Primary Type – Cards
Secondary Type - Cards
Language – Cards
Creator – Cards
Date – Cards
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Location – Cards
Event – Cards
Floral tag from floral arrangement sent by Charles [last name redacted] and Abbi [last name redacted]. The tag reads: "Love, light, and perseverance. Charles [last name redacted] and Abbi [last name redacted]." The message is printed on a tag from a local florist.
Post-it note with handwritten message in blue marker. The message reads: "We love you. Love, Sophie."
Post-it note with handwritten message in blue marker. The message reads: "What is the name of the deep breath I would take over and over for all of us? Call it whatever you want, it is happiness, it is another one of the ways to enter fire. -Mary Oliver."
Post-it note with handwritten message in green marker. The message reads: "I miss Bubbie."
Post-it note with handwritten message in black marker. The message reads: "Forever in our hearts. Love not hate [underlined]." Signed with a Star of David.
Post-it note with handwritten message in black marker. The message reads: "I was not here, but I live nearby. Had I been home I could have grabbed my baseball bat, and gone after Bowers."
Folded card on red paper with handwritten messages in black marker. The front cover is addressed: "To the strong and resilient Jews of Squarrel [Squirrel] Hill," with a heart. The inside contains a message of support and solidarity from an anonymous Jew.
Post-it note with handwritten message in blue marker. The message reads: "Recover well." Signed with a Star of David.
Post-it note with handwritten message in black ink. The message reads: "We are all brothers and sisters. Your struggle is our struggle. - A Muslim." Color bleeding due to exposure to the elements at the Wilkins memorial.
Folded card on orange paper. The front cover feature a large Star of David outlined in black marker. The inside features a cartoon of a young girl wearing a Star of David t-shirt. Creasing due to exposure to the elements at the Wilkins memorial.
Handmade card on white paper. Three flowers, illustrated in purple ink, appear in the center. The card reads: "I am sorry what happened... [illegible] from Griffin."
Envelope and floral tag with ribbon addressed to Marty and Robert. The tag features an illustration of an owl with mushrooms and other fauna growing out of its head. The inside contains a note to Marty and Robert, whom the sender is thankful did not attend synagogue on the morning of October 27.
Post-it note with handwritten message in green marker. The message reads: "Shalom" (Peace). Creasing and tearing due to exposure to the elements at the Wilkins memorial.
Post-it note with handwritten message in black marker. The message reads: "Love is strongest power exists." A Star of David appears below.
Post-it note with handwritten message in blue marker. The message reads: "One Love" with peace and heart symbols replacing the letter "o" respectively.
Folded card on pink paper. A faded Star of David appears on lower right corner. Blue and yellow staining throughout. Due to exposure to the elements at the Wilkins memorial, the message on this card is no longer visible.
Post-it note with handwritten message in black ink. The message reads: "You are so strong. Thank you for being so strong in the face of evil. Please be more Jewish. We must show our community's great life in the wake of antisemitism. That is the best revenge. Growth. Love. Life."
Post-it note with handwritten message in black marker. The message reads: "May their memories be a blessing." Signed with a heart and a Star of David.
Post-it note with handwritten message in blue marker. The note is written in Hebrew and English. Translated into English, the message reads: "May God protect you when you leave and when you come. Happy Chanukah!" Signed in English by the Abrin family, followed by a heart.
Floral tag addressed to Melvin Wax. The tag features a white rose on the left and the stock message: "With Deepest Sympathy" in a band on the upper center.
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