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  Louisville Mendelssohn Lodge membership register, 1860-1921

  An indexed membership register for the Louisville, Kentucky, B’nai B’rith Mendelssohn Lodge, a Jewish fraternal organization. The register documents members from 1860 to at least 1921. Recorded member information includes their name, place of residence, occupation, marital status, number of children, and date they were inducted.
  
  The Har-Moriah Lodge No. 14 (“Mt. Moriah”) opened in Louisville in October 1852 and a second B’nai B’rith lodge, the Mendelssohn Lodge No. 40, opened in Louisville in May 1860. Many of the early lodge members were recent Jewish immigrants from parts of now modern Germany who had strong bonds through neighborhood proximity, marriage, and business ventures. The Har Moriah and Mendelssohn lodges officially merged in February 1904 and became Louisville Lodge No. 14.
  
  Note: The PDF is 523 pages long, so please be patient while it loads.
  
  For the full collection finding aid, see https://filsonhistorical.org/research-doc/bnai-brith-louisville-lodge-no-14-louisville-ky-records-1860-1921/
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  Ben Wiemeyer with dog, circa 1890

  This cabinet card of a young man and his dog was found in the Mittlebeeler family photo collection. On the back the image is the inscription “Ben Wiemeier [sic] Aunt Lizzie's Boyfriend.”
  
  Elizabeth “Lizzie” Moorman (1879-1945) was born to a German immigrant family in Louisville. She grew up on East Jackson Street in the Shelby Park neighborhood and later moved to Oak Street. In 1890 Lizzie succumbed to Typhoid Fever. Lizzie supported herself as a seamstress and remained single all her life, but this photograph provides a clue into an early romance.
  
  A Ben Wiemeyer is listed in City Directories from the 1880s and 1900s as living on East Chestnut Street, only a half-mile away from where Lizzie lived. He was also from a German family. Although Lizzie and Ben never married, they must have dated when they were teens. Ben went on to marry and became a machinist.
  
  Learn more about German photographer Paul Günter in this online exhibit: https://filsonhistorical.omeka.net/exhibits/show/gunter-photography/life-of-gunter
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  Martha Albert Butt with dog, 1897

  Strip of four photograph booth images of young Martha Albert Butt with her dog.
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  Cabinet card portrait of a baby, ca. 1891

  Cabinet card portrait of an unidentified baby.
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  First Communion portrait of two young women, ca. 1895

  Cabinet card portrait of two unidentified young women posing in their First Communion dresses.
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  Cabinet card portrait of a baby, ca. 1891

  Cabinet card portrait of an unidentified baby.
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  Outdoor group photograph of Gunter and Struck families, ca. 1896

  Group photograph take by Paul Gunter taken outdoors with members of the Gunter and Struck families.
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  Letter to the Baptist Orphans Home from Jus. O. Rust, February 22nd, 1894.

  Jus. O. Rust continues writing to the Home regarding the admission of Mrs. Thurman's baby boy. He states that he is "very sorry of your rule which forbids the admission to the home," and that "the childs parents are 'worse than dead.'"
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  Patty Blackburn Semple

  Image of Patty Semple from 21 May 1896 article in the Louisville Courier-Journal
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  Song Stories for the Kindergarten

  Though best known for writing "Happy Birthday to You" sisters Mildred and Patty Smith collaborated on hundreds of children's songs. With songs such as "Washing and Ironing," "The Waking Flowers," "Each Mother Loves Best," and "The Blacksmith's Song," the Hills explored important concepts such as emotions, the natural world, and occupations in relatable and memorable ways. In this songbook's introduction, Anna Bryan (1858-1901) writes, "In consecutive work with children, songs selected with reference to a leading thought and to its gradually developed details, are more educative than it is possible for them to be when made an end in themselves." The book is dedicated to the Louisville Free Kindergarten Association