
Primary Type – Cards
Secondary Type - Cards
Language – Cards
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Date – Cards
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Event – Cards
Folded card on yellow paper with extensive dirt stains. Due to exposure to the elements at the Wilkins memorial, the message on this card is no longer visible.
Handwritten note in black marker on white paper. The note reads: "We are with you. We are all Pittsburghers. HATE WILL NEVER WIN." Tearing and staining 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."
Floral tag from floral arrangement addressed to the members of the Tree of Life synagogue. The note is printed on a tag with a beige background from a local florist; tearing in the center right due to exposure to the elements at the Wilkins memorial.
Laminated prayer card with text of the "Prayer to Our Mother of Perpetual Help" on the reverse. The front side features a reproduction of a medieval-style icon of the Virgin and child against a gold backdrop. This prayer card has the imprimatur of the former archbishop of Boston, William Cardinal O'Connell (1859-1944).
Post-it note with handwritten message in blue marker. The message reads: "Love not hate." Tape affixed on the bottom edge. Tearing and creasing due to exposure to the elements at the Wilkins memorial.
Post-it note with handwritten message in black ink. The message reads: "We stand with you!" Signed: "Douglas [last name redacted] and family."
Post-it note with handwritten message in red marker. The message reads: "Love Wins. Love and prayers from York, AA. T.B.I."
Printed tag with a photograph of Bernice Simon. The tag reads: "In Memory of Bernice Simon." Creasing and staining due to exposure to the elements at the Wilkins memorial.
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: "Jerry D.H. is overflowing every service with congregants all inspired by and missing you. You, of blessed memory."
Post-it note with handwritten message in green marker. The message reads: "Doubt is not the opposite of faith, fear is [underlined] let us not fear."
Post-it note with handwritten message in green marker. The message reads: "You are not alone. [Heart]."
Post-it note with handwritten message in black marker. The note is written in Hebrew. Translated into English, it reads: "Be strong, be strong, and may we be strengthened!"
Brown envelope with handwritten note in black ink on a rectangular emblem, reading: "In Memory." Staining and creasing due to exposure to the elements at the Wilkins memorial.
Handwritten note written in black marker on a manilla envelope. Note is addressed to Tree of Life and contains messages in both English and Hebrew.
Post-it note with handwritten message and illustrations in green, blue, red, and black marker. The message reads: "He watching over Israel slumbers not nor sleeps." An illustration of houses on a hilltop with a river, trees, heart, and a moon and stars above, appears around the text.
Eight photocopies of an image with the words "You Are Not Alone" printed in a rectangular object resembling a flag with bands, resembling woodgrain backing, on the upper and lower edges. Staining due to exposure to the elements at the Wilkins memorial.
Torn page from a children's coloring book with illustrations of a seal and fish on the front and a lion on the back.
Envelope and floral tag with ribbon addressed to David and Cecil Rosenthal. The tag features an illustration of four birds with various flora and fauna on their heads. The tag reads: "David and Cecil, You two were the stalwarts of TOL [Tree of Life]. You loved them and they loved you. I'm sorry I didn't give you 75 cents for pop that time. Michele."
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