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    Advertisement poster for the Jewish Community of Louisville's new summer boarding camp in Meade County, Kentucky, named Camp Ben F. Washer. The brochure explains the camp's purpose: "Camp Ben F. Washer offers your child an opportunity to learn how to work together with youngsters and adults, learn good sportsmanship, and make new friends. / The camp program stresses activities which can only be enjoyed in a rural atmosphere. / Camp aims are achieved through supervised programs, including hiking, camp crafts, arts and crafts, cookouts, overnight trips, swimming, boating, archery, sports, games, cabin activities, special programs, and horseback riding."
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    Brochure for the Jewish Community Center of Louisville's 1968 summer camps: Camp Ben F. Washer, Camp Ricarree, and Junior Camp.
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    Content note: some imagery and language that stereotypes Indigenous people. Brochure for the Jewish Community Center of Louisville's summer boarding camp called Camp Tall Trees in Meade County, Kentucky. The brochure explains the camp's purpose: "Camp Tall Trees offers your child an opportunity to learn how to work together with youngsters and adults, learn good sportsmanship, and make new friends. / The camp program stresses activities which normally are not available to children in the city. / Camp aims are achieved through supervised programs, including hiking, camp-craft, arts and crafts, cookouts, overnight trips, swimming, archery, sports, games, cabin activities, special programs, and horseback riding."
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    Cream colored cloth banner with appliqued blue letters reading "Tall Trees JCC." Images of a male figure, a star of David with a tree inside of it, and a female figure--all made of blue cloth--are also appliqued on the front of the banner. The Louisville Young Men's Hebrew Association and its successor the Jewish Community Center held 2-3 week overnight summer camps at Camp Tall Trees in Meade County, Kentucky, about 35 miles from Louisville. In 1966, a section of Otter Creek Park was renovated and opened as Camp Ben F. Washer, the successor to Camp Tall Trees.


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    Cream colored felt pennant with blue trim and strips of felt on the left side, a tall tree in blue, and the text "Camp Tall Trees" in blue. On the back is an ink stamp in green with the text "The Felt Crafters / Emblematic Sportswear for Club-Camp-Campus / Factories - Plaistow, N.H. / Made in U.S.A." The Louisville Young Men's Hebrew Association and its successor the Jewish Community Center held 2-3 week overnight summer camps at Camp Tall Trees in Meade County, Kentucky, about 35 miles from Louisville. In 1966, a section of Otter Creek Park was renovated and opened as Camp Ben F. Washer, the successor to Camp Tall Trees.


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    A two-page press release for an artistic performance of Domy Reiter-Soffer's A Time to Remember at the Kentucky Center for the Arts in Louisville, Kentucky, on May 25, 1995. The Holocaust Remembrance event featured the Louisville Ballet, Louisville Orchestra, and children's and men's choirs.
  • https://filsonhistoricalimages.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/mssbd_j59_f0368_003.pdf

    An invitation to the artistic performance of Domy Reiter-Soffer's A Time to Remember at the Kentucky Center for the Arts in Louisville, Kentucky, on May 25, 1995. The Holocaust Remembrance event featured the Louisville Ballet, Louisville Orchestra, and children's and men's choirs.
  • https://filsonhistoricalimages.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/mssbd_j59_f0368_001.pdf

    Invitation to the "Voices of the Shoah" Holocaust remembrance event held on April 26, 1995, at the Jewish Community Center in Louisville, Kentucky. The invitation includes the agenda for the evening.
  • https://filsonhistoricalimages.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/mssbd_j59_f0355.pdf

    22-page script written for the 1993 Yom HaShoah commemoration program on the Holocaust titled "Voices of the Shoah" and held in Louisville, Kentucky. The program included a timeline of events, the experiences of survivors with connections to Louisville, Kentucky, and performing arts works.
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