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Photograph Removed from Oswald's Home

Photograph of a street and bridge in Minsk, Belarus. The photograph shows a group of people walking on a stairway and a bus traveling over a bridge. This photograph was in the possession of Lee Harvey Oswald and was removed from his home.
Date: 1963~
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Two Russian Books Removed from Oswald's Home]

Photograph of two books in Russian. These items were in the possession of Lee Harvey Oswald and were removed from his home. The book on the left is Emergency! Timeservers! and the book on the right is a Concise Dictionary of the French Language for Middle School.
Date: 1963~
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Two Russian Booklets Removed from Oswald's Home]

Photograph of two publications in Russian. These items were in the possession of Lee Harvey Oswald and were removed from his home. The book on the left is Pesennik [Songbook]. The book on the right is Pravda O Vtorem Fronte [Truth from the Second Front] by Daniil Fedorovich Kraminov. This book features Russian soldier narratives from WWII.
Date: 1963~
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Yiddish Minutes] (open access)

[Yiddish Minutes]

Handwritten minutes for the Ahavath Sholom Congregation in Fort Worth, Texas. The minutes are written in Yiddish, the native tongue of the members. The minutes discuss a legal dispute with a "chazzan," or a prayer leader who sued the congregation.
Date: October 6, 1895
Creator: Levenson, Ben
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Yiddish Minutes] (open access)

[Yiddish Minutes]

Handwritten minutes for the Ahavath Sholom Congregation in Fort Worth, Texas. The minutes are written in Yiddish, the native tongue of the members. The document discusses the Sabbath morning services for the congregation.
Date: January 12, 1896
Creator: Levenson, Ben
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Dictionary of the Atakapa Language: Accompanied by Text Material (open access)

A Dictionary of the Atakapa Language: Accompanied by Text Material

Volume contains all the Atakapa linguistic material known to be in existence in 1932. Includes nine Atakapa texts with English translations, an Atakapa-English dictionary, and an index to the Atakapa dictionary.
Date: 1932
Creator: Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907 & Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History