Primary Type – Cards
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Language – Cards
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Date – Cards
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Event – Cards
Floral tag from floral arrangement sent by Michelle. The tag reads: "Shalom! Love, Michelle." The message is written in black marker on a printed tag with a green background and floral motifs.
Square card with white and yellow text against blue background. Card reads, "Mitzvah4Pittsburgh. Some spread darkness. We spread light. Choose a good deed. Choose a Mitzvah. Add light to the world," followed by four options and a place for respondents to list their name and email address. Some names and email addresses have been redacted for privacy.
Card with illustrated sunflower. Inscribed in ink with the following message: "Hate cannot break our Steel City." Signed: "equal [=] love [heart] Star of David."
Floral tag from floral arrangement addressed to the Mallingers, sent by Andrea. Andrea identifies herself as an old neighbor of the Mallinger family. The note is handwritten in black ink on a white paper.
Handwritten note written in blue ink on a piece of notebook paper. Message is difficult to read due to low ink level. Pink staining throughout due to color bleeding from other nearby materials at the Wilkins memorial.
Floral tag from floral arrangement sent by a couple from Virginia. Handwritten message in blue ink on a printed tag featuring a white orchid on the lower right.
Folded card with marker illustration. Cover reads, "You are great the way you are and nothing can stop that no matter what." Interior reads, "I hope you guys feel better. This card is for you and I hope it makes you guys feel better. You guys should be treated the way you are no matter what. Don't let people hurt you. You are stronger than them" and the name "Howard [last name redacted for privacy]." Back cover reads "I wish you the best of luck" with smiling heart.
Folded card on light blue paper. The inside features an illustration of a young girl wearing a Star of David t-shirt. The girl is outlined with various scribble scrabble lines in black pen. Smudges of a rainbow appear on upper left side. The front cover features a Star of David outlined in black marker and shaded in purple. Smudging, color bleeding, and staining due to exposure to the elements at the Wilkins memorial.
Post-it note with handwritten message in blue marker. The message reads: "Thank you, so many people who come to bear witness. You meant a lot to us." Signed with a heart.
Letter from a member of the Point Loma Community Presbyterian Church in San Diego, California. The letter reads: "G-d be with you. Know that the great-grandson of Or' [?]- gollath will always fail through those who the follow one true G-d." David.
Black cotton t-shirt with the words Stronger Than Hate in white to the left of a modified Pittsburgh Steelers logo with a Star of David replacing the yellow hypocycloid.
Letter from a member of the Point Loma Community Presbyterian Church in San Diego, California. The letter reads: "My heart aches for all of your community of faith who have suffered such a senseless and tragic loss. Please know that we, who have faith and hope in God, know that you are not alone. We are with you. Please accept my heartfelt sympathy. I pray for your peace. Shalom, Sarah."
Folded card on light blue paper. Extensive creasing and blue and yellow staining. 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: "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."
Handwritten card from a student at Goddard Middle School in Littleton, Co. Front cover contains the following quote: "Perhaps they are not stars in the sky but rather openings where our loved ones shine down to let us know they are happy." Inside reads: "Dear Tree of Life congregation. I am a 7th grade student at Goddard MS and I was saddened to hear what happened at your synagogue and I am truly sorry.
Picket sign made from rigid foam insulation covered in red, white, blue, and green duct tape and affixed to the top of a wooden dowl. Design features a globe inside a red cross, symbolizing medical care, beneath the words "Heal the World" and "Tikkun Olam."
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