Kruger, Dorothy Dworkin (Glazer), Sarah Weisblatt (Kragen), Rhoda Kershner. Bottom row: Jennie Moses Winkler (teacher), Rabbi Philip Graubart.
Contributing Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth117184/
[1940 Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class]
Date: 1940
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of the 1940 Ahavath Sholom confirmation class standing around the altar of a synagogue located 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, Dorothy Cohen, Shirley Garston (Cohen), Annie Kaplan, Betty Daiches (Sher).
Contributing Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth117185/