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[Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks, December 10 1887] (open access)

[Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks, December 10 1887]

Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks in the amount of eleven dollars and seventy cents for the year 1887.
Date: July 13, 1886
Creator: Morris, B.W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Hood County Payment Receipt for Milton Parks] (open access)

[Hood County Payment Receipt for Milton Parks]

Hood County Payment Receipt for Milton Parks for the amount of ninety-three dollars and fifty nine cents. The document required Parks to pay one-hundred and eighty-two dollars by November 1, 1886. The document is dated July 13, 1886.
Date: July 13, 1886
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks, February 19 1887] (open access)

[Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks, February 19 1887]

Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks in the amount of sixteen dollars and fifteen cents for the year 1886.
Date: February 19, 1887
Creator: Morris, B.W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks, November 19 1885] (open access)

[Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks, November 19 1885]

Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks for the amount of eleven dollars and sixty-seven cents. The document was signed by B.W. Morris.
Date: November 19, 1885
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Tax receipt for Milton Parks, March 5 1881] (open access)

[Tax receipt for Milton Parks, March 5 1881]

Tax receipt for Milton Parks. The receipt is for the year of 1880 in the amount of eight dollars and twenty-seven cents.
Date: March 5, 1881
Creator: Morris, J.R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Tax receipt for Milton Parks, July 8 1879] (open access)

[Tax receipt for Milton Parks, July 8 1879]

Tax receipt for Milton Parks. The receipt is for the amount of ten dollars and five cents.
Date: April 8, 1879
Creator: Traylor, J. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Tax receipt for Milton Parks] (open access)

[Tax receipt for Milton Parks]

Tax receipt for Milton Parks. The receipt is for the amount of ten dollars and forty-five cents and was signed by Jno H. Traylor. The receipt is dated March, 1878.
Date: March 1878
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Henry Strong to M.L. Parks, July 5 1877] (open access)

[Letter from Henry Strong to M.L. Parks, July 5 1877]

Letter from Henry Strong to M.L. Parks. The letter is dated July 5, 1877.
Date: July 5, 1877
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Beth- El Congregation Second Mortgage Bond - $500.00] (open access)

[Beth- El Congregation Second Mortgage Bond - $500.00]

Beth-El Congregation Second Mortgage Bond of $500 with payment coupons included. They were signed by Beth-El President Herman Lederman and Secretary Louis Morris.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Confirmation Certificate, 1989] (open access)

[Confirmation Certificate, 1989]

Confirmation Certificate to Mark Weiner. (Torah Quotation in left hand corner) "Ye shall be holy for I the Lord your God am Holy" - Lev.19:2 (Corresponding text in Hebrew in opposite corner) "CONFIRMATION CERTIFICATE THIS IS TO RECORD THAT Mark Weiner WAS CONFIRMED IN THE FAITH OF ISRAEL ON June 2 1989 29 Iyar 5749 IN THE PRESENCE OF THE CONGREGATION Beth-El Fort Worth, Texas" Signature 1 Signature 2 Signature 3 (Torah quotation on bottom) "All that the Lord hath spoken we will do and we will obey" - ex.24:7
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Confirmation Announcement, 1989] (open access)

[Confirmation Announcement, 1989]

Announcement of the Confirmation Class of 1989 "Beth-El Congregation Confirmation Class 1989 Philip Bronstein Brian Roper Andrew Bzostek Jessica Ross Tyler Cohen Hamilton Schwartz Jacqueline Miller Michelle Stein Sara Beth Oderberg Mark Weiner invite you to join them for the Confirmation Service on Friday, June 2, 1989 eight o'clock in the evening in the Sanctuary at Temple Beth-El Galveston and Broadway A reception will follow in the Temple Parlor
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Confirmation Program, Beth-El Congregation Fort Worth, 1933 (open access)

Confirmation Program, Beth-El Congregation Fort Worth, 1933

Confirmation Program, Beth-El Congregation, Fort Worth, including the declarations of the Rabbi and the Unison Readings of the congregation during the Shabuoth and Confirmation service of 1933, during which students graduating from the religious school are confirmed. The list of confirmands is on the 4th page.
Date: 1933
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Confirmation Bible of Rose Levenson, Beth-El Congregation (open access)

Confirmation Bible of Rose Levenson, Beth-El Congregation

Confirmation Bible, Beth-El Congregation. Presented to Rose Levenson for Confirmation on Shevuoth, May 26, 1909 at Fort Worth, Texas by Rabbi George Zepin. Title page and inscription of the bible states that this volume contains "the Twenty-Four Books of the Holy Scriptures, carefully translated according to the Massoretic text, after the best Jewish authority by Isaac Lesser."
Date: May 26, 1909
Creator: Rabbi George Zepin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Program from Confirmation Service of Congregation Beth-El (open access)

Program from Confirmation Service of Congregation Beth-El

Program from the Confirmation Service of Congregation Beth-El in Fort Worth, Texas on June 9, 1905. It contains the names of the confirmation students, and the order of the program.
Date: June 1905
Creator: Congregation Beth-El
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt of payment between R.P. Crockett and Eli Boyett] (open access)

[Receipt of payment between R.P. Crockett and Eli Boyett]

Payment receipt of One hundred & twenty eight dollars receieved of R.P. Crockett by Eli Boyett. The document was prepared by John C. McWhirter.
Date: March 20, 1873
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Tax receipt for Aaron Parks] (open access)

[Tax receipt for Aaron Parks]

Tax receipt for Aaron Parks for the year 1872, for the amount of one dollar and fifty-five cents. The property taxed was valued at two hundred and thirty three dollars. The document was signed by J.C. Hightower, sheriff of Hood County in 1872.
Date: September 26, 1872
Creator: Hightower, J.C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Tax receipt for R.P. Crockett] (open access)

[Tax receipt for R.P. Crockett]

Tax receipt for R.P. Crockett for the sum of Twenty-one dollars and forty-nine cents. This document was signed by J.C. Hightower, the sheriff of Hood County in 1872.
Date: September 25, 1872
Creator: Hightower, J.C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Red Cross War Fund Check] (open access)

[Red Cross War Fund Check]

Image of a $112,000.00 check given to the Red Cross War Fund by Convair and the Convair employees themselves.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[In Memoriam] (open access)

[In Memoriam]

Wolf & Klar Jewelers' 163 employees signed a certificate giving a Torah to the Beth-El Congregation in 1947 in memory of company founder Alex Wolf. The synagogue, at 207 W. Broadway, was gutted in a 1946 fire and lost most of its Torahs. A photograph of Alex Wolf is in the upper-left corner and a Wolf & Klar Jewelers' logo which says "In Memoriam" is in the lower-right corner. The text at the top of the certificate says: "In loving memory and respect for our beloved founder, Mr. Alex Wolf, we the employees of Wolf & Klar Companies, dedicate this torah to Beth El congregation, as a memorial to his love and kindness of his fellow men."
Date: 1947
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate] (open access)

[Certificate]

Union of American Hebrew Congregations certificate of membership for Beth-El Congregation of Fort Worth. The certificate is orange in color and has a star-burst design radiating out from a scroll in the center. There is Hebrew text at the top beneath which is the quotation: "Come, let us take counsel together. --Nch. 6:7." The text on the scroll states: The Union of American Hebrew Congregations Established 1873 Hereby certifies that Beth-El Congregation Fort Worth, Texas on March 22, 1907 (Nisan 7, 5667) became a duly affiliated member, entitled to all the rights and privileges of membership and to full participation in its plans and activities for the PERPETUATION AND PROGRESS OF JUDAISM IN AMERICA. Samuel S Hollender Chairman, Executive Board Maurice N. Eisendrath President Presented on November 5, 1955.
Date: March 22, 1907
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Minutes, third meeting of Beth-El Congregation, October 5, 1902] (open access)

[Minutes, third meeting of Beth-El Congregation, October 5, 1902]

Minutes from the third meeting of Beth-El Congregation, Oct. 5, 1902, handwritten in pencil on the back of a courthouse circular. The reverse side of the minutes is a Courthouse Circular, dated Oct. 3, 1902.
Date: October 5, 1902
Creator: Carb, Isidore, congregation secretary
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tarrant County Clerk's Daily Report for Oct. 3 and Oct. 4, 1902 (open access)

Tarrant County Clerk's Daily Report for Oct. 3 and Oct. 4, 1902

Daily Report of the Tarrant County Clerk's office on October 3-4, 1902. Included are lists of deeds granted, deeds of trust, chattel cottages, and proceedings in the district and justice courts. "Claude Butler, proprietor" is printed at the top of the document. On the reverse side are handwritten minutes from Beth-El Congregation's third organizing meeting.
Date: October 4, 1902
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Organizing Meeting of Beth-El Congregation] (open access)

[Organizing Meeting of Beth-El Congregation]

Minutes from the organizing meeting of the Beth-El Congregation in Fort Worth on September 21, 1902.
Date: September 21, 1902
Creator: Carb, Isadore, congregation secretary
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Promissory note for Milton Parks, December 18 1891] (open access)

[Promissory note for Milton Parks, December 18 1891]

Promissory note for Milton Parks. The document is dated December 18, 1891. The document notes a payment of eighty dollars to be paid by Milton Parks two years from the document date.
Date: December 18, 1891
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History