[Groundbreaking, Dan Danciger Jewish Community Center]

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Six men in suits dig shovels into dirt at the groundbreaking of the Dan Danciger Jewish Community Center in 1964. The name tag of the man second from the left reads "Jake Feldman" and the man third from the left has a name tag which says "Louis Bockstein," the other men are unknown. The sign in the background reads: "Dan Danciger Jewish Community Center Cadenhead Construction Co. Inc. General Contractor Wyatt C. Hedrick Architect - Engineer Sub-Contractors" The names below "Sub-Contractors" are obscured by the men in the foreground.

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1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

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Don Barnett Photography 1964.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Where the West Begins: Capturing Fort Worth's Historic Treasures and was provided by the Fort Worth Jewish Archives to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 1067 times, with 13 in the last month. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Description

Six men in suits dig shovels into dirt at the groundbreaking of the Dan Danciger Jewish Community Center in 1964. The name tag of the man second from the left reads "Jake Feldman" and the man third from the left has a name tag which says "Louis Bockstein," the other men are unknown. The sign in the background reads:
"Dan Danciger Jewish Community Center
Cadenhead Construction Co. Inc.
General Contractor
Wyatt C. Hedrick
Architect - Engineer
Sub-Contractors"
The names below "Sub-Contractors" are obscured by the men in the foreground.

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1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

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Where the West Begins: Capturing Fort Worth's Historic Treasures

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  • 1964

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  • July 11, 2008, 9:46 p.m.

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  • Nov. 5, 2018, 4:28 p.m.

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Don Barnett Photography. [Groundbreaking, Dan Danciger Jewish Community Center], photograph, 1964; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38763/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fort Worth Jewish Archives.

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