Latest content added for The Portal to Texas History Collection: Texas History Collectionhttps://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/THC/browse/?fq=str_location_county:Tarrant+County,+TX&display=list2023-09-30T11:05:04-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing The Portal to Texas History Collection: Texas History Collection[Entrance to Japanese Garden]2023-09-30T11:05:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1600137/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1600137/"><img alt="[Entrance to Japanese Garden]" title="[Entrance to Japanese Garden]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1600137/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>32.735435 -97.366431[Botanic Garden Pagoda]2023-09-30T11:05:02-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1600136/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1600136/"><img alt="[Botanic Garden Pagoda]" title="[Botanic Garden Pagoda]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1600136/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>32.736071 -97.366443[Woman Near Botanical Garden Waterfall]2023-09-30T11:04:58-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1600135/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1600135/"><img alt="[Woman Near Botanical Garden Waterfall]" title="[Woman Near Botanical Garden Waterfall]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1600135/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of an unidentified woman crouching on a series of stacked rocks that form part of a decorative waterfall at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. She is looking down toward the waterway, which appears to be dry and the area is surrounded by bushes and trees, visible in the background.</p>[Botanic Garden Pathway]2023-09-30T11:04:52-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1600134/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1600134/"><img alt="[Botanic Garden Pathway]" title="[Botanic Garden Pathway]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1600134/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>[Stone Structure in Fort Worth]2023-09-30T11:04:50-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1600133/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1600133/"><img alt="[Stone Structure in Fort Worth]" title="[Stone Structure in Fort Worth]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1600133/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>[Workers Breaking Soil]2023-09-30T11:04:46-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1600132/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1600132/"><img alt="[Workers Breaking Soil]" title="[Workers Breaking Soil]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1600132/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>[Scrapbook: Fort Worth Beautiful]2023-08-08T09:47:07-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1582180/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1582180/"><img alt="[Scrapbook: Fort Worth Beautiful]" title="[Scrapbook: Fort Worth Beautiful]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1582180/small/"/></a></p><p>Scrapbook for the Fort Worth Garden Club documenting activities, including newspaper clippings, event programs, certificates, and other ephemera related to the organization's "Fort Worth Beautiful" award. Many of the pages at the end of the book are blank.</p>Fort Worth Park System, 19352023-08-08T09:47:07-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1582181/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1582181/"><img alt="Fort Worth Park System, 1935" title="Fort Worth Park System, 1935" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1582181/small/"/></a></p><p>Photo album and text documenting the development of the Fort Worth Park System, including park drives, neighborhood parks, bridle paths, and other recreational features in the city.</p>United States Community Improvement Appraisal: Fort Worth Texas Before & After Work Relief, 1932-19382023-08-08T09:47:07-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1582182/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1582182/"><img alt="United States Community Improvement Appraisal: Fort Worth Texas Before & After Work Relief, 1932-1938" title="United States Community Improvement Appraisal: Fort Worth Texas Before & After Work Relief, 1932-1938" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1582182/small/"/></a></p><p>Report and photo album documenting work done in Fort Worth parks as part of programs by municipal entities for building and landscaping rehabilitation.</p>[Fort Worth Garden Club Scrapbook: 1954-1960]2021-09-26T19:35:45-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1385261/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1385261/"><img alt="[Fort Worth Garden Club Scrapbook: 1954-1960]" title="[Fort Worth Garden Club Scrapbook: 1954-1960]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1385261/small/"/></a></p><p>Scrapbook for the Fort Worth Garden Club documenting activities, including newspaper clippings, event programs, certificates, and other ephemera.</p>[Fort Worth Garden Club Scrapbook: 1945-1946]2021-09-26T19:35:42-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1385249/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1385249/"><img alt="[Fort Worth Garden Club Scrapbook: 1945-1946]" title="[Fort Worth Garden Club Scrapbook: 1945-1946]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1385249/small/"/></a></p><p>Scrapbook for the Fort Worth Garden Club documenting activities, including newspaper clippings, photographs, event programs, correspondence, and other items.</p>[Fort Worth Garden Club Scrapbook: 1952-1953]2021-09-26T19:35:42-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1385251/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1385251/"><img alt="[Fort Worth Garden Club Scrapbook: 1952-1953]" title="[Fort Worth Garden Club Scrapbook: 1952-1953]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1385251/small/"/></a></p><p>Scrapbook for the Fort Worth Garden Club documenting activities, including correspondence, newspaper clippings, event programs, maps, photographs, and other items.</p>[Fort Worth Garden Club Scrapbook: 1979-1980]2021-09-26T19:35:42-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1385253/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1385253/"><img alt="[Fort Worth Garden Club Scrapbook: 1979-1980]" title="[Fort Worth Garden Club Scrapbook: 1979-1980]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1385253/small/"/></a></p><p>Scrapbook for the Fort Worth Garden Club documenting activities, including event invitations, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other items.</p>[Fort Worth Garden Club Scrapbook: 1951-1952]2021-09-26T19:35:42-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1385250/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1385250/"><img alt="[Fort Worth Garden Club Scrapbook: 1951-1952]" title="[Fort Worth Garden Club Scrapbook: 1951-1952]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1385250/small/"/></a></p><p>Scrapbook for the Fort Worth Garden Club documenting activities, including newspaper clippings, certificates, event programs, photographs, and other items.</p>Texas State Historical Association One Hundred and Seventeenth Annual Meeting, 20132018-08-08T11:16:26-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1040036/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1040036/"><img alt="Texas State Historical Association One Hundred and Seventeenth Annual Meeting, 2013" title="Texas State Historical Association One Hundred and Seventeenth Annual Meeting, 2013" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1040036/small/"/></a></p><p>Program for the 117th annual meeting of the Texas State Historical Association, held in Fort Worth, Texas, including a list of sessions for the meeting and related information about the organization and conference.</p>[Centennial Celebration Program for First Christian Church of Arlington]2018-07-29T21:46:48-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1029451/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1029451/"><img alt="[Centennial Celebration Program for First Christian Church of Arlington]" title="[Centennial Celebration Program for First Christian Church of Arlington]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1029451/small/"/></a></p><p>Program from an event celebrating the first 100 years of First Christian Church in Arlington, Texas. The program contains a schedule of events spanning two days, and photographs and information concerning the history of the church as well as the individual events. For each event there are lists of participants, hymnals, and other information regarding the order of ceremony.</p>32.725016 -97.099519A Short History and Handbook of First Christian Church, Arlington, Texas2018-07-29T21:46:48-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1029452/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1029452/"><img alt="A Short History and Handbook of First Christian Church, Arlington, Texas" title="A Short History and Handbook of First Christian Church, Arlington, Texas" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1029452/small/"/></a></p><p>Book compiled the Historian Committee of First Christian Church, Arlington, Texas, containing facts, anecdotes, and information about the history of the church from approximately 1893 to 1983.</p>32.725016 -97.099519A Guide to the Symbols of our Sanctuary2018-07-29T21:46:48-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1029450/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1029450/"><img alt="A Guide to the Symbols of our Sanctuary" title="A Guide to the Symbols of our Sanctuary" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1029450/small/"/></a></p><p>Pamphlet from the First Christian Church in Arlington, Texas, explaining the various symbols used within the sanctuary. Each symbol has an illustration next to a brief description of the meaning behind each one.</p>Football Players at Carlisle Military Academy in Arlington2017-01-28T21:27:19-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth823517/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth823517/"><img alt="Football Players at Carlisle Military Academy in Arlington" title="Football Players at Carlisle Military Academy in Arlington" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth823517/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of Carlisle Military Academy students playing football in Arlington, Texas.</p>Portrait of James J. Delaney as a Young Man2017-01-28T21:27:19-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth823520/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth823520/"><img alt="Portrait of James J. Delaney as a Young Man" title="Portrait of James J. Delaney as a Young Man" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth823520/small/"/></a></p><p>Portrait of James J. Delaney, first president of Schreiner Institute as a young man. Delaney was born April 6, 1879 and moved to Texas in 1904. This portrait was likely taken during his time as teacher at the Carlisle Military Academy in Arlington.</p>Welcome to General Dynamics!2016-08-11T15:18:35-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth777398/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth777398/"><img alt="Welcome to General Dynamics!" title="Welcome to General Dynamics!" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth777398/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>Welcome to Convair-Fort Worth!2016-08-11T15:18:35-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth777532/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth777532/"><img alt="Welcome to Convair-Fort Worth!" title="Welcome to Convair-Fort Worth!" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth777532/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>[Poster: The Big Ball's in Cowtown]2015-05-30T11:39:40-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth611854/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth611854/"><img alt="[Poster: The Big Ball's in Cowtown]" title="[Poster: The Big Ball's in Cowtown]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth611854/small/"/></a></p><p>Poster containing photographs of people and events held at Cowtown Coliseum from 1907 through 2007 with timeline notes. It includes a large photo of Elvis on the left side of the poster from his 1956 performance and lyrics for a song called "Big Ball's in Cowtown" in the upper-right corner.</p>32.789653 -97.347703[Poster: The Early Years]2015-05-30T11:39:40-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth611814/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth611814/"><img alt="[Poster: The Early Years]" title="[Poster: The Early Years]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth611814/small/"/></a></p><p>Poster containing photographs of people and events held at Cowtown Coliseum from 1907 through 1997 with timeline notes. It includes a photographs of the coliseum construction and different views of the building along the bottom.</p>32.789653 -97.347703[Postcard of Western Hills Hotel Swimming Pool]2015-01-05T21:43:59-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth562138/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth562138/"><img alt="[Postcard of Western Hills Hotel Swimming Pool]" title="[Postcard of Western Hills Hotel Swimming Pool]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth562138/small/"/></a></p><p>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."</p>[Postcard of Tarrant County Court House in Ft. Worth]2015-01-05T21:43:59-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth562934/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth562934/"><img alt="[Postcard of Tarrant County Court House in Ft. Worth]" title="[Postcard of Tarrant County Court House in Ft. Worth]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth562934/small/"/></a></p><p>Postcard of a grand stone court house with a clock tower on the rooftop, described as "Tarrant County Court House, Ft. Worth, Texas." On the back, the letter reads, "I certainly hope you will not be gone when I return, for I surely want to see you again before you leave. Am having a great time, being at home and etc. I expect to return about Friday. Eve N. Elm." The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFadin 1906 McFadin Ave Beaumont, Tex."</p>[Postcard of Flatiron Building in Ft. Worth]2015-01-05T21:43:59-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth563017/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth563017/"><img alt="[Postcard of Flatiron Building in Ft. Worth]" title="[Postcard of Flatiron Building in Ft. Worth]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth563017/small/"/></a></p><p>Postcard of a narrow multi-story building, described as "Flatiron Bldg., Ft. Worth, Texas." The letter on the back reads, "What's the good word? When are you coming home? Regards to Carolyn and Joseph. C. D. B." The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFaddin Gunston Hall Washington, D. C."</p>[Children of Edgar Brown Sutherlin and Edith H. Wilson]2014-12-10T23:10:02-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth549679/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth549679/"><img alt="[Children of Edgar Brown Sutherlin and Edith H. Wilson]" title="[Children of Edgar Brown Sutherlin and Edith H. Wilson]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth549679/small/"/></a></p><p>List of the children of Edgar Brown Sutherlin and Edith H. Wilson Sutherlin. It includes information about their births, deaths, and marriages.</p>Students in the Stands at a Football Game in Arlington2014-09-28T06:31:28-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth497940/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth497940/"><img alt="Students in the Stands at a Football Game in Arlington" title="Students in the Stands at a Football Game in Arlington" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth497940/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of Schreiner students in uniform at a football game, in Arlington, Texas.</p>[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1967]2014-04-27T21:23:05-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404813/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404813/"><img alt="[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1967]" title="[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1967]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404813/small/"/></a></p><p>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 Cooper, Sheldon Jacobson, Kenneth Luskey, Howard Katz, Gary Leva, Allen Hamill, and Sidney Golden.</p>[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1932]2014-04-27T21:23:05-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404814/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404814/"><img alt="[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1932]" title="[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1932]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404814/small/"/></a></p><p>Copy photograph of the 1932 confirmation class at Congregation Ahavath Sholom. There are eleven girls in white dresses, holding bouquets and standing in a line on a platform. Their teacher, Jennie Moses (Winkler), and Rabbi Philip Graubart are standing in front of them. The students are Sylvia Engler (Roberts), Jesonda Gilbert (Fox), Sadye Maye Carshon (Garsek), Bessie Resnick, Lillian Rose Rabinowitz (Rosenthal), Rebecca Laves, Pearl Paul, Gussie Kruger, Dorothy Dworkin (Glazer), Sarah Weisblatt (Kragen), and Rhoda Kershner.</p>[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1991]2014-04-27T21:23:05-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404815/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404815/"><img alt="[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1991]" title="[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1991]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404815/small/"/></a></p><p>Invitation for the confirmation exercises for the 1991 class of Ahavath Sholom synagogue, including a list of confirmands.</p>[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1989]2014-04-27T21:23:05-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404816/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404816/"><img alt="[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1989]" title="[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1989]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404816/small/"/></a></p><p>Invitation for the confirmation exercises for the 1989 class of Ahavath Sholom synagogue, including a list of confirmands.</p>[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1968]2014-04-27T21:23:05-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404817/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404817/"><img alt="[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1968]" title="[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1968]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404817/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1993]2014-04-27T21:23:05-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404818/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404818/"><img alt="[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1993]" title="[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1993]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404818/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of the 1993 confirmation class at Congregation Ahavath Sholom. Rabbi Sidney Zimelman is seated with the students in an informal setting. The students are Audra Hochster, Matt Schuster, Aaron Malofsky, Robert Weinberg, Jonathan Gratch, Samuel Stone, Julie Daiches, and Rebecca Rome.</p>[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1983]2014-04-27T21:23:05-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404819/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404819/"><img alt="[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1983]" title="[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1983]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404819/small/"/></a></p><p>Invitation for the confirmation exercises for the 1983 class of Ahavath Sholom synagogue, including a list of confirmands.</p>[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1990]2014-04-27T21:23:05-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404820/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404820/"><img alt="[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1990]" title="[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1990]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404820/small/"/></a></p><p>Invitation for the confirmation exercises for the 1990 class of Ahavath Sholom synagogue, including a list of confirmands.</p>[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1981]2014-04-27T21:23:05-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404821/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404821/"><img alt="[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1981]" title="[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1981]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404821/small/"/></a></p><p>Invitation for the confirmation exercises for the 1981 class of Ahavath Sholom synagogue, including a list of confirmands.</p>[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1949]2014-04-27T21:23:05-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404822/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404822/"><img alt="[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1949]" title="[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1949]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404822/small/"/></a></p><p>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 Lillian Sankary.</p>[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1977]2014-04-27T21:23:05-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404823/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404823/"><img alt="[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1977]" title="[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1977]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404823/small/"/></a></p><p>Invitation for the confirmation exercises for the 1977 class of Ahavath Sholom synagogue, including a list of confirmands.</p>[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Certificate, 1934]2014-04-27T21:23:05-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404824/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404824/"><img alt="[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Certificate, 1934]" title="[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Certificate, 1934]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404824/small/"/></a></p><p>A certificate of confirmation presented to Fay Rosenthal of the 1934 confirmation class at Congregation Ahavath Sholom. The certificate is signed by congregation Vice President L. F. Shanblum, Secretary Irving Klotzman, and Rabbi Philip Graubart. The confirmation class motto reads, "An Exalted Jewish Womanhood." The certificate has a gold seal with blue and white ribbons on it. At the top of the certificate, there is a picture of the Ten Commandments tablets.</p>[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1962]2014-04-27T21:23:05-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404825/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404825/"><img alt="[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1962]" title="[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1962]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404825/small/"/></a></p><p>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, Harry Saginaw, Harold Eisenman, Bernard White, and Darryl Rotenberg.</p>[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1974]2014-04-27T21:23:05-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404826/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404826/"><img alt="[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1974]" title="[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1974]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404826/small/"/></a></p><p>Invitation for the confirmation exercises for the 1974 class of Ahavath Sholom synagogue, including a list of confirmands.</p>[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1970]2014-04-27T21:23:05-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404827/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404827/"><img alt="[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1970]" title="[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1970]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404827/small/"/></a></p><p>Invitation for the confirmation exercises for the 1970 class of Ahavath Sholom synagogue, including a list of confirmands.</p>[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1998]2014-04-27T21:23:05-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404828/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404828/"><img alt="[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1998]" title="[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1998]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404828/small/"/></a></p><p>Invitation for the confirmation exercises for the 1998 class of Ahavath Sholom synagogue, including a list of confirmands.</p>[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1984]2014-04-27T21:23:05-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404829/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404829/"><img alt="[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1984]" title="[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1984]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404829/small/"/></a></p><p>Invitation for the confirmation exercises for the 1984 class of Ahavath Sholom synagogue, including a list of confirmands.</p>[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1978]2014-04-27T21:23:05-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404830/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404830/"><img alt="[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1978]" title="[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1978]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404830/small/"/></a></p><p>Invitation for the confirmation exercises for the 1978 class of Ahavath Sholom synagogue, including a list of confirmands.</p>[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1988]2014-04-27T21:23:05-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404831/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404831/"><img alt="[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1988]" title="[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1988]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404831/small/"/></a></p><p>Invitation for the confirmation exercises for the 1988 class of Ahavath Sholom synagogue, including a list of confirmands.</p>[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1956]2014-04-27T21:23:05-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404832/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404832/"><img alt="[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1956]" title="[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1956]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404832/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1987]2014-04-27T21:23:05-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404833/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404833/"><img alt="[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1987]" title="[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1987]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth404833/small/"/></a></p><p>Color photograph of the 1987 confirmation class at Congregation Ahavath Sholom. There are four boys wearing white robes and ties standing on the bimah (alter). Rabbi Jack Izakson stands at the center of the back row. The students are Kenneth Persky, Jacob Corbin, Greg Moritz, and Scott Schuster.</p>