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[Photograph of an anniversary cake]

Description: Photograph of a decorated cake on a table. The cake is iced and decorated with flowers and a curly ribbon. "5th Anniversary Greetings" is piped onto the cake. It sits on a lacy doily on a small, square table covered in a table cloth. A stack of saucers, metal cream and sugar containers, and a stack of napkins sit behind the cake. A serving knife rests to the left of the cake, while forks are arranged in front of it.
Date: [1940..1960]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. William Erb Prater]

Description: Portrait of William Erb Prater wearing a suit and tie, and his wife Mary "Mollie" Francis Stone wearing a dark dress with a white lace collar. William was the son of Richard Wesley Prater and Margaret Almeda Harpole; the library has other photos of their family. He and Mollie had seven children and lived in the Garden Valley Community in Smith County for most of their married life. Neither of them had ever been to school, but both could read and write. William started out his career as a dry go… more
Date: 1940
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Elderly Couple with Cake]

Description: Photograph of an elderly couple standing behind a cake that is sitting on a table. The photographer wrote the name "John Klattenhoff" on the envelope of the negative.
Date: 1940
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Congregation Adath Yeshurun Board of Trustees Minutes: December 9, 1940]

Description: Minutes for a regular meeting of the Congregation Adath Yeshurun Board of Trustees documenting attendees, topics of discussion, and committee reports. Topics at this meeting included the golden anniversary of the congregation, the education programs, and the financial state of the cemetery.
Date: December 9, 1940
Creator: Congregation Adath Yeshurun. Board of Trustees.
Partner: Rice University Woodson Research Center
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