Primary Type – Cards
Secondary Type - Cards
Language – Cards
Creator – Cards
Date – Cards
Group – Cards
Location – Cards
Event – Cards
Post-it note with handwritten message in blue marker. The message reads: "May your loved ones rest in peace. May your hearts heal and know that we are with you and will defend and love you."
Post-it note with handwritten message in green marker. The message reads: "We will never forget. Love conquers Hate [heart]."
Folded card on light green paper. Two circular stamped imprints visible in the center of both the right and left flaps. Pink and darker green 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 blue marker. The message reads: "We are strong [underlined] and we will not forget your memory."
Post-it note with handwritten message in green and red marker. The message reads: "Love is stronger than hate. Rest in peace. Jaime." The "o" in love and the dot in the "i" in Jaime are written with hearts.
Post-it note with handwritten message in blue ink. The note features an illustration of a heart with the numbers "412" written inside.
Post-it note with handwritten message in black marker. The message reads: "We should all remember preaching hate results in hatred. Preach love, and support!"
Glass, blue stone and blue handwritten post-it-note. The post-it-note reads: "God help these families and community. 'Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.' (1 Samuel 7:12). Raise an Ebenezer in Pittsburgh. RIP 11 lovely souls." The back reads: "The Ebenezer is the stone of help."
Printed card in black ink on white paper. The card contains a large, empty rectangle outlined in black and reads: "I am thankful for people who help me. Nehemiah builds a wall. Nehemiah 1-6."
Post-it note with handwritten message in black ink. The message reads: "We stand with you, always, with prayer and love."
Folded card on pink paper. Burn damage visible in the upper right edge of the card, perhaps due to proximity to an illuminated candle. Due to exposure to the elements at the Wilkins memorial, the message on this card is no longer visible.
Handwritten card in blue and purple marker on paper. The card features a large heart, over a Star David, with the first names of the eleven victims of the October 27 attack. The card reads: "We can't take away the pain, we can only add our love. Love, The Ettingers."
Note addressed to Jerry Rabinowitz written on the back of a business card from Doug [last name redacted], a certified Pilates instructor in the Pittsburgh area.
Post-it note with handwritten message in black marker. The message reads: "No one ever do that."
Post-it note with a hand drawn illustration in red marker. An abstract heart appears in the lower center.
Handwritten note written in black ink on light yellow paper. The note reads: "Dear God, Let love prevail... Let hate fail... Blessed those affected by this terrible act... A Pittsburgher."
Printed memorial note with the names and ages of the eleven victims of the October 27 attack. Creasing and staining due to exposure to the elements at the Wilkins memorial.
Folded card on light green paper with hand drawn illustrations in marker and pen. The front cover features a Star of David in black marker filled in with red scribble-scrabble. The inside contains an illustrated portrait of a young girl, labeled "Maya" in both Hebrew and English, wearing a short-sleeve t-shirt with a Star of David. Rainbow colored lines appear above the figure's head.
Floral tag addressed to Richard Gottfried. The tag features a white rose on the left and the stock message: "With Deepest Sympathy" in a band on the upper center.
Post-it note with handwritten message in black marker. The message reads: "We will make the world a better place in the name of your memory."
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