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[Façade, Beth-El Congregation, 1949]

Description: Exterior photograph of the facade of the Beth-El Congregation synagogue at 207 W. Broadway Avenue in Fort Worth. The building was restored after a fire. The congregation occupied the building from 1920 until 2000. It is still standing.
Date: 1951
Creator: Lawrence Thomas-Allen Co.
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

["Presentation," party for Jewish Debutantes, 1951]

Description: Photograph of the "Presentation" party for Jewish Debutantes in 1951 in the Venetian Ballroom of the Blackstone Hotel, Fort Worth. The women are arrayed on a staircase in two rows. They are holding bouquets of flowers and wearing formal gowns. There is a palm frond potted plant at the bottom of the stairs. The women from left to right on the back row: Barbara Walensky (Zale), Esther Rosenthal, Gloria Laves, La Rue Glickman (Glazer), Sandra Rashti, Jayne Meyers (Eisen), Sonja Sandler (Stenzler),… more
Date: 1951
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

[Last B-36E and crew]

Description: Photograph of the last B-36E as it is turned over to the Air Force crew on July 20, 1951. Front (L-R): L. Roe, Capt. E. Gustavsen, Sgt. R.R. Schuman, 1st Lt. R.R. Lovell, Cpl. G.J. Larsen. Back row (L-R): Capt. B.O. Bowers, 1st Lt. G. B. Boothby, Maj. A.M. Meckler, PFC A. Renteria, Sgt. R.H. Hicks, Sgt. V. D. Bostick, and Sgt. T. Gray.
Date: July 20, 1951
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth
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